PROJECT IN THE SPOTLIGHT
ANIMAL MAGNETISM DRAWS VISITORS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO SOUTH PERTH
IT’S HARD TO MISS THE STRIKING 9-TONNE FRILLED-NECK LIZARD AND 5-TONNE NUMBAT CANOPIES, BOTH MEASURING OVER 20 METRES LONG, THAT FORM THE ‘ANIMAL PARADE’ STANDING LARGER THAN LIFE TO WELCOME VISITORS TO THE MENDS STREET JETTY FORESHORE IN SOUTH PERTH. IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU MAY ALSO SPOT SOME KANGAROO, EMU, AND MEERKAT SCULPTURES TOO! (Source: City of South Perth)
Acting as a visual link connecting Perth’s CBD through to Perth Zoo, these installations are part of the City of South Perth’s $7.924 million ‘Connect South Mends Street’ project, the WA Chapter Project of the Year winner in the 2020 PMAAs. 22
Designed to transform the Mends Street precinct into the urban heart of South Perth, it offers an experiential destination for local, regional and international visitors. Completed in late 2019, the highprofile public realm project has fast become a much-loved and iconic attraction in Western Australia, whilst contributing to the significant revitalisation of the South Perth foreshore.
