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Progressing the World Expo '88 Vision
- A non-government not-for-profit entity celebrating Brisbane's World Expo '88 -
Photos
33. The 88-metre "Night Companion" (1988)
Based on a sculpture by Robert Owen
and interpreted by Charles Sutherland
Steel / fibreglass / stone / concrete
/ polypropylene / copper
H: 8800mm
Sponsors - M.I.M. Holdings Ltd, Hardy
Iplex, Newsteel Pty. Ltd.
This photo taken of 'Night Companion'
whilst at the Exposition site 1988
The 'Night Companion' or 'Sky
Needle' as it is sometimes called, was purchased by
prominent Brisbane hairdressing
entrepreneur businessman Stefan Ackerie after the closure of the Exposition.
Still a prominent feature in Brisbane's skyline, the
Sky Needle was re-located to Stefan's
hairdressing mecca HQ some 700 metres away from the tower's original site at
World Expo '88.
Photo by Graham
John