Sculpture By The Sea

I invited MDM and MBH to Sculpture By The Sea this weekend. For some reason I misremembered that the exhibition ran from Bondi to Coogee. Finally, I'd have an excuse to catch the 370 bus! I happily endured the 60 odd minutes wending our way through Newtown, Alexandria, Rosebury and Kensington enroute to Coogee. I was a little surprised to note that there were no sculptures immediately in view. Must be just around the northern headland, I thought to myself. It turns out I miscalculated the start (or end) of the exhibition by five beaches (Coogee, Gordon's Bay, Clovelly, Bronte, Tamarama). Still, I haven't ventured to the beach for ages and it was all very Morrissey walking through Waverley Cemetery on a sunny afternoon. MDM was quite a slow walker, and one who required many rest stops, so we didn't see a sculpture until we had been walking for about an hour or more.

We rested briefly at Tamarama before forging into the throng of sculpture spotters. It was very difficult to take a photograph of a sculpture sans little kids crawling over it, but my impatient muttering was rewarded with a few human-less shots. Overall, the standard was good, but I was more interested in re-hydration than art by the time we reached Bondi. Art works that feature animals are always of interest of me, so I enjoyed the dogs roaming the hillside at Tamarama.

Perhaps another visit is in order during the week, in the hope that the crowds will be thinner.