The council has decided that the elegant but massive wind farm blade on its hands will go to Veness Park, next to the Gwydir Highway.
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So what’s the park like and what does it comepete with and complement?
The short video is a guided tour.
The thing can’t be erected vertically to provide a spectacular sculpture but would have to be horizontal, laid on pillars high enough to prevent people spraying it with graffiti.
Some councillors proposed alternative sites – Carol Sparks wanted it on the edge of town – she wondered if trees would have to be cut down to make way for it on Veness Park.
Tree cutting or not, Veness Park was the choice.
The cost of the whole installation, with concrete and steel plinths, would be something like $30,000.
