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Centre of a roundabout, Dolphin Quay, Mandurah, WA.

Mandurah - or Mandjoogoordap, to give the place its Noongar name - is a city on the Indian Ocean. It was once a fishing village and holiday destination; now it is a populous city, though primarily a dormitory for working in Perth, Fremantle and FIFO. The sculpture represents both the old and the new, as it is located just outside a large marina which is used by recreational fishing boats which go out to the ocean or inland to the Peel Inlet, a body of shallow water some 130 sq km (50 sq miles) in area.

It is my home and the closest I'll ever get to paradise.