Reused

Ah, my favourite bit of Launceston: Inveresk (can you tell?). It's hard for me to imagine what this place was like, back when it was still a functioning industrial site - particularly when the trees are looking so green and leafy. It's a subject that's been done to death recently in art, but something really appeals to me about nature reclaiming a derelict industrial site.

Of course, in this case, it's nothing to do with nature doing it's thing - as is probably quite obvious, this is a nicely landscaped and deliberately planned reclamation where the grass and rusty rails are both integral. Full points to the people who made it happen.

(The coffee is also excellent from the local cafe, by the way...)

Go Mowbs!

Today, being Australia Day (actually yesterday, but I am late posting this), I spent some time down at Inveresk, watching some local cricket. The Mowbray Eagles, taking on some other local club, in a friendly game of rounders.

I believe at least 20% of the people in shot are related to Ricky Ponting in some way, Mowbray being not only where he grew up, but where he first played competitive club cricket. And while I jest a little at the ratio of Pontings:Non-Pontings, I do believe the chap bowling is called "Ricky". Whether this places him in Clan Ponting is debatable, but what isn't debatable is that he took a wicket with this delivery.

Nice work, Ricky.

unwanted

whether fairly or not, both the stump in the foreground and the burnt-out car in the background were deemed unwanted by someone, and destroyed to the best of their abilities.

small tower

i spotted this building a few months back while driving the backstreets of Invermay, looking for photogenic subjects. given the "Ben Lomond Water" sign on this little building, it's a safe bet it's part of the city's water infrastructure. exactly what it's purpose or function is, that's not for me to know.

there's something very 1930s about this little turret of a building, though.

tubes

more interesting sights around Invermay. not quite sure what this is attached to, or what it produces, but it made for a good photo.

the silos

I wonder why it's only a 15 minute zone...wheat silo fanatics clogging the place up of a saturday night with their gawking and rubber-necking, probably.

stack

It really was a good Sunday, as far as finding new and interesting things to photograph goes. Again, Invermay's industrial zone, I've no idea how old this chimney stack is, but judging from the buildings surrounding it, I'd say no older than the 1940s.

If anyone has a better idea, feel free to leave a comment and educate me.

a horse! my industrial zone for a horse!

Amazing the things you find when you take a detour. In the vacant blocks behind the Invermay industrial zone, I found a trio of horses. I imagine they're pretty content with their lot, considering the space to roam and the amount of grass just waiting for a good munching.

constant vigilance

While I was taking some photos in the industrial area of Invermay on the weekend, this guy made sure I was (constantly) aware that these boats weren't mine. In fact, everything behind the fence belonged to this guy, and this guy alone.

I sure wasn't going to argue.

Lots of water in the Gorge

This was taken a few months ago, when the Cataract Gorge was in one of it's infrequent flooding phases. It's happened quite a few times in recent years, thanks to some heavy rains in the north-east (the headwater of both the North and South Esk Rivers).

If memory serves correct, in this instance residents of Invermay (a former swamp barely above sea level) were told to be prepared in case the city's flood levees failed. In the end, it was a bit of a fizzer, but I assume it was a bloody relief for those living in Invermay.

Inveresk

Since 2003, the Stone Building at the former Inveresk railyards precinct has been the School of Visual and Performing Arts (part of UTas). I myself was a student there from 2003-2004, and while they were still ironing out the kinks in the new building, it was an interesting space to paint, print, and draw.

Inveresk is also Launceston's arts and cultural hub, and a fine area to wander around with a camera.