ATTRACTION CARRICK

The Tasmanian Copper and Metal Art Gallery is located at Carrick, northern Tasmania. The gallery features work by Tasmanian metal craftsman Mirek Marik. A range of hand-crafted items are on display, crafted from metals including copper, brass, steel and chrome. Each piece is produced on-site, and all are cut, shaped and coloured by hand. The gallery also includes paintings, sculptures, murals and jewellery. Opals, crystals and other semi-precious stones are on display. A number of gifted artists and craftspeople live and work in northern Tasmania. In Launceston, you can visit the Design Centre of Tasmania to see work by local artisans, or lose yourself for the day in the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. Travel on to Westbury, where you can see Tasmanian and Australian landscape photography at the John Temple Gallery, or drop into the Artist Garret in Deloraine to see a range of work by local artists and craftspeople. Carrick is 15 minutes south of Launceston (17 kilometres/11 miles).