Nala.
Nala.
It is a known fact that Hervey Bay is the best location in Australia to indulge in whale watching and no visit to Hervey Bay is complete until you visit “Nala” the whale.
Despite being a huge sculpture Nala is actually a real living breathing whale and she is a humpback whale who has be calling in at Hervey Bay on an annual basis since 1992.
Weighing in at 22 tonne the Nala sculpture has some interesting statistics:
Length: 11.5m, Height: 8.3m, Width: 14.8m (including flippers), 9.5 tonnes of timber, 3.5 tonnes of stainless steel and 9 tonnes of steel framework.
It is interesting to note that a Humpback whale grows to an average length of 52 feet (16 metres) and weighs between 30-50 tons (27-45 tonnes).
Artist Ross Bradbury estimates that he invested a minimum of 250 hours of work just into the carving the local ironbark timber.
Add on the time to work the stainless steel fabrication the overall task was as mammoth as a whale.
Nala the Hervey Bay humpback can be viewed at the intersection of Main St and the Esplanade, Pialba.
Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia..
Nala.
Nala.
It is a known fact that Hervey Bay is the best location in Australia to indulge in whale watching and no visit to Hervey Bay is complete until you visit “Nala” the whale.
Despite being a huge sculpture Nala is actually a real living breathing whale and she is a humpback whale who has be calling in at Hervey Bay on an annual basis since 1992.
Weighing in at 22 tonne the Nala sculpture has some interesting statistics:
Length: 11.5m, Height: 8.3m, Width: 14.8m (including flippers), 9.5 tonnes of timber, 3.5 tonnes of stainless steel and 9 tonnes of steel framework.
It is interesting to note that a Humpback whale grows to an average length of 52 feet (16 metres) and weighs between 30-50 tons (27-45 tonnes).
Artist Ross Bradbury estimates that he invested a minimum of 250 hours of work just into the carving the local ironbark timber.
Add on the time to work the stainless steel fabrication the overall task was as mammoth as a whale.
Nala the Hervey Bay humpback can be viewed at the intersection of Main St and the Esplanade, Pialba.
Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia..