Today was a sincere attempt to get one's long service leave (relaxed holiday version) back on track. I had to make up for the planned and then cancelled Tuesday visit to mum on the Gold Coast. And what better way to do it than aim to get to the beach.
Not just any beach but the annual Swell sculpture exhibition along the Currumbin Beach stretch. It was a perfect sunny day (lovely, but not quite the light a photographer-type wants to play in), no wind, and...unexpectedly: crowds! Not ideal camera conditions, but I hope you'll get the picture. There were 66 exhibits...here's just a small sample...
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| Flying foxes? Not quite... Post Colonial Colony (detail), Catherine Lane and Linelle Stepto |
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| The Studio, Carly Scoufos |
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| Floating in the Light (detail), David Ardley |
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| Paradise - Girt by Sea (detail), Jules Hunt |
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| Wandering koala, not part of the exhibition, formally |
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| Hatchlings, Adriaan Vanderlugt |
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| Intervention, Michael Van Dam |
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| Two in one... Seagull, Ibrahim Koc and Octopus Attacks, Filthy Luker and Pedro Estrellas |
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| Erebus, Glen Star |
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| Nurture, Alex Polo and Michael Dowling |
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| Sea Ball (detail with Jonathon Livingston), John Wilson |
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| Air-filled Celluloid Cloud, Clayton Blake |
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| Actual seagull, tai chi moves |
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| Keeping up with the Kalashinikovs (detail), Daniel Clemmett |
Lunch and shopping a bit later. And then home for tai chi...a really swell day.
[Camera : Canon EOS 60D, 28-85mm, 11.34am-12.42pm]
