Sculpture
Extinct penguins
Six penguins through time on a steel wave, at the seaward end of the trail.
Proposed
Where we are now
A drawing and a spot at the DOC lookout: six birds through time as cutouts on a gentle S-bend of steel that rises up and over each one, 5 m long, the tallest 2 m and the smallest the size of a little blue. A single giant penguin is under discussion alongside it.
Why it is in the plan
The smallest of the six is scaled to the little blue penguin, which still nests at the harbour edge below.
In deep time
A series through time. Some of these birds have been extinct for more than sixty million years, and for some there are very few remains.