Welcome! Our Centre is about celebrating local history and the creative arts in the Spring Bay region of Tasmania’s beautiful east coast.
The Centre is made up of 3 groups, providing creative, practical and informative spaces for members and visitors to participate in and enjoy.
Our Museum celebrates the history and maritime legacy of the Spring Bay region through local history, storytelling events and exhibitions. Among our exhibits are restored small boats made by local boatbuilders of renown and an indigenous bark canoe. We’re open to small groups by appointment.
Boats that have fallen on hard times are sourced and brought to the Shed
Shed members work together to bring sad old wooden boats back to life
With time, skill and effort, restoration is complete and boats are set to go
We have fun along the way and enjoy getting together to share
The Studio encourages creativity through a vibrant art space, with classes in drawing, painting, printmaking and much more. The Studio is led by a professional artist.
Open every Monday 9.30am to 1.00pm and through January, when our yearly exhibition is on show. Also open by appointment. Visitors and new members are most welcome.
Our AGM was held at 2.00pm, Sunday 26 September at the SBMDC Community Shed, 17 Esplanade, Triabunna.
Office bearers for the roles of President (Sue Nettlefold), Vice President (Greg Crump), Treasurer (Patricia Kirk), Committee members (Mick Fama – Shed rep; Silvia Cleary – Studio rep; and Eugene Alexander) were elected unopposed. Minutes will be available shortly.
The Committee will meet every 3rd Monday at 1.00pm at SBMDC, 17 Esplanade West.
The Studio and Gallery’s 2021 exhibition ‘Scape’ opened on 7 January and continued every day throughout the month. It featured large charcoal works on paper, part of a class project, as well as small paintings of interpretive landscape. These works were done in a short time as, like so many, we closed for much of 2020 due to COVID.
700 local and interstate visitors enjoyed ‘Scape’, down from over 1,100 visitors the previous year as international visitors were of course absent, but in these strange times an amazing response!
Now that the exhibition has completed, the Studio is back to classwork on Monday mornings 9.30am-1.00pm. All the requisite COVID requirements remain in place, so if you visit you can feel safe to enjoy the works.
Focusing on the historical aspects of the shore-based whaling industry in Spring Bay, the contemporary situation with whale visitations to our region, and the story of local boatbuilder Neil Drake.
Our Summer Evening Cruises aboard the Maria Island Ferry (run by Navigator) have been very successful, with everyone experiencing an excellent night’s cruising the waters around the bay and enjoying canapés and bar drinks. This yearly event has raised much needed funds for the Maritime Museum to open and develop our exhibitions, so thanks to all who have supported this fun event to date. Watch this space for the next event!
Our Shed boat building team Bernard and Chris are working on a beautiful old boat which we are hoping to enter in next years Wooden Boat Festival. If we manage to pull it off, what a wonderful achievement for our Shed as well a great asset.
President
Vice President
Treasurer / Acting Secretary
Public Officer / Committee rep
Studio rep
Community Shed rep
We’re situated on Tasmania’s east coast at the Marina, 17 Esplanade, Triabunna (close by the Maria Island Ferry Terminal)
Spring Bay Maritime & Discovery Centre Inc
ABN 29 601 920 913
17 Esplanade West, Triabunna, Tasmania 7190
PO Box 264, Orford, Tasmania 7190
sbmdc.at.triabunna@gmail.com
