Tagged: Sculptures

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Boddington and Foxes Lair

With gladness to get out of the house and hopes to see birds, orchids, Western Australia’s natural beauty, and whatever else it had to offer, we went for a day’s outing to Foxes Lair via Boddington. It wasn’t long we found ourselves in Boddington. The town owns its name to...

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Sculptures by the Sea 2016

This was going to be my first Sculptures by the Sea. I don’t know why we hadn’t gone any of the summers I had been here before. This year, we went twice. (Something that just seems to happen, that we have to go to the same event twice).  Given that...

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Perth Sculptures: Willem de Vlamingh and Swan

Two more sculptures in Perth worth noting are the Willem de Vlamingh and the Swan that is next to it, both created by Joan Walsh-Smith and Charles Smith. Continuing with the tour of sculptures in Perth, I found them interesting because I do love the black swans in Perth, and...

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Perth Sculptures: Mary Durack

One of the most captivating sculptures we saw in our outing was the one of Mary Durack. It shows an older version of a writer with her younger self as a child. The inspiration for this sculpture is Dame Mary Durack, renowned Australian author, engaged in a dialogue with her...

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Perth Sculptures: Hopscotch

Perth is a city that loves its sculptures, maybe even the whole of Western Australia.  I have been in some remote places and one can still find a sculpture even there. How interesting in this outing to discover one dedicated to a beloved old game of my childhood, Hopscotch. At...