Saturday 27th October 2018 - Sculpture By The Sea

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