For this piece I have chose to write
'bout the sculpture symposium
which resulted in an icon that's
a cracker! Yeah! Fair dinkum!!
Located in the living desert
are these statues carved from stone
You will find them here in broken hill….
My happy outback home.
Designed by worldwide artists, carved
and completed in '93
Set up on a hill amid red dust,
and abundant Sturt's desert pea.
Twelve sculptures in total now are left
to highlight the bright skyline.
Proudly they stand there on the hill
on the corner of mile nine.
It’s a 20 minute hike to the top of the hill
but a journey well worth making.
The flora and fauna are left untouched
and make the walk worth taking.
People come from all parts of the globe,
to see our magic sculptures,
especially when the sun sets overhead
and our sky is free of vultures!
I often go to the top of the hill
and, go again, I know I will.
am8ur August 25th. 2007.
Author notes
i was orginally going to write about the giraffe statue at Wagga Wagga NSW cause TIL WUV'S HER GIRAFFA'S! but i thought i woul write abut the sculpture symposium within the living desert here in broken hill. it is so beautiful i think it should be the 8th wonder of the world lol.
ENJOY!
til
http://www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au/about/1000/1004.html
there is a link to have a look see at what i a rambling on about
A contest entry
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750 points, ended August 30, 2007, 12 entries
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UM!!! Dear Chantelle,
This might be hard to accept but New Zealand holds the title as the 8th wonder of the world? LOL! Your poem is wonderful, has great rhyme and rhythm and this lovely poetry is a credit to your beautiful country, Australia. Thank you for sharing and God bless you always.
Hugs and love,
Petratani
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Thanks for writing about this, I had no idea it even existed! It's a wild idea, to put sculpture out in the wilderness instead of a garden in a city - but it makes its own sense. The sculptures must look quite surreal in their setting. Great telling Til, I enjoyed it.
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It sounds very beautiful! I wish there were some pics' to see! I'd love to make the 20 minute trek to the top of the hill to see the stone sculptures in the living desert!
Best of Luck in the contest!
Maureen
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I used to like to hike so that would be fun...and a chance to see cool sculptures...I'd be there!
What kind of statues are they? Animals? abstract? The link didn't show any photos that I could see.
Now this giraffe you almost wrote about...it sounds like Yem's kind of sculpture! lol
No vultures? Ah well, I'd still like to go there.
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aha... tpical of the local council. the site is shagged so the link i posted has no pics. pointless really lol. they are all abstract. no vultures, gobblins, no odes to walking talking cucumbers with tits and a miss higuenauties tiara either. WRONG! i may just have to do something about that. how about a cucumber riding a giraffa?
anyways. thanks for commenting.
til
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Dear Til,
I've looked at tthe site where the pictures are and when I ever come to Broken Hill I'll make sure I visit the sculptors and I'll bring A/J with me and we can ride a Camel up there together. HEHEHEHE I'd like to see that! Great poem Cuz. Good luck.
Love Jen
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Dear Til,
I remember Aunty Joan telling me about the statues and how grand they look up on top of the mountain.
You've written a wonderful poem dear cuz.
Love Hine
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yes thy are beustiful. esecially at sunset and sunrise. there have been many wedding held there. it is a gorgeous settng.
Til
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Dear #1 grandawt am8ur,
Those sculptures sure are sheer fantastic
and artists must be bloody drastic
to come from distant Mexico
and fly via Sydney through Dubbo;
from Syria via Adelaide
to Broken Hill and, without shade,
stand carving in the desert heat
those sandstone things. It’s got me beat!
And, truth to tell, I never knew
until I read this poem from you
that icons such as these existed
so I checked in Google where they’re listed
and there I find, their story told
with a colour picture big and bold.
http://www.australiantraveller.com/index.cfm?page_id=1573
As my friend Del once used to say:
“I consider almost any day
on which I may learn something new,
a worthwhile day to share with you.”
Applause for a great poem (BTW I learn that three sculptors came from Georgia in the Caucasus! Bugger me!!
Good luck in the voting sorry you didn't do you giraffe one too!
Love, hugs and sloppy kisses XXX,
Grampa Hugh (R.)
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well there you go! i neverknew that 3 of the statues actually came from Georgia in the Caucasus!
how cool. i thinking bout putting a girtaffa statue out there do you think anyone would actually mind? lol
loves ya grampa
Til
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I loved the sculptures
Dear Til, Is this the place that Mia took me up to see back in May 2005? Because the gates were locked we had to walk up! No 20 minute walk for me up that 1.15 km hill, more like one and a half hours, which was a silly thing for me to do with my heart condition, as it was I threw my heart rythm out and had to go on the dreaded Warfarin when I came home.
But I must say in the end it was worth the climb to see the beautiful sculptures and the Sturt Pea. Plus the scenery where the desert could be seen for a long way. It was truly beautiful and next time I'll go to the information centre and get the key, or go by bus tour. Not with MIA!
A beautiful poem my dear Niece.
Thankyou for entering our group contest and good luck in the judging.
Love A/J
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yes mia was quite silly. it would have taken her 5 mins to go pick up the key lol. the gates are always open on weekends and public/school holidays etc.
maybe you should have borrowed a camel and ridden it
loves ya
Til
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