Diver is a bluestone sculpture at the entrance to Newport Lakes park.
It was fabricated at the former Port of Melbourne Authority site, Nelson Place, Williamstown and installed in September 2006.
Have a read of the sign.
The artist describes his work:
"The artwork draws on the history of the Newport Lakes Park site and functions as a significant marker for the entrance to the parkland.
The site is a reclaimed bluestone quarry which has become a haven for wild life and native flora since being turned into parkland.
My idea is specifically drawn from ducks observed dipping and feeding in the lakes at the Newport site. The dipping duck motif relates to the site and its history by combining the material that the landscape is made from and the image of a bird species that inhabits the landscape.
The pool/paving at the base becomes a metaphor for memory and history, the action of the duck dipping into this pool looking into that history and reflecting upon our memories and experiences of the parkland.” Simon Perry