00:02A world like no other, where fairytale castles, soaring dragons and mythical creatures come
00:10to life at this year's Sandsculpting Championships in Melbourne.
00:16Competitors had just four days to carve out their bold ideas, grain by grain exploring
00:22this year's theme, the Enchanted Realm, all vying for a $3,000 cash prize.
00:28There's a lot of little things hiding everywhere.
00:31Isabelle Gass from Canada, one of just two women competing, took out this year's honours
00:37with this depiction of the Tooth Fairy.
00:39I think the jury liked the emotion in my sculpture, so it made them talk about their children,
00:45their memories and the kind of story they can see behind it.
00:50Even for veteran sculptors, having the right touch to turn 15 tonnes of sand into a 360
00:57degree masterpiece is no easy feat.
01:00It's different characters and different spaces and stuff, getting depth and working out exactly
01:05where you're supposed to be.
01:07It's physical all the way down.
01:09The judges, all handpicked from the Frankston community, had their work cut out for them.
01:14There's such diversity in the way that this theme's been interpreted and presented back
01:19to the event, to the viewers, it's brilliant.
01:22Today, the public stepped in for its first look, just in time for the school holidays.
01:28A magical experience for the young and young at heart.
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