Well rounded sand castles at North Broulee
Words and Images by John Hicks
“Well rounded”, that’s how Broulee/Mossy Point Association’s sandcastle supremo Marie Zuvich described North Broulee’s annual New Year Eve’s sandcastle competition. Well nourished sculptors showed the benefits of their festive feasting through the energetic eruption of a plethora of fanciful forms on the normally placid sands of North Broulee. Pretty mermaids, an ugly merman, car and skateboard crashes, buses, an elephant, toothy sharks , pepper pig, three bears and trains all competed for the attention of the judges and the crowd which was variously estimated at 1605 and 1616.
“It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying the event. We had 87 teams and about 400 sand modellers moulding our very compliant sand. It was a cool morning but the competition was hot,” said Ms Zuvich.
First prize in the sculpture section went to the hybrid Canberra/Mossy Point crew of the Allpress, Mangos, Cleaver, Appleqvist and Hathway families for their rather savage rendition of a face planting skate boarder.
Second prize was awarded to Inglis family of Canberra for their nostalgic depiction of the patriarch of the family (John Inglis) sunbaking “in his younger days” apparently without any togs on.
Canberra’s Stephan and Rachael Szczerbiak’s implausibly large bottomed digging dog won third prize. Stephan confessed to some sculpturing expertise “Rachael does novelty cakes’, he explained. Their Christmas eating apparently gave them the stamina to move the huge quantity of sand needed to make the dog’s bottom.
The Roberts family from Canberra was honourably mentioned for their frightening contribution of a merman or man maid depending on your point of view. “My idea,’ said the not very ravishing seaweed draped Robert Parker , who emerged topless at the head of the creature.
Some sculptures transmographied as they progressed. The Cohen family of Mossy Point turned a big eared rabbit into quite a passable elephant by simply adding a trunk.
‘It’s been going for over a decade now and it’s always a hoot,’ said Marie Zuvich. “There a real community buzz around the event as shown by the quantity and quality of entries and by the support of the local businesses which generously provided a wonderful assortment of prizes.” She expressed thanks to the following businesses for their support: Broulee Surfschool, Offshore Surfshop, Broulee Pharmacy, Mogo Zoo, In & Out Mogo, Mogo Nursery, Milston’s Past & Present at Mogo, Total Eco Adventures and Lots of Lollies Mogo.
Attached photos
6058 Sky Wildman of Broulee and Annabel Menard of Canberra start their sandcastle.
6064 Canberra’s Stephan and Rachael Szczerbiak’s implausibly large bottomed digging dog won third prize
6059 The Inglis family of Canberra working on their nostalgic depiction of the patriarch of the family (John Inglis) sunbaking “in his younger days” apparently without any togs on
6071 The not very ravishing seaweed draped Robert Parker emerging topless at the head of the Inglis family’s merman or man maid creature.
6078 Canberra’s Ozolins contributed Goldilocks and the three bears
6082 Ava Schroedl of Canberra provided a cute head for her family’s mermaid
6088 A face planting skate boarder won best sculpture for the hybrid Canberra/Mossy Point crew of the Allpress, Mangos, Cleaver, Appleqvist and Hathway families
6096 The Cohen family of Mossy Point turned a big eared rabbit into quite a passable elephant by simply adding a trunk.
6100 Eliza Sharp, Georgia Fogarty and Abbi Ryan mildly objected when their sculpture was described as a goldfish
6103 North Broulee crowded for the sandcastle competition
“Well rounded”, that’s how Broulee/Mossy Point Association’s sandcastle supremo Marie Zuvich described North Broulee’s annual New Year Eve’s sandcastle competition. Well nourished sculptors showed the benefits of their festive feasting through the energetic eruption of a plethora of fanciful forms on the normally placid sands of North Broulee. Pretty mermaids, an ugly merman, car and skateboard crashes, buses, an elephant, toothy sharks , pepper pig, three bears and trains all competed for the attention of the judges and the crowd which was variously estimated at 1605 and 1616.
“It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying the event. We had 87 teams and about 400 sand modellers moulding our very compliant sand. It was a cool morning but the competition was hot,” said Ms Zuvich.
First prize in the sculpture section went to the hybrid Canberra/Mossy Point crew of the Allpress, Mangos, Cleaver, Appleqvist and Hathway families for their rather savage rendition of a face planting skate boarder.
Second prize was awarded to Inglis family of Canberra for their nostalgic depiction of the patriarch of the family (John Inglis) sunbaking “in his younger days” apparently without any togs on.
Canberra’s Stephan and Rachael Szczerbiak’s implausibly large bottomed digging dog won third prize. Stephan confessed to some sculpturing expertise “Rachael does novelty cakes’, he explained. Their Christmas eating apparently gave them the stamina to move the huge quantity of sand needed to make the dog’s bottom.
The Roberts family from Canberra was honourably mentioned for their frightening contribution of a merman or man maid depending on your point of view. “My idea,’ said the not very ravishing seaweed draped Robert Parker , who emerged topless at the head of the creature.
Some sculptures transmographied as they progressed. The Cohen family of Mossy Point turned a big eared rabbit into quite a passable elephant by simply adding a trunk.
‘It’s been going for over a decade now and it’s always a hoot,’ said Marie Zuvich. “There a real community buzz around the event as shown by the quantity and quality of entries and by the support of the local businesses which generously provided a wonderful assortment of prizes.” She expressed thanks to the following businesses for their support: Broulee Surfschool, Offshore Surfshop, Broulee Pharmacy, Mogo Zoo, In & Out Mogo, Mogo Nursery, Milston’s Past & Present at Mogo, Total Eco Adventures and Lots of Lollies Mogo.
Attached photos
6058 Sky Wildman of Broulee and Annabel Menard of Canberra start their sandcastle.
6064 Canberra’s Stephan and Rachael Szczerbiak’s implausibly large bottomed digging dog won third prize
6059 The Inglis family of Canberra working on their nostalgic depiction of the patriarch of the family (John Inglis) sunbaking “in his younger days” apparently without any togs on
6071 The not very ravishing seaweed draped Robert Parker emerging topless at the head of the Inglis family’s merman or man maid creature.
6078 Canberra’s Ozolins contributed Goldilocks and the three bears
6082 Ava Schroedl of Canberra provided a cute head for her family’s mermaid
6088 A face planting skate boarder won best sculpture for the hybrid Canberra/Mossy Point crew of the Allpress, Mangos, Cleaver, Appleqvist and Hathway families
6096 The Cohen family of Mossy Point turned a big eared rabbit into quite a passable elephant by simply adding a trunk.
6100 Eliza Sharp, Georgia Fogarty and Abbi Ryan mildly objected when their sculpture was described as a goldfish
6103 North Broulee crowded for the sandcastle competition
