Australian Sand Sculpting Championships

Witness Australia’s best sand sculptors in action as they compete in the 2nd annual Australian Sand Sculpting Championships presented by Streets Ice Cream, taking place from Friday 15 to Sunday 24 February on Surfers Paradise Beach.

Watch as the beach is transformed into a golden gallery of the curious and the beautiful during The Australian Sand Sculpting Championships, an annual Surfers Paradise event.

Over the first Friday, Saturday & Sunday of competition, ten professional sculptors will mould & carve over 70 tonnes of sand into fantastic, crowd pleasing works of art, as they deliver their interpretation of this years ‘Sand Safari’ theme.

See Surfers Paradise as never before, as lions, elephants, zebra & hippos take shape along the iconic foreshore. Play your part in the competition, with children’s activities throughout the week, including sand sculpting workshops, sand art & sand bottle making. And don’t miss the main attraction; a 60 tonne collaborative work between all sculptors – the centerpiece of the Championships.

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