[ Cairn ]

A cairn is a human-made rockpile providing direction or warnings.  The Canadian Inuit Inukshuk is one of the more famous cairn shapes, and I burst with pride whenever I see one.  There’s one on the ‘land-bridge’ over the inner-city bypass in Brisbane, and I like that it’s there.

A symbol that provides direction or warnings is useful, especially in the days of GPS and social media.

Oh, and the reason for today’s topic:  I’m on a bit of a break in tropical Cairns, Queensland this weekend.  This Cairns was named after a person though; no rock piles to be found.