I love beaches. Sun, the smell of coconut oil, the sound of the ocean. Ok, so, correction, I love the idea of beaches. The reality is unpleasant; overheating, getting an unwanted sand exfoliation, and nearly going blind from the combination of sunscreen and salt water. I blame the fact that I grew up in the midwest because I’m perfectly comfortable swimming in murky lakes with fish nipping at my toes…but I digress.
Last time Ryan and I were in Sydney, we spent half a day at Bondi Beach. We wore our swimsuits under our clothes but they stayed dry, of course. Instead, we were lured by The Sculptures by the Sea exhibit, a coastal walk from Tamarama Beach to Bondi, held only at the end of October.
The exhibit features over 100 sculptures from artists all over the world and turns a familiar coastal walk into a 2km sculpture park which is free to the public.
We saw some amazing sculptures set on rocks and on cliffs with the ocean as the backdrop. Here’s a small sample of the work we saw:
Visit the Sculpture by the Sea website to see images of all the sculptures.
Very neat! Thanks for sharing.
(I, too, like the idea of beaches, but hate the reality of them.)