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Soldiers Point Marina Australia
Soldiers Point Marina

Located and hour’s drive north-east of Newcastle, New South Wales, the Soldiers Point Marina is a popular tourist destination. Not only does it have excellent boat launching facilities, but has a modern marina, beach and restaurant.

We took a walk along Sunset Beach and enjoyed the views, we loved the boats and yachts moored in the water and on the beach. The marina has tables near the beach, where you are able to enjoy a rest while taking in the views. If you feel like exercising your brain, each table has a chess board and sets are available from the nearby cafe.

The marina has also installed a number of sculptures around the cafe and boats. All are located close together and easy to find with a slow walk around the moored boats.

Overall a great morning out, with a coffee, relaxing walk on the beach and some sculptures.

Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach Looking back at the marina

Dingy on Sunset Beach

Complimentary Chess at the outdoor dining

The Missing Link by Mike Van Dam

Sea Borne humpback Whales

We Ride Together in Love by Marc and Gillie

Summit aka The Thinking Man by Laurence Edwards

Bubble and Squeak by Mike Van Dam

The Table of Love by Gillie and Marc

The Brolgas by Willie Wildlife Sculptures

Pelican Sculpture

Anchor

Flipper by Jay Sikora
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14 October 2023
Sculptures at Scratchley
Sculptures at Scratchley

Sculptures at Scratchley is a planned annual sculpture exhibition held for the first time this year in the grounds of Fort Scratchley, a historic fort at the entrance to Newcastle Harbour in New South Wales, Australia. Held for the first time in 2023 the exhibition showcases a selected number of international, national and local artists’ works, with a variety of styles and materials.

The exhibition is open to the public with free entry and the chance to nominate a sculpture for the main prize of People’s Choice Award, which is a non-acquisitive award of $25,000. The exhibition also has a peer-judged award, also non-acquisitive, of $15,000. For anyone interested, non-acquisitive means that the operator of the exhibition does not purchase the winning piece. Instead, the winner is able to sell it on the open market. The exhibition ran from May 13 to May 28, 2023.

The variety of sculptures was great and the backdrop of the fort and surrounding beaches was a great setting. Hopefully this will be an on-going annual event, like the Sculptures at the Sea at Bondi.

First Prize Winning Sculpture Bleaching by Michael Greve

The Miss Fits by Geoff Harvey

The Miss Fits by Geoff Harvey

Juno by Ulan and Rachel

Warrior by John Lynch

Tipping Point by John Lynch

Learning to Fly by John Logvyn

Persistence by John Logvyn

The Leadlight Garden Shed with Glass and Timber Tools by Lee and Zac Howes

Prancer by Nicole O’Regan

Advance by Nicole O’Regan

Stretching the Imagination by Susan Dorothea White

Following Orders by Anthony Xerri

The Messenger by Kylie Gardner

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20 June 2023
Sculptures by the Sea 2022
Sculptures by the Sea 2022

Held at Bondi Beach, this annual event (with past disruptions due to Covid) attracts sculptors from all over the World. Running from South Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach, the 2 km walk had over 100 sculptures on display. Sculptures by the Sea 2022 ran from 21 October – 7 November 2022.

Getting to Bondi Beach

Parking at Bondi can often be a problem, with limited spaces and high popularity combining to make it difficult. We were lucky and found a space in the main carpark next to the beach. From here we walked past the Bondi Icebergs Club and followed the path along the coast.

Alternatively, catch a train to Bondi Junction where a bus runs to Bondi Beach.

Be prepared for crowds because this is a very popular event. Although our photos don’t show it, there were hundreds of people moving along the walkways enjoying the sculptures.

The Sculptures

As usual there was a huge number of sculptures on display and they looked amazing with the ocean backdrop. Some of our favorites are shown below.

Next year’s event will run from 20 October – 6 November 2023.

A Wounded Land by Suzie Bleach & Andrew Townsend

Heads It Is, by Paul Caporn

Folly Interstice by Tony Davis

Horn Of Vicissitude by Marcus Tatton

Oushi Zokei–Infinity by Keizo Ushio

Shо̄gun by Nigel Dobson

Our Love Touches The Sky by Ayad Alqaragholli

Selfish by Juan Pablo Pinto & Cristian Rojas

Weightless 9 by Andrew Rogers

Pivot by Donna Marcus

Deep Sea Bloom by Danni Bryant

Hotbed Twilight by Sivaan Lansdowne Walker

A Scene-Dedicated To Handels, ‘The Water Music 20-1 by Takeshi Tanabe

Tidal Body, by April Pine

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3 January 2023