A walk with the camera down the main street this revealed lots of activity starting up. There are a number of gift shops that have opened towards the end of last year and one that just opened on thursday. There seems to be a shift in the energy here ad all the creative people who've recently moved are really livening up Darling Street, and the makers group is a real part of that.
The op shop was open on a saturday morning which surprised me. The Curly Tree was the first shop i visited, Maree and husband Howard Hankinson moved into the lovely old bank building last year and she opened her shop while i was down in melbourne for xmas.
Next i crossed the road to the arcade, two new businesses in there, a gift shop run by newcomer lesley bell, and indigenous artist clair bates' gallery of her own work, painting, great baskets (large multi-coloured) and jewellery made from
local seeds, pods, emu feathers etc. she had a basket making workshop on the go.
Lesley's shop has a lot
of china, manchester
and other gifts and
she serves tea and
coffee and cakes
Finally about an hour later i arrived at artback for a coffee. so good to have things to see down the main street, it feels like a really positive beginning to the new year
The op shop was open on a saturday morning which surprised me. The Curly Tree was the first shop i visited, Maree and husband Howard Hankinson moved into the lovely old bank building last year and she opened her shop while i was down in melbourne for xmas. |
| light shade made by maree, a rice paper light with applied paper d'oyleys. she also had one made from coffee filters, both lovely |
Next i crossed the road to the arcade, two new businesses in there, a gift shop run by newcomer lesley bell, and indigenous artist clair bates' gallery of her own work, painting, great baskets (large multi-coloured) and jewellery made from
local seeds, pods, emu feathers etc. she had a basket making workshop on the go.
Lesley's shop has a lot
of china, manchester
and other gifts and
she serves tea and
coffee and cakes
 |
| Clair had five people at her workshop in the arcade |
on down the
street and i
visited
Bird Nest
on Darling
which opened
on Thursday
 |
| proprietors kate and fiona |
THEN across the road to visit glenis in her lovely
studio workshop Went Weaving
Finally about an hour later i arrived at artback for a coffee. so good to have things to see down the main street, it feels like a really positive beginning to the new year |
| anne's great textile art on the wall at artback |
 |
| librarian peggy with her gorgeous dog kenny
on the way home, the beautiful black swan was spending
some quiet time at the lock
 |
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