page_title: Nullarbor Nymph
section_title: Influence
hierarchical_section_title: Nullarbor Nymph / Influence
caption_attribution_description: The Nullarbor Nymph opens and plays red carpet at Entertainment Quarter, Fox Studios, Sydney Merrick &amp; The Highway Patrol threw a huge premiere for ‘The Nullarbor Nymph’ tonight at Hoyts, Fox Studios Australia - Entertainment Quarter, in Sydney. 'The Nullarbor Nymph' was made in the small Australian town of Ceduna and stars mainly local farmers. The film’s director Mathew Wilkinson had to clean toilets for months, just so that he could fund it. The movie has been turned away from every film festival in the world, so Merrick &amp; The Highway Patrol want to get behind this tiny Aussie film by rolling out the red carpet and giving it the premiere it deserves! 'The Nullarbor Nymph' is a mockumentry following two Water Australia employees as they travel across the Nullarbor Plain only to be hunted down by the mythological creature the Nullarbor Nymph, a blonde, seductive temptress wearing kangaroo skins with a taste for destruction. Director: Mathew J. Wilkinson Writer: Mathew J. Wilkinson Stars: Douglas Feary, Paul Hayman and Jessica Sterling Websites The Nullarbor Nymph Facebook www.facebook.com/NullarborNymph Triple M - Merrick And The Highway Patrol www.triplem.com.au/sydney/shows/merrick-watts-highway-patrol Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography Eva Rinaldi Photography www.evarinaldi.com
context_page_description: The Nullarbor Nymph was a hoax perpetrated in Australia between 1971 and 1972 that involved supposed sightings of a half-naked woman living amongst kangaroos on the Nullarbor Plain.
context_section_description: Nullarbor Nymph sculptures were shown in 1994 at an exhibition held for students graduating from their master's degree in Sculpture, and in 2000 and 2004 at Topfloor Gallery in Adelaide. Her main sculpture 'After the Nullarbor Nymph', which was cast into bronze, was exhibited in front of the SA Museum for three months, was selected in the 2004 Sculpture By the Sea exhibition in Sydney, and is now on display in front of the Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide.
  In 1994 an installation at the Australian National Gallery referred to the myth  The issue is raised as an urban myth periodically.
  In 2012 a low-budget movie titled The Nullarbor Nymph was produced out of Ceduna, South Australia and written and directed by Mathew J. Wilkinson. The mockumentary depicts the Nymph as tormenting men who travel across the Nullarbor. The film premiered in Ceduna on 3 March 2012 and then across Australia in following months. The film received much hype thanks to radio announcer Merrick Watts of Triple M's Merrick and The Highway Patrol show which aired across Australia. A Sydney premiere was held on 22 May 2012 and the film received positive reviews given its $25,000 budget.
caption: The Nullarbor Nymph Premiere in 2012
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