The Kyabram water tank mural features local birds and wildlife.
Photo by
Dylan Brown
The mural on the Kyabram water tank is creating plenty of interest among both locals and visitors to the town.
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Representing the area’s wildlife, the mural has become a tourism drawcard for Kyabram as well as a way to reinvigorate the town.
More than 1000 people signed the visitor’s book for the mural in the past 12 months, but those responsible for it believe the visitor numbers are actually much higher.
Melbourne artist Jimmy Dvate painted the 608 square metre structure, after the community spent five years raising $100,000 for the project.
The mural features wildlife from the area, with some of the birds taken from photos shot at the Kyabram Fauna Park.
A Major Mitchell cockatoo is prominently featured on the tank, while two endangered birds — the bush-stone curlew and the plains-wanderer — are also featured.
A golden whistler, spotted-tail quoll, blue skimmer (dragonfly), yellow crimson rosella, red-capped robin, brolga and eastern long-necked turtle are also in the painting, among water scenes and trees.
The fence at the observation platform in front of the Kyabram water tank mural also features steel cut-outs of animals.
Photo by
Dylan Brown
The best spot to view the water tank mural from is the mural picnic area at what was once the old Kyabram Railway Station platform
It can be found on the corner of Union and Drum Sts.
The mural picnic area also has tables and chairs, making it a perfect spot to enjoy lunch or a snack while admiring the artwork.
The fence at the platform also shows off an array of metal cut-outs of animals, birds and flora including a dingo, wombat, pelican and flowers.
A brolga is one of the many birds featured on the Kyabram water tank mural.
Photo by
Dylan Brown
Plans are also under way to put a metal cut-out of the first steam train to use the line on top of the entry to the viewing platform.
Ky Project Committee president Allan Weeks said the mural had attracted plenty of visitors from all over Australia as well as some from overseas.
The water tank mural is included on the local silo art trail, adding yet another spot for visitors to the area to look at.
For those interested in murals, the drive to Rochester and Colbinabbin to view the silo art in those towns is also well worth it.
Rochester has three painted silos, also painted by Jimmy Dvate.
The squirrel glider, platypus and azure kingfisher overlooking a Campaspe River scene attract plenty of attention from visitors to the town, as they overlook the railway tracks and the main street.
Two of the Rochester silos, which have drawn considerable interest from tourists.
Photo by
Geoff Adams
Colbinabbin has also well and truly stamped its name on the silo art trail with its six painted silos just off the main street.
Painted by Tim Bowtell, the silos show off scenes pertinent to the history of the town.
The Colbinabbin silos show different parts of life in Colbinabbin over the years.
Photo by
Megan Fisher
They range from the Colbinabbbin Farmers Picnic, which was a favourite event in the town in the late 1800s and early 1900s, to a train transporting grain and fertiliser from the Colbinabbin silos, the old train station, ‘Lulu’ the fire truck and the Colbinabbin tractor pull.
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