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[[File:Alphie Fireworks! 01.jpg|thumb|376x376px|Alphie in Darling Harbour for Sep 2014 as an installation to compliment artist BJ Price's Undersea Art Exhibition at the Sydney Sea Life Aquarium]]

'''Alphie the Alpha Turtle''' is an [[Australia]]n public artwork in the form of a [[Monumental sculpture|Monumental inflatable sculpture.]] public artwork. It is shaped like a sea turtle and is covered with an abstract black and white pattern inspired by the forms of the [[Great Barrier Reef]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-09/giant-inflatable-turtle-swell-sculpture-festival/7829448|title=A giant inflatable turtle at Swell Sculpture Festival, Gold Coast|date=2016-09-09|website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-04-13}}</ref> It was created by [[Queensland]] artist BJ Price and has been exhibited on the water at various locations in [[Australia]], including [[Port Jackson]] in 2014 and [[Currumbin]] Swell Festival in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://goldcoast.brisbanetimes.com.au/my-town/alphie-turtle-makes-swell-entrance-ahead-festival/|title=Alphie the turtle makes swell entrance ahead of festival - My BT Gold Coast|date=2016-09-06|work=My BT Gold Coast|access-date=2017-04-13|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413234814/https://goldcoast.brisbanetimes.com.au/my-town/alphie-turtle-makes-swell-entrance-ahead-festival/|archive-date=2017-04-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> Alphie led the Australia Day Parade on Sydney Harbour in 2015.<ref>{{Citation |title=Alphie Leads the Australia Day Parade on Sydney Harbour 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Avi6vqJ3ao |language=en |access-date=2022-12-14}}</ref> Alphie is 15 metres in length, weighs 375 kilograms and sits 5.5 metres above the water line when inflated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/08/15/giant-floating-turtle-alphie-explores-sydney-harbour|title=Giant floating turtle "Alphie" explores Sydney harbour|work=News|access-date=2017-04-13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/alphie-the-inflatable-sea-turtle-sails-into-sydney-harbour-20140814-104426.html|title=Alphie the inflatable sea turtle sails into Sydney Harbour|last=Cormack|first=Lucy|date=2014-08-14|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=2017-04-13|language=en-US}}</ref>

A smaller version known as "Wee Alphie" has also been displayed and photographed in far north Queensland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cairnspost.com.au/lifestyle/floating-abstract-turtle-shellshocks-beachgoers/news-story/849705da92d0aa0529b36b726a59f199|title=Alphie shell-shocks beachgoers|access-date=2017-04-13}}</ref> Wee Alphie first appeared at BJ Price's World's First Art Exhibition on the Great Barrier Reef.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Underwater art gallery on the Great Barrier Reef - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2013/12/11/3909801.htm |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref>