Hobart and MONA

The freeway bridge over the River Derwent, just east of Hobart.

Waterfront suburbs of Hobart.

This cement mixer is at MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art.  It's made of iron similar to that used in the neat grillwork on homes in places such as New Orleans and St Kilda.

Massive iron sculpture.

The lettering here is projected onto a manufactured waterfall.  The words come from current news feeds and change according to the headliners.  Unique!

Art from MONA.  

The colors and spires here reminded me of Bryce Canyon.

Japanese fighting Russians, I think.

The Brits are having it out against the WWI Germans in pickelhauben.

Continuing the antiwar theme, these machine guns are sculpted from found objects.  

Folks.

Skyline.

Funky trees.  No doubt inspired by real ones of similar shape.

Kittens at tea.  This model dates from the 1890s.  There is a macabre note here...the kittens are real, taxidermied specimens.  MONA is unconventional, but the art makes you think...and I reckon that's as good a definition as any of good art.

Another word from the water wall.  The words change every second or two.

The US Coast Guard was visiting Hobart.

A bright day in the harbor.

The restored waterfront warehouses at Sullivans Cove.  Originally built in the mid 1800s, they're now hotels, boutiques, and restaurants.  The Drunken Admiral serves up great seafood!  We stayed in a swish apartment just a few metres inland.