Citizenship Place added to the lakeside

Doesn’t a retaining wall hold stuff in?

The cement retaining wall is holding something in, the wooden thingy isn’t so much a retaining wall as a barrier.

Looks amazing! Cant wait to see the rest of the walk.

shiny flu said :

Another plus for the retaining-wall-of-oath… (retaining wall of keeping those foreigners out?) but the little wooden bumps look pretty unimaginative. Sure the artist may have wanted to put rather large mountainous-like structures as a metaphor to just how hard it is to get into Australia/residency/citizenship, but was consequently censored.

Doesn’t a retaining wall hold stuff in?

aren’t the bumps to stop skateboarders and rollerbladers grinding on it ? 😉

Another plus for the retaining-wall-of-oath… (retaining wall of keeping those foreigners out?) but the little wooden bumps look pretty unimaginative. Sure the artist may have wanted to put rather large mountainous-like structures as a metaphor to just how hard it is to get into Australia/residency/citizenship, but was consequently censored.

housebound: Good thing it’s not your money building the bridge, then (the proposed Immigration Bridge is funded by donations).

That’s true, but surely it should be part of the risk assessment for a particular project with the associated stategies and resources factored in.

Wood and plastic are not the hardiest of materials after all.

It’s a sad world when the risk of vandalism starts to make us fearful of building things.

I kind of like it. It’s certainly different, and I also like that they’ve got the oath inscribed.

I do share JB’s concerns about vandalism. If it gets broken, burned, ‘graffiti-ed’ or rundown it will look pretty horrid, especially if they don’t fix or replace it quickly.

Doesn’t really matter where it is. It’s much better value for money than that silly bridge.