Peer through the portholes to discover this artwork tucked away in little-known area of the Museum, a magical, watery mermaid’s garden created in tribute to Bondi’s ‘Mermaid Rock’.

After a storm in 1912, a 235-tonne sandstone boulder washed ashore in Bondi, appearing as if by magic. Almost 50 years later, two bronze-coloured mermaids found their way to the top of the rock and remained there until the waves and time reclaimed them (though one mermaid can still be spotted in a nearby library…)

Award-winning artists Rosie Deacon and Emily Crockford originally created this artwork for the Bondi Pavilion in tribute to those mermaids. As they carved, cut and crafted this work, their ‘Fish Disco Playlist’ pumped in the background and the immortal voice of Sebastian the Crab from The Little Mermaid rang in their ears.

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