It is that time of the year again and I thought I could make it to my dance class between 10.00 am and 11.30 am then travel to Bondi to see
Sculpture By The Sea but the bus took too long and I could not make it on time to my dance class therefore got off at
Martin Place and
connected with the next 333 bus direct to Bondi Beach. Never catch the
343 bus it takes too long should have waited for the M40 into the city to connect with a train or bus - thought it would get me to my destination quicker as it arrived first - wrong!
The
333 bus to Bondi Beach was packed and it was not even 10 am. Every man and his dog was going to see Sculpture By The Sea today as the sun was out for the first time on a weekend. I can go to a dance class any time as it is indoors but to do the
Bondi to Tamarama walk to see the sculptures has to be a good day being a mostly outdoor event.
Arrive at
Bondi Beach South the beginning of the walk. First stop buy a program for $12 - thank goodness for eftpos- I never have any cash on me on a Saturday morning!
Keep walking heaps of people in front and behind you in both directions and don't usre the free shuttle bus between Bondi and Tamarama Beach.
Next stop
Marks Park where about a third of the sculptures are located and a quick
drink snack & toliet stop before viewing the
Sculptures Inside tent.
Back down onto the coastal board walk to Tamarama Beach. I'm feeling a bit hungry and I spot a
sausage sizzle ( and I love a good sausage sizzle now and then!) at the
Life Saving Club at Tamarama but problem I still have no cash on me - no problem there was eftpos at the sausage sizzle! One $5 sausage on a roll with onions mustard ketchup and bbq sauce coming up! There was some type of competition give away next to the sausage sizzle too which I did not look into as I was too busy eating my sausage on a roll with the mustard ketchup and bbq sauce getting into my hair, there was a queue and so I stood on the grassy side hill along with others eating.
Finished I continue along to the beach packed with walkers surfers swimmers etc. The water was so clear and inviting but no I was not here for a swim today just the sculptures - I didn't even take off my shoes to venture onto the sand as I would have to queue to wash my feet and dry them off afterwards.
Took heaps of photos but had trouble locating at least 3 large sculptures which I really wanted to see.
Walked all the way back to
Bondi Beach - it was really slow as the crowds had grown and it was now around 2 pm. Slowest down
narrow paths and steep sets of stairs.
On tbe
380 bus to Bondi Junction connecting with the M40 bus. Home. ( sorry I forgot I did stop off and went
shopping at Bondi Junction at Eastgate Shopping Centre in between)
photos below
1. Conversations & Found In Translation - loved this sculpture!
2. Refuge - could not see this sculpture
3. Karda - Megalania
4. Niemand (2015)
5. Space Plan (2010)
6. Counterpoints
7. Moebius in Moebius
8. Friendly Terror - this reminds me of those terrifying hairy large black caterpillars with their bright red mouths that came crawling out of the stonework down towards the Great Ocean Road ready to attack and bite you as soon as you got near them.
9. But It's Not My Rubbish - Who's rubbish is it then?
10. Feral - one of my favourite sculptures
11. Layers
12. Cairn ( marker#1, #2, #3)
13. The Undiscovered
14. Outlet - reminded me of magets nest yuk!
15. CBD - this sculpture was a photographer's paradise. Another fvourite of mine
16. A Bicycle Covered by Snow (2016)
17. Spinning Slowly - absolutely loved this sculpture too. Note the crowds - every man and his dog was there!
18. Reflection od a Journey (2015)
19. Bank (2017) - my cousin liked this photo I posted on Facebook - maybe that's how she felt like after eating her way around the world at fancy restaurants!
20. portmanteu
21. Federation
22. The Reef (Earth Mothers to the Rescue)
23. Pink Eggplant Share - loved this sculpture but doesn't the artist know egg plants aren't pink and grey?
24. Languorous Repose (2013)
25. Quantum
26. Walking (2015) - loved this sculpture but why is his head hung just like the horse's head is? Is this symbolic of the life of the Chinese? shame? sadness? keeping anonymous? or just to reduce the giant size of the sculpture?
27. Swerve One (Life Journey Series)
28. Templum - Stargate?
29. Vessel
30. Lair- loved this!
31. Whispering to Venus - thought this was a gay sculpture
32. Jade Petals - I don't get it? but pretty to look at.
33. Gateways to our Culture
34. Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
35. Antithesis (2012)
36. Wrapped Horse (2012) - love this sculpture
37. The Thing
38. Paper Country
39. Invisible ? it's a zebra isn't it?
40. Draw Houses Make Houses
41. M-fortysix
42. Cover Shot
43. Migration - how could I miss what this sculpture was - it's a flock of Canadian geese!
44. Horatius
45. Layers of Mountains (2012)
46. Fossil
47. Perseverance
48. Concave
49. Disc Vane - another favourite sculpture
50. Thoughts of Pinocchio
51. Early Sculpture
52. Holding the Light
53. Dark Night Shine 2018 II
54. I Put a Moon on the Table, but it has a Big Hole
55. Tetrahedron
56. The Sound of Sky - The Physical Ring VI
57. Ziptide
58. Mid-Life Challenge
59. Locus of Time 18-1
60. Icarus Rising
61. Trapeze
62. Embrace
63. Time & Motion
64. Guardian
65. Look Inside My Mind - interesting a symbol of mental health perhaps
66. The Face
67. Groundswell - only photos from above can do this sculpture justice - loved it
68. Macrocosmia Series; Sargasso Sphere
69. Freedom
70. Narcissus Shouting, Echo Shouting - I've seen this sculpture somewhere before!?
71. Flame
72. Can You Hear Me, Can You See Me
73. Land:Place:Site - another favourite X marks the spot which reminds me of a landing strip a land mark which would not be missed from above
74. Studio
75. Wave Within
76. Flight - another favourite but a little simpler and smaller then her last year's Sculpture By The Sea
77. Fibro Dreams - could not find this one
78. Scholars, Poets & Thieves
79. Intervention
80. Byobu - absolutely beautiful
81. Orientierungshilfe
82. Shifting Horizons
83. Inundation
84. Gene Rosa
85. On the Moon
86. A Gate of Wind - another sculpture volunteers kept shiny
87. Microcosm - loved this sculpture
88. Windows & Doors
89. Psyche
90. Buddy
91. The Forest of Wisdom
92. Space from the One - another one of my favourite sculptures
93. F.E.H.
94. Rolling the Earth - volunteers cleaning this sculpture keeping it shinny
95. Turf Wars - another one of my favourite sculptures
96. Configuration
97. St George & the Dragon
98. gawura guruwin ( whale shark ) - this sculpture was much bigger then I expected.
99. Shard 4 (Scape Series)
100. Cold Dead Hands
101. After the Swim (2016) - did not see this one
102. Entwined
103. Sea Scene - another one of my favourites
104. Damien Hirst Looking for Sharks - another favourite sculpture
105. The Butterfly Dream (1996)
106. Curating the Waves - really wanted to see this sculpture but unable to find it, this was only in the inside sculptures tent
107. Curious Dream of an Architect - III
