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Originally designed and installed by Jamie Maclean in 2009 with input from the Pinkenba Community, the Pinkenba History Trail relates the history and importance of Pinkenba Wharf as Brisbane’s first wharf and Pinkenba Village as a unique wharf village The project won a Silver Medal in the Queensland Governor’s Heritage Awards in 2011 and has remained a part of the Pinkenba community identity since installation. In this three-month restoration project CAS fully refurbished the open-spaces elements of the Trail including; the Village Sign, Pinkenba History Board, History Marker Posts and the RAN 9 History Board.
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This artwork, situated on the Sensory Trail at the Downfall Creek Bushland centre in McDowall, is one of many interactive artworks along the trail. CAS conducted specialist maintenance to stabilise the surfaces of the moving blocks, repair losses to the paintwork, and seal the artwork and frame with a clear anti-graffiti coating.
The Flood Marker at Rafting Ground Reserve Pullenvale, marks the height of the 1974 floods - which severely inundated much of the surrounding area. CAS was engaged to refurbish the Marker which had problems with ant damage and timber-rot, paint losses, and minor cracks to the concrete slab.
In August 2023 CAS was engaged to refurbish the ‘Fairy Arch’ at Bradbury Park Magic Forest Playground. Due to vandalism much of the bronze work attached to the timber archway had been removed or damaged. The restoration process involved the removal of all bronze elements, remaking broken and missing pieces and reassembling the new bronze-work and timber infills to the restored timber archway.
CAS was commissioned by Blue Sky View - who manage the Brisbane City Council Core Public Art Maintenance Program - to refurbish artist Christopher Trotter’s ‘Crazy Chook Machine’, a metal sculpture which was installed in 1996 at Railway Parade Geebung. The refurbishment was extensive including a detail clean and re-coating of the metal sculpture itself as well as a partial re-build and full surface restoration of the brick plinth.
These well-loved bronze sculptures – originally from a series of life-cast artworks made in fibre-glass for Expo 88 by Artbusters, were re-cast in 2019 in bronze by Chalkos Fine Art Foundry and installed by CAS opposite the RNA show-ring. In May 2023 CAS teamed up with Chalkos Foundry again to clean and detail the artworks as part of the Brisbane City Council’s public art maintenance program.
These iconic bronze sculptures by Italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro, located in King Edward Park in the Brisbane CBD, are part of the Brisbane City Council Core Public Art Collection. CAS teamed up with Chalkos Fine Art Foundry to clean and detail the artworks on site as part of the Brisbane City Council’s public art maintenance program.
The Mountains to Mangroves Heritage Signs were commissioned in 2001 to augment the ceramic signs placed along the Corridor in 1999. These signs, designed by Jamie Maclean in association with local environmental and history groups, featured local flora, fauna and/or human historical activity in a number of specific locations along the Corridor. Though some of the signs have been decommissioned over the years those that were still viable were refurbished by CAS to extend their use in their current locations.
The sculptural play elements for Booker Place Park were first designed and fabricated by Jamie Maclean in 2007, with minor maintenance being carried out as required. In February and March 2023 a major project was completed by CAS including repairs to the sculptures on the Anthill Waterplay feature, removal, refurbishment and replacement of the six Animal Marker Posts, and a resurfacing of the Tree-stump for the sand-pit play feature.
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January 2026
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