I’m indulging my love of art — sculpture in particular — with a visit to Sydney to see Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi.
This involved a five am start to catch my flight, which was surprisingly not full and I had a whole row of seats to stretch out in.
I’m staying in a new hotel, in a part of town I’ve never been to before. So far, so awesome.
One of the cool things about The Collectionist is that all the rooms are designed by local artists — and they are all different. The other cool thing is that you get to choose your room. I had a choice of three and picked The Santa Rosa Suite. I’ll give you a peep inside tomorrow.
I’m not sure if it’s a legacy of my recent cold, or a sign that I’m getting old, but the last time I came to Sculpture by the Sea three years ago, I headed straight from checking in to Bondi Beach and walked the sculpture trail to the end at Tamarama Beach (and then walked back).
Today, I felt too tired to face the 12km bus trip to Bondi, let alone a 3km (return) walk around the exhibition, so I’m saving my energy for tomorrow.
Instead I’ve been exploring the neighbourhood and back towards the CBD, where I found dinner at Fishbowl.
A note to all The Changing Seasons contributors.
I will update the blogroll with links to your posts whenever I am able to, but I may be a little slower than usual.
The Sculpture By the Sea is quite incredible. That jet…what incredible artwork.
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The artwork on the plane – impressive!
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😀 I like it way better than when Air NZ was doing the whole LoTR / Hobbit / Middle Earth thing. The in-flight safety video is better now too. Antarctic-themed, rather than LoTR.
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I didn’t see those themes, Su. I hear Peter Jackson is trying to put NZ back on the map again, whatever that means.
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Apparently NZ literally doesn’t appear on some world maps.
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No way!
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Way!! https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=1214909
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That page won’t load for me, Su. But I take your word for it. I am just astonished.
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What a privilege to choose your own room from a group of three different themes! I can”t wait to have a peek tomorrow. Best wishes! Peter
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It is very cool.
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I am so excited to see your Sculpture photos! Hope you are feeling a little better today.
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Thank you.feeling much better. Am just hoping now for a little sunshine 🙂
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There’s that beautiful fern frond again, on the plane! Hope you have a wonderful trip, Su!
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Thanks Deb 😀
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Good call to wait until your energy level is back up. Looking forward to seeing what treasures you uncover this year!
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Thank you for sharing Su, love the airplane.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie 😀
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Love that plane! How cool to have the silver fern emblem on your planes and passport. Wish we’d have the rose on ours. Hope the weather improves for you!
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I like the fern much better than the phase of LoTR imagery!! Perhaps after Scottish independence a rose would be appropriate. Until then, I’m thinking red rags and bulls.
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Sounds like a wonderful trip. Enjoy, Su. 🙂
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I do envy your energy (both taking photos AND blogging while on vacation.) Please have some kind of exotic, frilly umbrella drink for me. Or dip your toes in warm waters. Or both. And report back.
Shivering in Michigan…
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Love the art work on the plane, great visual start to your trip. I checked out the hotel, looks so interesting I’m looking forward to seeing which room you pick. How long are you over here? Also looking forward to the sculptures, I’ve seen some of them in ads they look amazing. Feel like hopping on a plane right now and joining you, but will have to be content with a virtual tour.
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You make me feel quite bad — I live a 2-minute walk from the Bondi end of the sculpture trail and am too put off by the massive hordes of sculpture visitors to bother checking out the offerings, yet you’ve flown from New Zealand especially! I hope our weather picks up for you, it’s not great at the moment. Enjoy your stay!
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I don’t blame you. Today was much busier than I remember from previous weekday visits. So many people behaving idiotically around the art too, which really got on my nerves. But some of the sculptures are wonderful; and I love art.
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It must be a NZ thing to beautify absolutely anything, even planes! 😄 So awesome! I already feel like I belong. 😊 Glad to hear that you’re feeling better now! xxxxx
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I think it’s an urge to make our mark; to say “look at us.” Having said that Air NZ does try to be quite creative about lots of things — like the in-flight safety videos that have become legendary. xxxx
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Need to have a look at those vids then! I take it you can find them on YouTube? Xxxxx
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Yes, they are. I won’t send links because I’m never sure if they all work in different parts of the world. The first one was called Bare Essentials, and I think the AllBlacks ones are quite good. 😀
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