Dugong - Gladstone, Qld, Australia - Outside Wooden Display Carvings on Waymarking.com

The Dugong appears to be a relative of the Manatee - a marine mammal. Like the manatee, you have to be IN their environment to see them first-hand. The sculpture extends up from a 30cm square hardwood burnt stump, that is secured to a small concrete pad with four galvanised steel brackets. Within Spinnaker Park is a Fauna sign (Waymarked) about Dugongs.

In August 2021, GPC [Gladstone Port Corporation] unveiled seven new sculpture features throughout the Spinnaker parklands.
“These new carvings are a great excuse for locals to get outdoors and discover our fellow inhabitants of the area both the form of a carving and in their natural habitats”. [From the 'Courier Mail' 11 August, 2021 - subscriber based, so no link; summary from Google search 4/12/2022]

From an earlier edition of the 'Courier Mail', 16 December 2020, 'Sunshine Coast artist Shane Christensen is tasked with carving tallowwood to replicate a dolphin, turtle, whale, dugong ...'

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Visited: 0833, Tuesday, 7 June, 2022

Type of wood carving: Chainsaw, grinder, chisel & carving tools Other type: A carving of a 'common' marine mammal of the area Artist's Name: Shane Christensen Approximate size/height: 1.8m high Type of wood: Tallowwood

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