JESS Davidson, cafe owner and operator of Home at Roto House, says it is “business as usual” even though the Koala Hospital next door is closed until 2026 for renovations.
This month, an art exhibition is being staged in the dining room.
It is a collaboration between Jess and local writer Alice May, who workshopped with 16 people to write a ”love letter to nature”.
“We then reached out to local artists who each picked a love letter at random and created the works in the exhibition,” Jess said.
Each artwork is displayed with a QR code, which links to the handwritten letter that inspired the work.
Melanie Evans’ artwork “Compassion” is a response to one of the letters, which poses the question, “why do they (trees) care for us, tolerate us, allow us to do what we do time and time again?”
Jess is very much about creating a space for the local community and has a series of events planned for the coming months.
There are Poetry and Storytelling evenings, the first one linked to the Love Letters’ exhibition; Winter Sounds, which are music jam nights; Vinyl Social with BYO records and boardgames; and an adult clothing swap.
Historic Roto House is set in beautiful National Park grounds
By Pauline CAIN
