Who Left the Tap Running on a south Sydney lawn after Sculpture by the Sea

By Peter Munro
Updated October 22 2016 - 1:08am, first published 12:15am
Artist Simon McGrath's giant tap sculpture was one of the hits of the 2011 Sculpture by the Sea. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Artist Simon McGrath's giant tap sculpture was one of the hits of the 2011 Sculpture by the Sea. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Two of Simon McGrath's children were born in the years since the tap has sat in his front lawn. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Two of Simon McGrath's children were born in the years since the tap has sat in his front lawn. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Denmark's Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik visiting Sculpture by The Sea in 2011. Photo: Lee Besford
Denmark's Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik visiting Sculpture by The Sea in 2011. Photo: Lee Besford
Artist Simon McGrath switches to a hand-held sickle to cut the grass at the base of his giant tap. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Artist Simon McGrath switches to a hand-held sickle to cut the grass at the base of his giant tap. Photo: Wolter Peeters

It was never meant to be here, this giant tap on the front lawn, planted among the weeds and wild flowers. Passing drivers beep their horns or slow for photographs by its gleaming white spout. A drunken lout once toppled the hot handle. It's the only 2.4 metre-tall tap in the street.

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