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...local institution gutsy enough to take on Ed Kienholz's sex-and-violence-splattered junkshop assemblages, as the MCA will do in December.) Wandering around its modest new permanent collection space, one senses a cultural flowering just as important as any glassy cathedral to contemporary art. Here the fiberglass manta ray and skater-boy video of former "Primavera" artists James Angus and Shaun Gladwell sit happily alongside such contemporary jewels as Jean Tinguely's kinetic sculpture and bark painter John Mawurndjul's rainbow serpent. Here, and across Australasia, spring has sprung...
...MANTA Chef Stefano Manfredi offers top-draw Sydney dining with an infusion of Italian flavor at this waterside haven, pictured above. Seafood, fresh from the morning's auctions at Sydney Fish Market, is the specialty, while the location?on Woolloomooloo's Finger Wharf?is a sun-dappled gem, with millionaires' yachts gliding by and views of the city's botanical gardens. A main course starts at around...
...beautiful people. Chef Jo Ward trained under Australia's leading exponent of Asian cuisine, Cheong Liew, traveling with him to Malaysia and Japan to study traditional cooking techniques. Sample the eclectic results while reclining on one of the restaurant's Balinese day beds. Mains from a very reasonable $16. MANTA Chef Stefano Manfredi offers top-draw Sydney dining with an infusion of Italian flavor at this waterside haven, pictured above. Seafood, fresh from the morning's auctions at Sydney Fish Market, is the specialty, while the location - on Woolloomooloo's Finger Wharf - is a sun-dappled gem, with millionaires' yachts...
...glimpse of infrequently visited iron skeletons. Always go with a registered guide or dive master familiar with the area, however, as in many places live ammunition still lies scattered on the seabed. War booty apart, diving in and around the pristine waters off Trinco yields untold other treasures. Manta rays and dolphins are regularly seen, while whales venture close to shore. All that, and not a dive bomber in sight...
...meters, where the wall begins, schools of giant tuna and jackfish make their rounds, undisturbed by the occasional diver, while meter-long lobsters scurry for cover, unaware that their immense claws are enough of a deterrence. Farther down, giant sea turtles graze on the marine foliage, and manta rays the size of tabletops pass below. At 30 meters the narrow, vertical frame of a two meter-long napoleon wrasse slices through the water in search of prey, while barracuda, flashing their vicious teeth, swim by alongside the occasional eel. Each successive layer of marine life draws the diver deeper...