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Norman Sykes Sculpture

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Norman Sykes Sculpture

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Norman Sykes Sculpture

Name: Norman Sykes Sculpture
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Location: Tasmania, Australia

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1. Railton Topiary Trail – Norman Sykes Sculpture loop from Railton

28.4km

02:26

250m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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January 28, 2022

The sculpture commemorates conservationist Norman Sykes who left fifteen hectares of bushland to the young people of Railton.

Scholar, musician, World War One fighter pilot and qualified engineer, Norman Sykes was one of Railton’s most colourful residents and one of Tasmania’s most eccentric conservationists. His dream was to live as close to nature as possible and he gave up all the comforts of a city life to do so.

He was resolutely independent, getting around either on foot or by bicycle and left civilisation to live in a small shack on 40 acres of bushland in Railton. He donated his property to the community with the instruction that it be turned into a sanctuary for birds and other fauna.

Continue up Sunnyside Road to get to his sanctuary and the incredible monument within.

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