Isn´t that a wonderful view? Thank you, Sami!
I met Sami in Cockburn, wondering about the name, thinking "outch - what a name?!"
Luckily had counted the stops of Transperth online before cause the announcment was "Coburn", of course....
Dunno. We ... Ingo at least got called an As#hole in South-Germany cause he speaks "like the man from the TV-news". We speak "high-German" here in the North but in Australia...
Do not say Sydney is... umm... Can-ber-ra is the capital, that´s as said before, Canbra.
No cock was burned (define that for yourself!!). They only have it written as Cockburn/Canberra to confuse tourists (some here really think Sydney is the capital of Australia!). You are warned now (I got yelled at for pronouncing it "Can-ber-ra" in 1995 - I have learned a lot ever since...! Get off at "Warrick", forget about the second "w" of Warwick...).
Via car Sami and I went to Mandurah to meet Seba´s Song.
Some visitors were really brave!
AI says: "Seba's Song is a 5-meter-tall wooden giant created by artist Thomas Dambo " (who astonishingly was born in 1979 or 1980 - huh, how can this happen these days?).
"Located at the Dawesville Ocean Channel breakwater, Seba sits with a giant metal trumpet, representing a, 'guardian' figure. He is part of a tale where old giants sing together to protect nature, but the song is threatened when one wanders off."
AI says also the story behind this is:
- The Concept: Seba is part of an interactive "treasure hunt" exhibition designed to encourage exploration of Mandurah's natural, wetland environment.
- The Narrative: According to the Giants of Mandurah project, Seba's song is a "silent song" that can only be heard by the ocean.
- Action & Role: Seba sits on the groyne with a large metal trumpet, looking out over the water, seemingly asking the water to flow back into the ocean, restarting the natural water cycle.
- Appearance: He is shown sitting with legs stretched out, holding a trumpet and shading his eyes, watching over the inlet.
Hope you enjoyed this, more is to come!
This is the great thing about having friends - you not only have fun together, they have cars and you get to places Transperth will not take you! And they make up their minds of what to show you, now that is truly priceless!! (Thank you! I sure appreciate this and am still sorry Henry 🦁 was hidden for the theater when you were here!)
And the very cute roo Sami spotted you´ll find Saturday!
