Weaving Bridges - A great Community Art project

It’s Springtime and Manly’s flock of woven birds are still in flight. 

The bright-coloured artworks are the creations of over 200 local knitters and weavers, working together in this year's Weaving Bridges Project.

The birds were spun onto specially-made metal frames as part of the Northern Beaches Garingal Festival of Aboriginal culture and heritage. 

Birds are an important part of Aboriginal culture, and the project was set up to celebrate the unspoiled environment that was the ancestral home of the first Northern Beaches locals - the Kay-ye-my people.
Taking part were local school children, community groups and individuals, with creative leadership from Manly Environment Centre, the Northern Beaches Aboriginal Community, Warringah Council and Manly Community Centre.

The installation was opened in July  by Manly Mayor Jean Hay, Warringah Mayor Michael Regan, and co-chair of Garingai Festival Committee Sue Pinckham. 

The pelicans, penguins, black cockatoos and cormorants are still on Stuart Sommerville Bridge at the Queenscliff end of the ocean beach.  

See them now, before they fly south for the Summer.