Wyndham will be the host of two smell walks taking place on Saturday, August 24, in Werribee and Saturday, September 7 in Wyndham Harbour.
After being provided with a clipboard and pen, participants will embark on a 45-minute self-guided walk where they will record all the scents they encounter.
Werribee’s central business district was selected as the urban location for the diversity of scents that can be found within close proximity to each other.
Smell Art founder Erin Adams is leading the walks and commented on choice of location.
“We thought it could be a really great place to record the scents of that area because there’s just huge diversity– it’s pretty incredible having the river so close to the main street.”
Wyndham Harbour’s combination of coast, cafes, farms and dirt patches make it the ideal candidate for the second walk.
“Both the locations we basically picked because we think they’re hot spots for different smells,” Ms Adams said.
“I personally think everyone should just think about smell a little bit during their day.”
The walks will be followed by an afternoon tea, where Ms Adams will give a quick background on the science of smell and participants can share their experiences from the walks.
The results will form a ‘smell map’ of Wyndham as part of Dr Kate McLean’s upcoming book ‘An Atlas of Smells, Stinks and Scents’.
Details: smellart.com.au/projects/smell-walk
Jaidyn Kennedy
