The 3.5m tall magpie stands in Euroa’s Seven Creeks Park, on what was once the old Hume Hwy. Barrwarrang is the local Taungurung people’s word for magpie. While Swoop was a popular community suggestion based on what magpies are renowned for at this time of year. Swoop is the work of Longwood artist Steve Tobin and Tank.
The Ice Bear Project was the work of artist Mark Coreth. Ten tonnes of ice was carved into the shape of a polar bear, complete with skeleton. The aim of the project was to highlight the impact of climate change on the Arctic.
The Federation Bell Tree outside the Pakenham Library. This work is by Dr Anton Hasell, and was installed in 2011, in the background is the Pakenham Memorial Container.
John Kelly’s “Cow Up a Tree” (2000) is a 8m high 5 tonne bronze sculpture on Harbour Esplanade in Docklands. Apparently it was inspired by a real life events after severe flooding in Gippsland.
A Beechworth Cider scrap sculpture seeming to channel its inner Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz.
Another one of the amazing scrap sculptures at Beechworth Cider.
What this lady lacks in body she makes up for in “va-va-voom”. One of the scrap sculptures in the grounds of Beechworth Cider
The grounds of Beechworth Cider are filled with these quirk scrap sculptures.
An unexpected series of finds in Macarthur Street in the city, the Fossil Stone series of bronze sculptures by Paul Blizzard.
An unexpected series of finds in Macarthur Street in the city, the Fossil Stone series of bronze sculptures by Paul Blizzard.
An unexpected series of finds in Macarthur Street in the city, the Fossil Stone series of bronze sculptures by Paul Blizzard.
An unexpected series of finds in Macarthur Street in the city, the Fossil Stone series of bronze sculptures by Paul Blizzard.