Located on the shores of Corio Bay, Geelong is Victoria’s largest provincial city. Its most-photographed people are not local celebrities or members of the local Australian Football League team. In fact they don’t do much at all, except stand stoically along the city’s foreshore. Without uttering a single word, each is able to clearly tell a story to everyone who pass by.
There are more than 100 of these huge painted figures along the foreshore walking and cycling track from Rippleside Park through to the Botanic Gardens. They represent a fascinating and fun way to show the city’s history by focusing on some of the unique characters who played a part.
The colourful bollards are the work of artist Jan Mitchell who was commissioned by the City of Greater Geelong to transform old timbers and piles from a city pier, demolished in the 1980s, into remarkable works of art that grab the attention of anyone who passes.
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Bruce, I had no idea there were so many of these!