Welcome tothe Stella Jo Dean civic plaza. In ths plaza, you will find two pieces of public art (in addition to the geocache) ...
Witness: Katherine Kerr, 2000
Five water-cut stainless steel manhole covers with electro-cut centers and sandblasted outer rings have replaced city covers. The images and texts on these covers represents themes of salmon, forests, railway and shipping industries and consciousness. (Note: at present you will find only three covers on display, with two of those near the cache. The Salmon cover used to be across St Georges Ave at LGH but was removed and put into storage during renovations. The Forest cover was stored away during the construction that is just winding up. We are trying to get these inactive covers out of storage and back on view in an appropriate location soon)
Strength & Remembrance: Sinàmkin Jody Broomfield, 2019
The pole is topped with the figure of a woman who represents all those who never came home. She is wrapped in a blanket to symbolize the love and care those gathered still feel for her and she stands atop an eagle, which has carried her home, with courage, to the creator. She's in a good state of mind. She's resting peacefully. It's everybody's responsibility to look after this beautiful spirit.
Finding the geocache: The nice folks who work in the building immediately to the east of GZ are aware the cache is here, as do most of the regular visitors. The container is a small magnetic key hider, so bring your own pen, as there is only room inside for the log sheet. Please put the container back carefully, in the place it is supposed to be, to help make sure it does not go missing.
If there are a lot of muggles lurking close by, you can sit and enjoy the pool area, or you can wander down to the Library Plaza to seek out more art pieces. Take some photos, post your comments and don't forget to tell me what you think is your favourite piece in this geocache location.
As always have a great Geocache time and I hope you have a chance to visit the other public art locations around the North Shore.
