A forlorn flower

I took a photo of this strange yellow object because I thought that it looked sad and lonely. It is located on a street corner near the IMAX at Sydney's Darling Harbour. Such an incongruous spot and it looks out of place with the freeway behind it.

I think it is meant to be a bunch of flowers, although if you take a look at it from another angle it looks like it has legs and could attack from five directions! Maybe it is an alien life form waiting to take us by surprise.