Tuesday 19 May 2015

The Rocks, The Beacon

"The Beacon" is a sculpture which is located in First Fleet Park at The Rocks, near Circular Quay. It was created by Robert Klippel in 1992 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first meeting of the Sydney City Council.

15 comments:

  1. Jim, you do find some interesting structures!

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  2. Funny how you can walk past something all the time and never really notice it. Next time I'm going to stop and look at this.

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    1. It's so true Lyn. I often what this sculpture was but only recently stopped to look at the plaque nearby.

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  3. My husband has always wanted to go to Australia, there are so many wonderful places.

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  4. Amazing. Very cool and a great design.

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  5. Thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/05/textures.html

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  6. A nice sculturfor commemoration this anniversity Sydney city council,
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  7. Funny, I see a clock too (same as William Kendall)!

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  8. Does anyone know if the center part moves?

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