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Atherton Tablelands

“When you set out on your journey…

pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge…

that the summer mornings are many…”

- Excerpts from “Ithaca” by Constantin Cavafy

Mr.Rainbowat Mt.Uncle Distillery Banana Plantation

Have just spent a couple of days full of adventure touring the Atherton Tablelands with Fletcher & my new kitten, Atherton. We enjoyed beautiful summer mornings amazing natural wonders, volcanic lakes & craters, more rainforest paths, picturesque townships, banana & coffee plantations and the Granite Gorge (where we got to hand feed Rock Wallabies).

Lake Eacham :: Volcanic Crater Lake

Curtain Fig Tree

Also found an interesting surrealist Outback Landscape exhibition (of all things to find in the tropical north!) at the Regional Gallery.

The Big Road North!

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

Mr.Rainbow has been packed, un-packed, reconfigured & re-packed a number of times and in a number of different ways in the past couple of weeks. We’ve journeyed a few thousand kilometers since the last posting… 1550km from Silverton to Lismore and another 2000km from there to Cairns. We’ve even had a few “houseguests” along the way, the human kind as well as the critter kind…
I have been really pleased with my human travel partners, Fletcher & Benny Mac are both such chilled, fun, easy going, companionable & considerate men. It really made the trip!
Am also really pleased with my newly adopted kitten, Atherton, he's another really chilled out dude and has adapted himself to van living very well.

I found Cairns much too hectic, so I promptly headed for the hills! Started out in Kuranda (amazing creative markets there), watched the Solar Eclipse at Wonga Beach and just spent the last week exploring the World Heritage Listed Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation.

Total Solar Eclipse

I watched the Solar Eclipse from Wonga Beach with a small gathering of people, what started out as just your average sunrise turned into something quite special when the sky started to darken and the clouds cleared just enough to catch a glimpse of a silver rimmed moon shadow.

It was pretty cool to be able to view such an amazing natural phenomenon.
P.S. looked nothing like the photoshopped photo above.

Studio Works II

I found an old sunflower sign last month, so have repainted it & decided to call my new studio the ‘Sunflower Studio’! I’ve even picked up some Mexican Sunflower seeds once the season is ready for planting...

Have also been collecting old pallettes to build a deck between the studio & Mr.Rainbow, am looking forward to getting myself out of the mud!

Artistic Creations

A winter afternoon of sunshine, found Janelle & I outside my studio painting floor matts for Mr.Rainbow & the Studio.

The rainbow floor matt

For Mr.Rainbow of course!

The bleeding heart floor matt

by Janelle Buckley

For my new studio!

Inspired by some folksy painted floor matts Grandma, Mom & I came across while driving across Canada, these colourful explotions are sealed with a polyurethane finish for durability & ease of cleaning.

It's almost a shame to walk on them!

Where I am now...

Lismore, Northern NSW
Lismore is a subtropical town, which is the main regional centre of the Northern Rivers in northeastern New South Wales, Australia.

No beaches here!

Am still living inland from the coast, but what Lismore is missing in beaches, it more than makes up for with a thriving arts community!

April Road Trip

Clint 'Dundee'

Had a fun intense week with Clint exploring southern Queensland; Brisbane, Glasshouse Mountains, Maleny, Australia Zoo, Sunny Coast, Caloundra Beach, Buderim, Gold Coast, Burleigh Heads…

Niesha

Followed by a totally spur of the moment art exploration trip to Melbourne with Niesha! It was one of those times where I offered to drop her off at the airport & she said, 'Why don’t you come with me?' OK! Mr.Rainbow was left in Clint's very capable care and off I went!

Returned through Sydney and drove back to where I am now in my new warehouse studio at Gallery 33.3 in Lismore, Northern NSW.

New Studio

My first week here was amazing, there was lots of different artistic events going on, so you can be sure that I took advantage of them all!

Wednesday :: There was an Art Flashmob happening in the town centre, where artists were encouraged to show up & create... Not much of a "mob", but there sure was alot of art & creativity flowing!

Friday :: Found me teaching an art collage workshop for Lismore’s “Art in the Heart” efforts.

Serpentine Gallery

The Serpentine Gallery opened another group show titled 'Metamorphosis' that same evening.

Fellow Artists

Saturday :: Gallery 33.3 opened a group show titled

'Journey Through the Subconscious'

Lismore Mayor, Jenny Dowell

Sunday :: The Serpentine Gallery had its Annual Art Auction at the Pop-Up Gallery in the heart of Lismore on Magellan Street.

What a great re-introduction to Lismore & its thriving arts community!

NEW ART GARAGE!

Art Residency II

So my road trip has ended. Mr.Rainbow, CeeCee & I are happy to be back 'home', parked in Sal's lush country drive.

It seems that Sal's pretty happy to have us back as well... seeing as she has offered up the garage to use as studio space! What a fantastic 'welcome home'! I may just be sticking around for a while longer, aye?

The new studio is just steps from home...

...with glorious country views.

First project :: the completion of the Oldfield commission.

My breakfast nook & lunch space :D

The Last Legs...

A few photos of the last legs of my road trip...

Rainbow, Hat Head NP

Guy & Sarah chilling out in Hat Head NP

Beautful campground at Stuart's Point, NSW

Another stunning beach at Stuart's Point, NSW

Thanks for the lovely birthday present Mom! Funnily enough, it was only last week that I was on this beach searching for driftwood...

Scott's Head, NSW

Port Macquaire, NSW

Bought & tried Marlin for the first time. What an interesting tasting fish, it's so dense & juicy it almost tasted like it could've been a steak!

Leah's Thai Style Room

Spent a cruisy afternoon with Leah putting up these lovely curtains in her Thai-style room... gotta mix art & interior design-ing with friends & travel!

Am now very happy to be back at Sal's in the hills and am looking forward spending a lovely evening on the deck, under the moonlight with friends, food & good wine for my birthday :D

More photos & stories on FB

STILL ROAD TRIPP'N

Sydney back to Northern NSW (and beyond?)

An Australian Warratah

Although I was originally thinking to just gun-boot it back ‘home’ from Sydney to Sphinx Rock [ mainly because I didn’t think there’d be any room left to sleep in Mr.Rainbow once I got everything packed in there ] I’ve decided to extend my road trip and take my time returning north… It’s a tight fit, but there’s still been just enough room for me to sleep! YAY!

1^st Stop :: The Hunter Valley and wine tasting!

Wollombi, NSW

www.wollombi.com.au

Lovedale, Hunter Valley Vines

Gartelmann Winery :: The perfect blend of art, wine & food.

www.gartelmann.com.au

2^nd Stop :: Barrington Tops NP

Me in Barrington Tops NP

Barrington Tops NP

Killabakh Community Centre

Killabakh, NSW

More photos & stories on FB

ROAD TRIPP'N II

The Inland Track to Sydney

After a few false starts, a few loop-de-loops, some delays and other waylays… CeeCee, Mr.Rainbow and I finally made it to Sydney