This 8-tonne moving sculpture stands beside Aeschenplatz. It was built in 1989 by Jonathan Borofsky, one of a series of similar “Hammering Man” works around the world. This one is 13.5 metres high and 15cm thick. Its arm rises and falls roughly every 15 seconds, pounding out a silent rhythm for the busy traffic below.

We are now in our house in Sydney, and have internet there. Alas the same can’t be said for our furniture — the container is still being processed by customs, which will probably take until sometime in the New Year. But it is good to have a fixed address after some seven weeks of travelling.