Location: Camden, NSW
Completion: July 2024
Market Sector: Public Park
Camden Nepean River Trail, Camden
Update: Congratulations to the Camden Council for being awarded Winner of the Landscape Category at the prestigious 2025 National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards! This recognition highlights Council’s commitment to preserving heritage, enhancing public spaces, and creating a lasting connection between nature, community, and culture.
StraBe Group enjoyed working with Architect Kevin Vo and Camden Council NSW Australia to create custom seating for this project.
Artwork Statement by Kevin Vo:
River Friends symbolises our relationship with nature’s transformations. It comprises of three water fauna that inhabit the waterways of the Nepean River – a platypus, a frog, and a fish. The platypus is adaptable and unique, the fish is stoic, and the metamorphosis of the frog refers to the change in the surrounding landscape, all of which are reflective of their strength in Camden’s history of floods. They are sculptural shapes embodying whimsical play, combining nature with functional art.
River Friends invites us to sit, play and contemplate nature and the distinct ecosystems of Camden Town Farm and the surrounding Nepean River.
