Public Art

Throughout the villages, public artworks provide a cultural essence of the history and current community of Ropes Crossing. 

Ropes Crossing Entrance Sculpture

Location:	Ropes Crossing Boulevard
Description:	This dynamic sculpture uses actual railways tracks salvaged from this very site – from the railway that ran along this exact spot. It represents the raising of the tracks to make way for a new era, the new Ropes Crossing community. As the old tracks rise against the sky, the rest on the stacked bluestone wall represents the traditional old-time foundation of the railway line.

Brookwood Birds

Location:	Susannah Drive, Brookwood Village
Description:	Birds’ wings carved from steel, fan out from the tops of these old railway bridge timbers. They have been strategically placed adjacent to the wetlands to reflect the local birds that live in the vegetation of Ropes Creek. Click here for tips on how you can attract native birds to your garden.  Find out more

Aurora Wings

Location:	Ferdinand Crescent, Aurora Village
Description:	Cicadas, dragon flies and snakes are depicted to represent the insects and reptiles that were found on this site. The snakes have long gone but you can still hear the thrum of cicadas on a warm summer’s night.

Green and Serene

Location:	Central Place, Village Centre
Description:	This intriguing installation has been loosely designed on the shape of a bird’s nest and painted in vibrant greens to provide synergy with the Village Green opposite. In warm weather it sends out a cool mist that is sure to delight adults and children alike.

Woodlands Flora

Location:	Woodlands Park and Woodlands Reserve, Woodlands Village
Description:	The bushland leaves and flowers of the surrounding areas are represented in these installations tucked into the Woodlands precinct. The leaves are silhouette of a local Eucalypt species and the flower is that of a local Grevillea.