Bathing Beauties Bollards - Geelong Waterfront, Victoria, AU
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ThePacman
S 38° 08.798 E 144° 22.150
55H E 269461 N 5774645
These bollards depict entrants in an Eastern Beach beauty competition.
Waymark Code: WMNY25
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/21/2015
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Beauty competitions were held on the beachfront of Geelong from the 1930s. These ladies are a reminder of the time when bathing beauty competitions were a popular attraction on this Eastern Beach.
These sculpted bollards are part of the iconic colourful bollards along the Geelong waterfront. These wooden characters depict the fascinating history and development of Geelong. They were created between 1994 and 1999 for the Geelong City Council by Jan Mitchell (1940-2008), who was assisted by carver Pieter Roos and artist John Starr.
Type of wood carving: Combination of carving tools
Artist's Name: Jan Mitchell
Approximate size/height: 2m
Type of wood: Hardwood gums (recovered timber pylons from the old Yarra Street Pier)
Other type: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
All logs must be the result of an actual visit to the wooden carving.
"Visited" only remarks will not be accepted.