Man holding the anchor rope for a speedboat as tourists embark at Similan Island no 4, Ko Miang (เกาะเมียง) in Phang Na Province, Thailand

Man holding the anchor rope for a speedboat as tourists embark at Similan Island no 4, Ko Miang (เกาะเมียง) in Phang Na Province, Thailand in May 2016

Solid state circus performer at the Floriade Flower Festival in Canberra

Solid state circus performer at the Floriade Flower Festival in Canberra in September 2015

Thick rope

A rope at Mission Beach, Queensland in June 2013

Tightrope man

Man walking a tightrope in a park in Townsville in June 2013

Rope lips

Woman with a lips and rope t-shirt in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2009

On a construction site in Bangkok

Construction workers on a building site on Petchaburi Road Soil 22 in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2011

Bound woman

Anime graffiti on a wall in King Street, Newtown, Sydney in May 2011

Boat anchor

Throwing a long tail boat anchor into the water in the Krabi district in southern Thailand in March 2010

Frayed rope

A rope tying an awning at the Victoria Market in Melbourne in September 2010

Rope dangling

A rope dangling in Pai, northern Thailand, taken in December 2009

Fisherman undressed

Fisherman on a fishing boat docked at the Hua Hin jetty, Thailand, in October 2008.