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GEELONG Waterfront Bollards. #1

Geelong’s magnificent waterfront precinct's bollards. Painted by local artist Jan Mitchell, the bollards have become an icon of Geelong.

 

Image #1 - Bollard site #23 depicts members of the Volunteer Rifle Band playing in Geelong's first band recital in 1861.

 

Image #2 - Bollard number 2 shows Matthew Flinders who first sighted Corio Bay from what is now Flinders Peak in the You Yangs in May 1802.

 

Image #3 - Lifesaver Bollards on Eastern Beach, using the Australian invention of the overhead Lifesaver Reel.

 

Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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Uploaded on December 23, 2017
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