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A landmark eastern water dragon sculpture installed in 2017 at the arboretum beside Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park.
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The Big Water Dragon
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Site-level location · 31.4346° S, 152.9072° E
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An eastern water dragon, at landmark scale, in an arboretum beside a creek where the real ones live.
Myrtle Studio Design records the 2017 arboretum project as including the installation of the landmark Water Dragon Sculpture along with connectivity improvements, picnic facilities, interpretation and wayfinding signage, and the studio presented the project at the 2019 Parks and Leisure Australia Conference with particular focus on the complex community consultation behind it.
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The sculpture sits in publicly accessible parkland close to central Port Macquarie and is part of the 2017 arboretum upgrade.
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Visit on foot via the Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park/arboretum paths. No dedicated vehicle destination is asserted for the sculpture itself.
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