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Shipping container art gallery brings Christmas joy to bushfire-affected East Gippsland
Drought, fire and pestilence conspired to make 2020 a harrowing year for East Gippsland residents, but none of that was enough to halt a Wairewa local’s pursuit of happiness.
Key points:
- Retired GP Elizabeth Blakeman has achieved her lifelong ambition of opening an art gallery
- She has turned a shipping container into a space that celebrates “resourcefulness and the human spirit”
- It has become a place where people can “pop in for a cuppa and a chat” after a harrowing year
The Lemon Hill Gallery is a pleasure project for retired doctor Elizabeth Blakeman, 82, and is the realisation of a lifelong ambition.
After fires swept through her remote farm 12 months ago, Dr Blakeman and her husband, Brian, needed a positive focus to pull themselves out…
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