Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House<\/a> hosted the event with co-ordinator Carolyn Williams.<\/p>\nShe was impressed with the size of the crowd despite the unpleasant conditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything went really well we had a great crowd of competitors as well as spectators. They persevered despite the increasing wind, which made it very uncomfortable to be on the beach,\u201d Ms
\u201cIt was great to see so many locals as well as holiday makers. It would\u2019ve been possibly the same as last year, around 120 people competing and equal numbers watching.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Williams said there were winners in various categories with no overall winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no overall winner as we had different age categories. First, second and third in about five different categories, they were lots of very creative sculptures.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a sea lion that was really good, that was a crowd favourite. It was a great event with the Sea of Ukes performing afterwards at the Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very good event and successful on all levels except for the weather.\u201d<\/p>\nBorough of Queenscliffe mayor Ross Ebbles and Leanne Stein judging the competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCompetitors and spectators enjoyed a barbecue run by Queenscliff and District Men\u2019s Shed afterwards, with Queenscliffe mayor Ross Ebbels applauding the efforts of all involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe annual sand sculpture contest in Queenscliffe brings visitors from everywhere to our community. This year I met participants from as far away as New Zealand and even the United Kingdom,\u201d Cr Ebbels said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations to the Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House for running yet another fantastic event.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DESPITE windy and miserable weather, about 120 competitors took to Queenscliff beach on January 4 to participate in the 22nd sand sculpture contest. Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House hosted the event with co-ordinator Carolyn Williams. She was impressed with the size of the crowd despite the unpleasant conditions. \u201cEverything went really well we had a great crowd […]<\/p>\n
Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":29735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-29733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest - Bellarine Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest - Bellarine Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DESPITE windy and miserable weather, about 120 competitors took to Queenscliff beach on January 4 to participate in the 22nd sand sculpture contest. Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House hosted the event with co-ordinator Carolyn Williams. She was impressed with the size of the crowd despite the unpleasant conditions. \u201cEverything went really well we had a great crowd [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bellarine Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-08T14:09:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-08T23:52:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jessica Nicol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jessica Nicol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jessica Nicol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/31b3cb903716a4fa6f4e29662cea2070\"},\"headline\":\"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-08T14:09:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-08T23:52:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":294,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest - Bellarine Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-08T14:09:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-08T23:52:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"The Kilday and Hughes families with their giant sand crab at Queenscliff Beach. Photos: MICHAEL CHAMBERS\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bellarine Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bellarine Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"width\":291,\"height\":38,\"caption\":\"Bellarine Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/31b3cb903716a4fa6f4e29662cea2070\",\"name\":\"Jessica Nicol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ca19cdbbc777bffb56b3d825ba3243d5c23d1be8d90c7d7d7f4f236282f5f0d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ca19cdbbc777bffb56b3d825ba3243d5c23d1be8d90c7d7d7f4f236282f5f0d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ca19cdbbc777bffb56b3d825ba3243d5c23d1be8d90c7d7d7f4f236282f5f0d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jessica Nicol\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/author\\\/jessicanicol\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest - Bellarine Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest - Bellarine Times","og_description":"DESPITE windy and miserable weather, about 120 competitors took to Queenscliff beach on January 4 to participate in the 22nd sand sculpture contest. Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House hosted the event with co-ordinator Carolyn Williams. She was impressed with the size of the crowd despite the unpleasant conditions. \u201cEverything went really well we had a great crowd [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/","og_site_name":"Bellarine Times","article_published_time":"2020-01-08T14:09:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-08T23:52:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jessica Nicol","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jessica Nicol","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/"},"author":{"name":"Jessica Nicol","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/31b3cb903716a4fa6f4e29662cea2070"},"headline":"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest","datePublished":"2020-01-08T14:09:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-08T23:52:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/"},"wordCount":294,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/","name":"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest - Bellarine Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png","datePublished":"2020-01-08T14:09:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-08T23:52:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-5-e1578453636690.png","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"The Kilday and Hughes families with their giant sand crab at Queenscliff Beach. Photos: MICHAEL CHAMBERS"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/queenscliff-sculpture-contest\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sandy masterpieces on the shore at Queenscliff Sculpture Contest"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/","name":"Bellarine Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#organization","name":"Bellarine Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","width":291,"height":38,"caption":"Bellarine Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/31b3cb903716a4fa6f4e29662cea2070","name":"Jessica Nicol","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca19cdbbc777bffb56b3d825ba3243d5c23d1be8d90c7d7d7f4f236282f5f0d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca19cdbbc777bffb56b3d825ba3243d5c23d1be8d90c7d7d7f4f236282f5f0d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca19cdbbc777bffb56b3d825ba3243d5c23d1be8d90c7d7d7f4f236282f5f0d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jessica Nicol"},"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/author\/jessicanicol\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29733"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=29733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-1-2-e1578454032526.png\")