Adventure Friday saw us descend on Currumbin Beach for the SWELL Sculpture Festival. This is an arts festival with a difference – over 30 statues line the beach between Currumbin Surf Club and Currumbin Alley (Currumbin Creek mouth for those not onthe know). The sculptures are placed either on the beach itself or along the footpath and beach access paths.

If you’re a lover of sculpture and art, the pieces included in the SWELL collection are reason to visit in their own right. Our ‘art sophistication’ isn’t that great, but even so, we enjoyed looking at the materials and elements that made up the pieces (and trying to work out what the piece was ‘saying’ – some pretty interesting results when you’re asking for opinions of a 4 and 2 year-old…). Many pieces are somewhat interactive – you can walk through and around them or otherwise find a way to make yourself part of the art.

Regardless of your level of art appreciation, SWELL provides part of a great day out on the Gold Coast. We finished our day by exploring Currumbin Rocks and playing in the playground and swimming in the calmer waters at the nearby Currumbin Lakes.

And of course, there was ice-cream. I may, or may not, have used it as a bribe to convince two kids to walk back to the car…

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