Not with out Chomley
This group, cast in bronze by Ann Ross in 1991, is at the Richardson Street entrance to Gasworks Park in Port Melbourne. There are two sculptures here - a sort of set piece. The man has a dog standing on his back and another dog with his tail stuck jauntily in air, facing the other way.
My take on this is that it is the same dog both times. However the man and dog are heading in a different direction from the single dog.
The dogs are great, the sort of dogs with those perky tails that wag at any moment.
Man Dog, Boat by Henry Smith 1995
The sculpture is made out of fiberglass, wood stainless steel and aluminum and all painted a yellow-ochre. It sits on top of a pole that looks like a weathered wooden lamppost. It's positioned on the traffic island at the corner of Graham and Pickles Street, outside Gasworks Park, Port Melbourne.
The man appears to be rowing away from the sea in an east-west direction. It is a strange statue because it is above your sight-line if you are driving past.
It’s the dog I love – poised in the bow peering ahead and ready to jump when they get to wherever they are going.
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