Bunjil

[crowecg]

Bunjil takes the form of an eagle in Australian Aboriginal culture.  There is a statue in Melbourne at the boundary between the CBD and Docklands - it was originally a quite open area with the eagle looking out towards the river and the roads approaching the CBD from the west.  However, recent development has started to crowd him a bit.

 

Bunjil 1 

 

Bunjil 2

 

You can see how much the area has changed if you look him up on wikipedia  

[crowecg]

The scaffold and hoarding on the building has been removed and things are looking a bit more interesting for Bunjil 

 

[crowecg]

 

 

 

Edited 4 August by crowecg

[Dallas]

That looks to be a massive sculpture! 

[crowecg]

2 hours ago, Dallas said:

That looks to be a massive sculpture! 

Wikipedia reasons its 23m tall, which includes a pedestal.   I reckon the eagle itself is about 1/3 of that total height, so maybe about 7m.

[GB111]

cute looking guy