Byron Bay sculpture: council debates whether to shaft ridiculed erection

‘Phallus’ fails to find favour in tourist town, with budgetary constraints and logistical problems blamed for final version of public artwork

Byron Bay council is debating whether to decommission a controversial public artwork that some locals have dubbed the “Big Byron dick”.

The 12 metre-high sculpture by Melbourne artist Corey Thomas is the first public artwork commissioned by the council and is intended to depict 6,000 metal birds flying around a silhouette of Cape Byron Lighthouse.

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