Mosaics at Cantwell Park Suspension Bridge West End - Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia
S 32° 37.723 E 115° 52.526
50H E 394506 N 6389313
A series of mosaics on the cable anchorages of a Pedestrian Suspension Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMG9QC
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 02/02/2013
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The mosaics are located on all sides of the cable anchorages on the west end of
WM6YZ8 Cantwell Park, Pinjarra, a
Pedestrian Suspension Bridge which crosses the Murray River at Pinjarra.
They were a difficult subject to take photos of, I needed to be about two feet taller, but I did my best, hope you enjoy them. Four tiles set into the paving explain the mosaics. The two anchorages each have a separate theme, so for descriptive purposes I will refer to them as "the left hand mosaics" and "the right hand mosaics" when viewing the bridge from the anchorages.
The main theme of the left hand mosaics is the Paddle Steamer 'Coolanup'. In the 1890's local families would travel down the Murray River from the Pinjarra Bridge to Mill Island on the Paddle Steamer 'Coolanup' to enjoy a picnic and play sport. The sides show the sides of the Paddle Steamer and the top shows the deck and a bed of flowers.
The main theme of the right hand mosaics is described as: Friendship and a sense of belonging are important to youth in Pinjarra. An open house, open arms, someone to talk with - youth call it the 'Town of Friendship'.
WanderingAus wandered by heading to the Waroona Visitors Centre to give some advice on Geocaching to the Visitors Centre Manager and her colleague from the Harvey centre. They are enthusiastic about attracting people to the district through geocaching, and plan to buy several gpsrs to lend out for free. They also plan to place a number of geocaches to supplement those already there, and probably will also hold an event sometime in the future.
On the way through Pinjarra I stopped to "Visit" the Pedestrian Suspension Bridges Waymark WM6YZ8 Cantwell Park, Pinjarra, and after crossing the bridge I discovered mosaics on all sides of the east end cable anchorages. After crossing back over the bridge I discovered more mosaics which are on all sides of the west end cable anchorages.
I think I've crossed this suspension bridge about four times, but I've always entered and exited from the sides rather than between the cables, so I've never noticed the mosaics.
I'm not sure what happened, I wrote this waymark description at the same time as the east end, and just discovered it still in my 'Round Tuit' collection.