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Synergy Tasmania-Style - Ocean, mountains and windpower meet boardwalks, public art and a new museum

The Glenorchy Art & Sculpture Park (GASP!) project on the outskirts of Hobart is under construction just two kilometres from Australia’s largest private freely accessible art gallery the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), opening in January 2011.
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