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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Rosamund Brennan

The world’s largest light installation shines on a small Australian town

Lights above buildings during Kari Kola's light installation in Albany, Western Australia
Lighting the Sound runs at King George Sound for the next two weekends of March. Photograph: Astrid Volzke

The coastal scrub above Whalers Cove crackles underfoot as Menang man Larry Blight kneels and pushes his hands into the sandy soil. After a moment he lifts a tangled bulb from the earth.

“This is bloodroot. Our people were named after it,” he says proudly.

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