Margaret River Mouth

There is a sculptural quality to the River mouth landscape. This topography moves. As the Margaret River level rises and falls with the movement of seasons and changes in the volumes of water flowing from the catchment some 60 kilometres upriver, her banks expand and contract shaping the surrounding sand banks and altering her course as she spills into the ocean at River mouth beach.
The river has a calm, brackish quality at odds with the wild, salt pound of waves dumping on the shore. it's a contrast played out by the people who come here. kids, surfers, swimmers and rock pool explorers, overlooked by "Layla - Russell Sheridan's vivid sculpture of a woman breastfeeding a baby whale.Read more