Saturday, 17 May 2014

Big Game Hunting

It's not all that often I go Big Game Hunting. But recently I took part in the opportunity to track down some rhinos in the Central West.

There was only one in Orange.

Flower Power
Keri Le Page
Orange Adventure Playground



There were two in Bathurst. Both indoors. 

One at the National Motor Racing Museum
not somewhere I usually go
you can just spy the rhino in the window

Durer's Rhioceros - After Dali
Gaye Chapman
I do love her inspiration for this rhino,
and it looked fantastic
my favourite of the three I found

The second was at the fabulous
Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum

Creature Creature: Terra
Shanel Tang and Ambrose Rehorek



I was hoping to find more, but only got to those three in the end. It was all part of the Taronga Wild! Rhinos project, using 125 individual rhinos around Sydney and country NSW to raise awareness and funds for Taronga's Black Rhino breeding program.



I liked that the rhinos were thematically placed, and suited to their surroundings.


Back in February Brona showed us some of the Sydney Rhinos that were part of this project. Including my favourite that I saw (sadly not in real life) Put A Lid On It.

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11 comments:

  1. Sheila (Bookjourney)17 May 2014 at 23:06

    That is fun! In Central Minnesota we have bulls... *sigh* Rhinos are cooler :) I should take pics of ours some day.

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  2. Laurel-Rain Snow18 May 2014 at 00:32

    Great rhinos! Here in California we have Babe the Blue Ox...LOL

    Thanks for sharing, and here's MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

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  3. westmetromommy18 May 2014 at 00:58

    Great pics! A few years ago, we had the cows in Portland. Great fun!

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  4. Sandra Nachlinger18 May 2014 at 01:38

    What fun! I love the creative designs on all the rhinos and would love to see more. That's such a great idea for drawing attention to the rhino breeding program.
    You'll find my Saturday Snapshots HERE.

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  5. Anonymous18 May 2014 at 01:52

    Wonderful public art! So interesting to see what animals represent a region. Here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, we had whimsical cows a couple of years ago.

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  6. gautami tripathy18 May 2014 at 02:03

    Beautiful art photos!!


    Here is my Saturday Snapshot post!!

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  7. Anne@HeadFullofBooks18 May 2014 at 02:35

    What a clever fundraiser. My brother-in-law lives in a town that does something similar with bears. One has to drive all over town to find all the decorated bears and at the end of the summer they auction them off.

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  8. Leslie (Under My Apple Tree)18 May 2014 at 02:51

    That is very cool - and something we don't do enough of here in Chicago. The last big public art event was Cows on Parade, and that was 15 years ago!

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  9. Ginx Craft18 May 2014 at 05:01

    The rhinos are great, and I bet you had fun tracking them down.

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  10. Brona19 May 2014 at 09:34

    I'm glad you found a few of the Central West ones before they were packed up.
    I found the ones in Bathurst too, but didn't get around to posting them (life has been crazy the past few months!)
    I like how you captured the Orange one in your frame :-)

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  11. Susan Lindquist20 May 2014 at 23:14

    What a great way to raise funds and public awareness for this species of rhino !

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