I didn't take this picture but thought it was worth sharing.
Hope it brings tourists to Thallon Qld as it has to similar ones in Victoria.
Cheers, John
Camp Oven Nerd said
10:21 AM Feb 16, 2017
I look forward to seeing these on our travels some day.
Jeff
Happywanderer said
10:47 AM Feb 16, 2017
I think they are wonderful. Whenever I see an unpainted lot I wish for someone to come forward with idea to get it painted.
Not sure where Thallon is but go there to see this.
Desert Dweller said
11:58 AM Feb 16, 2017
Unfortunately the ones in Victoria have turned some nice quiet locations into tourist hot spots. Not happy.
the rocket said
01:22 PM Feb 16, 2017
Oh wow. I enjoy seeing these painted. Saw straw bales wrapped in plastic n one bale was santa n other bales were the reindeer pulling him. Much fun.
Mike Harding said
07:01 PM Feb 16, 2017
Those Thallon silos are terrific!
In November last I visited Brim in NW Victoria to see the silos there - again, most impressive.
Excellent to see such project bringing much needed tourism and money into country towns so desperately in need of support.
Cruising Cruze said
08:34 PM Feb 16, 2017
magic job looks a lot better than the plain concrete
HunnyBunny said
10:31 PM Feb 17, 2017
I love them! People ( like me) who live in these tiny rural towns are thankful for the tourist money that comes to our towns.
meetoo said
12:39 PM Feb 20, 2017
Will get to check out the Victorian ones in a few weeks. I think they are great and am sure the locals love the extra money being dropped in their towns. Will find out for sure soon.
Cheers, John.
-- Edited by meetoo on Monday 20th of February 2017 12:39:41 PM
Lancelot Link said
12:53 AM Feb 21, 2017
As long as it art and not legalised graffiti as some of the garbage that has been allowed in Benalla. Also, the is the issue of maintaining the art work. As Benalla has an ongoing forum for this, they are now looking for walls, they do run out! I am not for this art movement because the councils cannot maintain the artworks and the artists appear to be in it for the name! Who, from overseas, is going to pay airfares to come back and touch up weather damage? Call me a cynic or whatever, I would rather see a good photo of a silo with a fair dinkum thunder storm coming in than a weather worn painting that needs touching up!
Mike Harding said
10:38 AM Feb 21, 2017
The artist who painted the Brim, Victoria silos is not from overseas but from Brisbane - see the ABC link in my previous post to this thread.
It's a good job they didn't take your view 500 years ago:
"OK, OK, Pope Julius - I know he gave you a very good price and I'm sure it will look great but who's going to maintain it when Michelangelo is back in Venice?".
And a very timely article on the BBC website covers the artist who painted them (Guido van Helten) and the silos at Brim - probably the only time this tiny Victorian town has received international attention?
Hope it brings tourists to Thallon Qld as it has to similar ones in Victoria.
Cheers, John
Jeff
Not sure where Thallon is but go there to see this.
Oh wow. I enjoy seeing these painted. Saw straw bales wrapped in plastic n one bale was santa n other bales were the reindeer pulling him. Much fun.
Those Thallon silos are terrific!
In November last I visited Brim in NW Victoria to see the silos there - again, most impressive.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-07/brim-grain-silos-guido-van-helten-art-wimmera-victoria/7072768
Excellent to see such project bringing much needed tourism and money into country towns so desperately in need of support.
I love them! People ( like me) who live in these tiny rural towns are thankful for the tourist money that comes to our towns.
Will get to check out the Victorian ones in a few weeks. I think they are great and am sure the locals love the extra money being dropped in their towns. Will find out for sure soon.
Cheers, John.
-- Edited by meetoo on Monday 20th of February 2017 12:39:41 PM
The artist who painted the Brim, Victoria silos is not from overseas but from Brisbane - see the ABC link in my previous post to this thread.
It's a good job they didn't take your view 500 years ago:
"OK, OK, Pope Julius - I know he gave you a very good price and I'm sure it will look great but who's going to maintain it when Michelangelo is back in Venice?".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling
And a very timely article on the BBC website covers the artist who painted them (Guido van Helten) and the silos at Brim - probably the only time this tiny Victorian town has received international attention?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39023899