We had to be Up and at Breakfast by 6:30.
Today was going to be Quite the Adventure!
With the urgency to beat the School Bus Rush over - we were allowed to wander the deck where others took the opportunity to take some Holiday Snaps.
And now, we can take our time.
Our first stop was at Bruny Island Neck.
A narrow Isthmus joining North and South ends of Bruny and separating Adventure and Isthmus Bays.
Had I climbed the almost 300 steps to Truganini Lookout - I would have been rewarded with 360 degree Views of the Neck, the rest of the Island and some of Mainland Tasmania.
I didn't discover the incredible view until I was researching this post...
Instead we walked the boardwalk from the carpark to Adventure Bay Beach
It was good to feel the sun on my face, the wind in my hair and the sand beneath my feet.
And to deeply breathe that incredible Clean Sea Air.
15 minutes down the road was our stop for an early Morning Tea.
Parking at the Local Bowls Club and Picnic area we wandered across the road to investigate a fascinating sculpture showing the World with the Continents on the Outside.
By Local Artist Matthew Carney (1966-2011)
In my second photo I have brought up the contrast - almost showing the Artwork in silhouette where you can see Inside the Globe there is a Sperm Whale and its Calf.
There is much more of Today left but I feel this is a good point to pause and will leave this post here with the Artist's Statement.
(Come back tomorrow for Part 2)
GLOBE SCULPTURE – Matthew Carney | 2006
Artist statement: “When we encounter the enormous mass of a whale, we are struck by the insignificance of our own form and thus realise the true relationship that we share with our world. This work is a meeting place for the community and the people who visit the island and a source of discussion in acknowledging the symbiotic relationship that we have with the other inhabitants of the earth. The Inter-generational dependence of mother and calf depicts the continuity we experience from past and present.”
Installed at Adventure Bay Foreshore, Bruny Island
Artist statement: “When we encounter the enormous mass of a whale, we are struck by the insignificance of our own form and thus realise the true relationship that we share with our world. This work is a meeting place for the community and the people who visit the island and a source of discussion in acknowledging the symbiotic relationship that we have with the other inhabitants of the earth. The Inter-generational dependence of mother and calf depicts the continuity we experience from past and present.”
Installed at Adventure Bay Foreshore, Bruny Island
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