Swell Sculpture Festival 2026

It looks like the Swell Sculpture Festival is bigger and better than ever this year.

Portal for the Soul by Tim Stephenson

Migaloo by Jessica Miglioranza

Migaloo detail

The Weight of Consciousness by Tom Pall

Morning Star by Harmony Linthorne

Too Many Fish in the Sea? by Ged McCormick & Rusty Linane

Second Life on Long Legs by Lachlan Hegarty

The Listening Sea by Amanda Stuart & Renee Coombe

Big Bang Cluster by Andre Sardone

Beyond the Bin by Sam Gowing

Convex Contemplations by Craig Gow

Rota Fortunae by Emily Hastie

The Circle of Peace by Sophy Blake

Byte Catch by The Southport School & Melissa Ballard

Inversion by Tania Blanchard

What lies Beneath by Lann Levinge

Ceramic fish 

Creative Voices by Foxwell State Secondary College

Reflections by Oliver Mabbutt

Kern by Al Phemister

By Chainsaw Newton

Ocean Dancer: Crimson Allure, by Melanie Maclou

Nudibranch by Gretchen Keelty

Reassurance Device for Minor Catastrophes by John Vanderkolk, Mark George, & Jeremy Sheehan

Intraterrestrial (Memorial to be Seen from Mars) by Damien Lucas

The Rise of AI, by Andre Braun

Ascend by Clayton Blake

By Anthea Amore

Tide Dwellers by Jan Brown 

Great Ocean Road

We crossed the border from South Australia into Victoria and wended our way along the coast, through Nelson, Portland, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Port Campbell, Apollo Bay and Bells Beach.

The south coast of Victoria

Portland

Port Fairy

Griffiths Island lighthouse near Port Fairy

Port Fairy

Pied Oystercatcher

Bay of Islands. As good but much less crowded than the Twelve Apostles.

Port Campbell

Twelve Apostles, looking west

Apostles, looking east

Australian Fur Seals at Marengo

Marengo

Our cottage at Marengo in the middle

Maits Rest in the Otways

Sheoak Falls

Barwon Heads (used as a location for the TV series 'SeaChange')

Bells Beach, an iconic Australian surf beach, home of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach