COAST MAGAZINE Winter 2021

COAST VIBES

HAPPENINGS ON THE COAST 5 Lands Walk Saturday, June 26

© KEVIN MORGAN MAGIC LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

The 5 Lands Walk, a highly popular Central Coast tradition, is a day-long festival on June 26 that connects five coastal communities. The 10 km route starts at the surf club at MacMasters Beach, heads north to the surf clubs at Copacabana, Avoca Beach and North Avoca following the beaches, headlands, bush tracks and back-roads to the surf club at Terrigal.

You can walk all or part of the route, drive, take a shuttlebus, or just hang out in one location and enjoy some people-watching, and the entertainment and exhibits.

The walk – timed to coincide with the peak of the northerly whale migration past the Central Coast – connects people with people, people with place, and people with Aboriginal ceremony and culture, music, food, artworks, gigantic kites, whales, dance, sculptures on the beach and craft workshops.

The new patron of the 2021 walk is Darkinjung woman, Katrina Sales, further reflecting and reinforcing the cultural significance and collaboration between the thousands of people who participate in the Walk and the First Nations’ People on whose land the walk is held.

Some 22,000 people are expected to participate. You can register (free) beforehand at 5landswalk.com.au/registration-form, or on the day.

5landswalk.com.au

Pearl Beach Arboretum ‘Ephemeral Art Trail’, June 12–July 4

© GABY PORTER, SCULPTOR

Ephemeral art is sculpture made from materials that are at hand that have a short life cycle. The Trail, from June 12 to July 4, showcases temporary public art with themes of nature conservation, community identity and cultural vibrancy. The art cannot be bought, sold or traded, and the sculpture merges back into the environment as its materials gradually degrade Entry is a donation of $5 per adult. Car access is via Opal Close or Crystal Ave, Pearl Beach. pearlbeacharboretum.org.au/ephemeral-art-trail-2021/

COAST ARTISTS SHINE IN ART GALLERY ON PALM BEACH The gallery is an artist-run initiative by 20 professional and awardwinning artists. Coast artists feature strongly, including Meg Lewer from Wagstaffe, Cheryl Bruce from Wamberal, Karen Bloomfield from Ettalong Beach, and Vanessa Ashcroft from Patonga. The artists regularly cross Broken Bay by ferry to staff the not-for-profit gallery, so watch out for your favourite artist ‘in residence’ when you visit.

1095 Barrenjoey Rd, Palm Beach. Open Thursday to Sunday 10am–3pm. artgalleryonpalmbeach.com.au

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