Brick Bay Sculpture Trail

We stayed with Colin and Helen Beckwith during our trip at Queens Birthday Weekend, and while the boys were out golfing Helen and I went for a walk through the Brick Bay Sculpture Park - the ideal combination of a gentle walk with something to see on the way. A bit like golf really. We were so lucky that the weather was fine and still. These are "Go Lightly" by Virginia King. They are arches, but because of the still water we are able to see them as circles. The autumn foliage was beautiful in the background.

A boardwalk took you up through a stand of native bush including these kauri with this very interesting and beautifully coloured pattern on it. (Helen in shot here)


These are just resin sheep but very intriguing! They are left-overs from the World Cup when all major teams colours were depicted and all numbers from 1 to 15 were made.

Just a few All Blacks left.

This is a protest piece about deforestation . It is done by Konstantin Dimopoulos, who is doing similar installations all around the world. The aquamarine paint is biodegradable. It was so carefully done, I found it quite stunning despite its weirdness.

A shot looking back to the cafe over the pond shows the quiet reflections of Aiko Groot's Disks. Again we are seeing double the height through reflections. The stack of disks are mobile so they would turn and be different in the wind.

There were other installations like an audio one down by the edge of a brook by the roots of a gnarled old tree "Spoken Indexes" by Dean Roberts. The eerie voices were supposed to be safe and assuring, but trees speaking is never that!

The ground was a little bit slippery in some parts but I'm glad we did it all at a leisurely pace.