CreatorJohn Van der KolkTitleCloud ReefDate30 October 2017MediumConcreteArtist StatementThe intention behind Cloud Reef was to be a reflective playscape of the ocean and the coast; clouds, reef, views. The piece is designed with children in mind, to be a children’s playground, a place for exploration, allowing them to explore the unfamiliar. I didn’t want to create something obvious, like a slide or a swing, this was to be an adventure into the unknown, allowing and developing exploration and imagination.Specific Place[1] Accession Number057.2019Access AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of City of Coffs Harbour.
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Description
Large concrete sculpture. Located at the Jetty Foreshores. It is a loosely stylised rendition of a beach-weathered whale vertebra from the artist's studio.
Located at the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshores between Jetty Beach and the Yacht Club.
Photographs 057.2019-d12 to 057.2019-d23 were taken 23 November 2020
John Van der Kolk, Cloud Reef, Coffs Harbour Jetty (30 October 2017). Coffs Collections, accessed 08/07/2025, https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/37324
