Four days before Sculpture by the Sea opened to hundreds of thousands of visitors, founder David Handley was told one site was at risk of tumbling into the ocean.

The lookout from Marks Park, now cordoned off by yellow signs saying “do not enter”, was deemed unsafe by a team of independent geotechnical consultants after rockfalls in Bronte and Bondi triggered the closure of part of a walkway between the eastern suburbs beaches.

One site for Sculpture by the Sea was deemed unsafe by geotechnical consultants. It caused a reshuffle of six other sculptures, in a four-day window. Credit: Kate Geraghty

“Together with council, we agreed that, with using an abundance of caution, we wouldn’t put sculptures or have people go on to the lookout this year,” Handley said.

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