Spirit of the Sea Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
By Ryan00 on 07-Jul-14. Waypoint GA6814

We were able to do this one from the SOT while heading to Geelong.

We found the Spirit of the Sea today. Many thanks.

A nice virtual to do at sunrise today. A lovely day on the way.

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Extended our caching stroll to this BIG concrete edifice (which I believe if you look carefully there may be an incongruous statue perched on top). Anyway we have arrived. I do ride past here most mornings about 7am and try to ignore this "landmark" supposed tourist attraction by looking up river instead. Thanks Ryan00 for the cache in a good location.

Great cache

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A quick visit before boarding the Spirit on our way to the mainland for a road trip. TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Our first Cashe for Tassie !!
6 weeks to log as many as we can, thanks!!
Extraordinary Explorers

Found on my way to Ulverstone.An unusual sculpture.

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I saw this a couple of times while staying in the Devonport area at the start of our lap of Tasmania, but didn't take a photo until we got back to town to board the Spirit of Tasmania.

Found this guy out on the rocks, i thought it was like King Triton or something haha

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Thank you for showing me this interesting statue. Very wet day. That blob in the photograph on the left is my GPS. TFTC Ryan00.

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A quick stop on the drive home after a weekend on the Northwest coast with RLD4963.

While out and about looking for scavenges for the recent games, I took a photo of the Spirit of the Seat. TFTV

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After our fish and chips dinner we decided to have an evening stroll and came to the viewing platform to see what we could see. As it was dusk I quickly grabbed the photo of me and the very manly sculpture before the light faded and then spent time throwing rocks and finding shells on the shore below. Thanks Ryan00.

We sailed right past this on the Spirit of Tasmania heading back to Melbourne

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Lovely sculpture...very serene here this morning. Tftc...cheers ST.

Since I was working out this way I called in for this cache before heading out to find some dinner, its a great spot day or night.

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Thanks Ryan00 for bringing us here. It is an awesome statue, was surprised to see water dripping of the arms and occasional spray to simulat the sea. Awesome thank you

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This is a popular spot for land based fishing, more so during the Summer.

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Sadly leaving Devonport by Spirit of Tasmania ferry.
Truly enjoy my adventure in Tasmania for 3 wks.
Love to come back.
Thanks Ryan00

Found at 15:58
We had a couple of hours to kill before boarding the boat back home to Melbourne so we headed for a look around Devonport. We came out here for a look but the kids were more interested in finding crabs in the rocks on the nearby beach.
Thanks Ryan00 for the cache.

Grabbed a happy snap this morning. TFTC

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Last one of the day! Had to run up to sculpture as phone was nearly flat and I needed to take photo with it. Just got photo taken and it charged down - whew- that was close! Day of caching is over as phone is flat.

Parked nearby then wandered up to GZ just as a couple of young blokes jumped over the fence to go fishing !
Cool sculpture in a nice spot - thanks for the cache, Ryan00 !

A visit to the Spirit. Have been before and have pics somewhere.

Took a ride on the geobike and grabbed a few caches that been published since our last visit.

Photo evidence added to the gallery TFTC Ryan00

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Been here a number of times. Certainly an interesting monument to greet people arriving as tourists on the spirit of tasmania.

Have been here many times, happy to get our first virtual cache! Thanks!

This installation certainly caused a stir in Devonport in 2009 and 2010. The majority of those who believe they appreciated art said that "it wasn't art", a small number thought it would be a good tourist attraction and the majority were somewhat bemused as a local service club pushed on relentlessly to acquire the statue from a then resident sculptor. Eventually the "Spirit of the Sea" (known locally and widely as "Dro Mymu Yx Dro Bymu" [needs deciphering]) was erected. Tourist buses are not frequent callers but Devonport City Council staff are frequent visitors as they clean the statue from the comments made by silver gulls and corrosion from the salt laden spray. Public art is expected to generate controversy and this installation is no exception. Similar controversy was generated with the installation of "The Red Peril" which, after being moved a number of times, has finally settled on the foreshore reserve closer to The Bluff. Photos of our visit to the "Spirit Of The Sea" are included in the Gallery.

Had some time to spare while the van was getting a wheel alignment so walked along the river to grab this cache. Thanks.

Have been past here many times visiting family in the area. Photo of mr sharnie's tribe doing his impersonation of the Spirit of the Sea attached. TFTV

Have been to this Statue on many occasions
Congrats to Cheesy on his FTF
Cheers and thanks
OldSaint.

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This is a photo of my son emulating the statue. Thanks for listing the cache, and I think I'm claiming first to find lol

Here we go!