dinosaur sculpture

Hello Ben,

I like the look of the dinosaur sculpture proposed by Ben Juniper. It looks good and it's exactly the "big thing" which Perth "big people" say that we want:

It's big, it's expensive and it's eye-catching.

Of course the closest it comes to "West Australian" is that  it is steel. Oh, I suppose you could somehow link it to dinosaur footprints in Broome.

Even worse: it was first offered to Tasmania. The artist failed to sell it there so, on the rebound, he's trying to sell it to WA. May as well build a giant steel elephant, for all the relevance to WA. If it is painted white, even better.

Why not be *proud* of WA. Draw tourists to see the amazing state that we already have. Did you see the ad that wants tourists to "climb the four biggest mountains in WA, all in one shire"? Use what we have, what is already unique -- and beautiful.

Or are you too embarrassed to admit that WA is already unique. With no need to compete with big and ugly models in other parts of the world.

... Nick

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