Suddenly I’m thinking about medieval times with knights in armour thumping pewter tankards on oak tables and blacksmiths fashioning swords on their anvil. It will be a coming together of two arts – the ancient art of mead making and the raw industrial art of steel sculpture. Providing a dramatic welcome to the meadery are a number of larger-than-life steel sculptures by Peter Smith.Ī self-taught welder and landscaper, Peter will be on site at Amrita Park Meadery during Noosa Open Studios Art Trail on October 1-3 and October 8-9. It’s home to Andy and Nicola who, for the third year running, have taken out Best Traditional Mead honours at the Royal Brisbane Show. The plantation is on the site of the original Pinbarren State School and later became a World War Two memorial forest.Īt the foot of the mountain, and in a leafy environment, you become immersed in the grounds of Amrita Park Meadery. Noted Pomona steel sculpture artist Peter Smith has teamed up with award-winning mead makers Andy Coates and Nicola Cleaver as part of the Noosa Open Studios art trail over the first two weekends of this month.ĭriving along the Pomona-Kin Kin Road you cannot help but be taken by the perfect cone-shaped Mt Pinbarren dominating the skyline.Īs you get closer the plantation of hoop and kauri pines takes on a mystical presence … like something out of Lord of the Rings.
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