This artwork highlights the aural experience of water at the harbours’ edge through a focus on the detailed and intimate sounds in contrast to the general unspecified sound of the cove. The experience of focussing on a specific sound in an open public space sets up a new and intriguing relationship with the harbour by offering the opportunity to slow ones passage and spend time to notice the complexities of nature and the imaginative response it may evoke. From the tenuous security of the reclaimed edge a strange sense of privacy is invoked as secret sounds are picked up. The strangeness of this physical act of listening to an opening whilst outdoors suggests the significance or insignificance of a brief moment created as a consequence of that vast body of energy we often take for granted – Sydney Harbour. The act of listening to this time based work engages the listener with the site and with time in an intimate way.