2017 Sydney collage: Centennial Park Duck Pond
The Duck Sculpture, part of the Duck Pond Interpretation Maze, is an award winning sculpture created entirely from recycled sandstone, gravel, steel and timbers.
The sculpture was designed by Jane Cavanough of Artlandish.
The Duck Pond fence was created in 1995, and was the brain-child of the then Parklands’ Landscape Architect, Gillian Smart. Her vision was to create a railing that enhanced the natural environment and retained the water views, rather than just being a barrier.
This ornamental fence has a timeless design that captures movement, rhythm and a sense of fun. The animal caricatures within the fence break out of the confines of the railing. You can see ducks, dragonflies, frogs, tortoises and eels in the design – depicting some of the flora and fauna found in the pond.
The curved lines of the railing signify the ripples of the water beyond, while the post tops are abstract water lilies based on to traditional Egyptian designs.
Centennial Park is a large public, urban park that occupies 189 hectares in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Centennial Park is located 4 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Randwick. The Park forms part of the larger Centennial Parklands.
The government began plans for a celebratory park in 1887 and passed an Act of Parliament in the following year. Centennial Park was dedicated by Sir Henry Parkes in January 1888 to celebrate the first 100 years of European settlement in Australia and described by him as 'emphatically the people's park'. The Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun dedicated the park 'to the people of New South Wales forever'.
Centennial Park has a wide variety of wildlife that makes its home in the park or uses it frequently. The range includes pelicans, black swans, mallard ducks, Australian white ibis, cockatoo, white ducks, purple swamphens, common moorhens, geese, turtles and eels, plus European carp that were introduced into the park's ponds and are now regarded as a pest.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Park,_New_South_Wales
2017 Sydney collage: Centennial Park Duck Pond
The Duck Sculpture, part of the Duck Pond Interpretation Maze, is an award winning sculpture created entirely from recycled sandstone, gravel, steel and timbers.
The sculpture was designed by Jane Cavanough of Artlandish.
The Duck Pond fence was created in 1995, and was the brain-child of the then Parklands’ Landscape Architect, Gillian Smart. Her vision was to create a railing that enhanced the natural environment and retained the water views, rather than just being a barrier.
This ornamental fence has a timeless design that captures movement, rhythm and a sense of fun. The animal caricatures within the fence break out of the confines of the railing. You can see ducks, dragonflies, frogs, tortoises and eels in the design – depicting some of the flora and fauna found in the pond.
The curved lines of the railing signify the ripples of the water beyond, while the post tops are abstract water lilies based on to traditional Egyptian designs.
Centennial Park is a large public, urban park that occupies 189 hectares in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Centennial Park is located 4 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Randwick. The Park forms part of the larger Centennial Parklands.
The government began plans for a celebratory park in 1887 and passed an Act of Parliament in the following year. Centennial Park was dedicated by Sir Henry Parkes in January 1888 to celebrate the first 100 years of European settlement in Australia and described by him as 'emphatically the people's park'. The Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun dedicated the park 'to the people of New South Wales forever'.
Centennial Park has a wide variety of wildlife that makes its home in the park or uses it frequently. The range includes pelicans, black swans, mallard ducks, Australian white ibis, cockatoo, white ducks, purple swamphens, common moorhens, geese, turtles and eels, plus European carp that were introduced into the park's ponds and are now regarded as a pest.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Park,_New_South_Wales