'Magic in your own back yard': Danish artist hides enormous trolls deep in Western Australia

Featuring six trolls made out of salvaged scrap wood, Thomas Dambo's Giants of Mandurah are towering tributes to sustainability, adventure and imaginationGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email"I was a total headache for my parents growing up," says Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo, perched on the trunk of a eucalyptus tree in the bushland of Mandurah, an hour south of Perth. "I had so much energy and I loved building stuff, but I was so impatient. If I had an idea, I had to build it right now using whatever I could find around me."When Dambo was just seven years old, he bought a mountain of cushions from the flea market to construct a games room in his parents' basement. As a teenager, he built a "crazy" fortress in his back yard, connecting two treetop houses by a zip line and a series of underground tunnels. Continue reading...