Glorious spring weather, a beautiful Gold Coast Beach, and enticing sculptures are a swell reason for a beach hike, so that was what we did this week. These are just some of the sculptures we saw. Don't forget to click on the images to enlarge them for a better view. The SWELL Sculpture Festival, held annually on Currumbin Beach in early September, is now in its fifteenth year. The ten-day festival brings over 50 works by nationally and internationally renowned artists to a free public outdoor exhibition. Some sculptures were confusing, some intriguing, some ingenious some highly intricate, but all were enhanced by their amazing backdrop of sand, sea, sky and space. We had a fabulous time trekking between them admiring them, discussing them, posing with them and pondering their construction and meaning. But first ... there was food. We started late afternoon so we could see the sculptures in the light and in the night. Wine and snacks seemed the right thing to begin with. Then it was off to the sculptures spread along the sand. As night fell we took a short break to dine on fish and chips by the water, before retracing our steps to view the sculptures lit up. This year's festival is over, but don't forget to look out next year. We'll definitely be paying another visit.
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