Underwater art
Submitted by Ben Derecki on Thu, 2010-10-21 09:51
Love this idea, would be wicked to have it off of Rottnest, within snorkelling range of the Island but deep enough to dive around... if that's possible.
Don't know how you'd keep it clean or at least clear enough to be able to work out what the sculptures are though.
Brody
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They guy at his desk is
They guy at his desk is pretty cool.
Lucky Tim
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I can imagine all sorts of
I can imagine all sorts of photos being taken with the second photo......
All looks pretty cool but I'm sure there's a few greenies out there who would consider it littering.
Dreamtime
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wierd
pretty unusual but some forms of art these days are based on it, pretty cool though, i think the third pic looks sick
hlokk
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Isnt there a snorkel trail
Isnt there a snorkel trail in one of the rotto bays in the south? I think it has underwater plates/blocks marking the route and with writing on them? Could work quite well there.
As for the greenies, if the surface was right, it could be colonised by various reef organisms. Would be pretty cool having them slowly get covered by reef (though, covered by seaweed is a little boring).
Theres a few examples of people suspending concrete/aragocrete in the ocean and letting it get colonised. One aquarium left a bunch of rocks suspended in the ocean and took them out a few years later so they could put them in their aquarium without taking natural coral. Theres also a place in the US that farms live rock for saltwater aquariums. Then there are also a few bridges that got colonised with marine life that actually impressed the greenies :p.
kaney68
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biorock - Bali
On a slightly different note with rocks and corals...
Up in Pemuteran (North West of Bali), they are giving nature a helping hand by recreating the coral in the area after many years of pollution and adverse fishing practices... (using bombs and cyanide)
I snorkelled around the area about 8 years ago and then again earlier this year..
What a huge difference !!
http://biorockbali.webs.com/whoweare.htm
Indiana
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Takes All Kind's I Guess !
Don't know why the hell you would bother .
I see people all day long . Why would I want to see some concrete person sitting at a desk underwater ,or riding a bike .
I'll leave it to the rest of you artist's
Hlokk ,the snorkel trail you refer to is at Parker Point .
" IF YOUR NOT GOING TO EAT IT ......PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU CAUGHT IT"
Deckie
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Bike
The 5th pick isn't a statue, its actually some dude that stole a hire bike from Rotto & didnt wanna take it on the ferry. The things ya do when ya been drinkin at the Quokka Arms. LOL cheers Rob
Cheers & Stay safe
alfred
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I wonder if he knows that
I wonder if he knows that the chain came off.
Faulkner Family
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they look great. would be an
they look great. would be an interesting thing to have in our local waters. i could just see crays hanging around the crowd in the circle
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