Post 68 – Lake Ballard
Lake Ballard
Lake Ballard is a salt lake about 50km from Menzies. This is the first time I have walked on a dry salt lake. Well this one wasn't completely dry. I could feel the underlying mud squelch as I walked on the salt.
Lake Ballard - Inside Australia
This lake is the location of an art installation titled "Inside Australia"
This installation consists of about 30 of these statues place on the lake bed. The statues have been made after body scanning residents of Menzies. The statues are so unlike a human body I am not sure why he bothered with body scans. They are about 3/4 life size and are placed at distances of 2 to 3 hundred metres.
We were both underwhelmed when we first got to the lake. As we camped there the night and I walked out and photographed a few of the statues, I have to confess that I warmed a bit to the installation. Still don't think it is some kind of master piece however.
Lake Ballard
Inside Australia - art installation.