Rhiannon's Place: Frankston Sand Sculpures

Once again we go backwards in time, back to Labor Day weekend.

Sally, a workmate from IGA, and I decided we needed a day out, and so decided to head off to Moomba (I had never been, and Sally hadnt been for years) and then down to Frankston to the sand sculptures.

Moomba was a bit disappointing, but still nice enought, we went on a couple of rides, and had a go at the sideshows. Amazingly I actually won something, and ended up with an oversized pink care bear, cute but a few years too late.

Then it was onto Frankston to the sculptures. I went to them last year when they were at Rye and loved them, and once again I wasnt disappointed. They are massive structures, some of them at least 3 meters tall.

The theme this year was fairytales, and there was a selection of sculptures from fairytales from all over the world. Most of them I knew, although a few I must admit stumped me. From the Swan Princess, The Princess and the Pea, to Red Riding Hood and The Wizard of Oz. I would love to watch how the sculptures are made, they are so large, and the details on them are so delicate. It takes thousands of hours to make all the sculptures.

No matter how long you spend there, you can never see all the little details that have been carved into the sand.

Because the sculptures are supposed to be lit up at night, we decided to go and have dinner and come back to see them in the dark, as it was advertised as being really good. However when we came back after dark, there were barely any sculptures lit up, and those that were had the lighting from the back so just cast shadows over the details. It was very disappointing, so we didnt hang round and just headed home.