I'm joining with Sami and others for Monday Mural.
When we lived in Rosamond Street, Balaclava, almost opposite in what was originally a two bedroom single fronted worker's cottage like ours, lived Helen and Ross. They were a lovely couple and while we never socialised with them, we used to chat to them for ages. They had a two storey addition built at the rear of their house and when I was recently in the area, I noticed this mural on the garage door to their back yard.
Nice. It is the head of an echidna or spiny anteater if you like. While shy and they bury themselves in the ground if they feel unsafe, they are quite interesting animals and can be reasonably easily seen by bush walkers etc. Sadly they are so often roadkill too.
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I wonder who painted that for them.
ReplyDeleteWho knows Strayer. They would have paid for the work.
DeleteWhat a lovely find. I do love our echidnas and don't see them often enough.
ReplyDeleteEC, it is always good to see an echidna snuffling.
DeleteNice to see the existence of the echidna being celebrated in paint upon a garage door. I guess that to qualify as a mural it needed to be on a wall.
ReplyDeleteVery cool!
ReplyDeleteYP, who said a mural has to be on a wall?
DeleteI want to see a wombat mural. Could you find one, please?
ReplyDeleteCaro, racking my brains and I reckon I might have once posted a wombat mural. Perhaps our balcony wombats will satisfy you?
DeleteOnly if you paint them on a wall.
DeleteVery nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debby. The personal connection was a bonus.
DeleteThis is a nice mural! Love the colours. Great native animal art
ReplyDeleteRoentare, we need more native animal art.
DeleteBrightens up a garage door, looks good. I've seen a few photos of this type of thing.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, it is a great alternative to the standard Aussie bush green on garage doors.
DeleteThe mural makes an attractive addition to the area.
ReplyDeleteMarie, now no longer 'night soil' men run along the lanes, bringing some brightness to the lanes is good.
DeleteI once lived close to a couple named Helen and Russell. They had two sons in the time I lived there. Outskirts of Sydney that was.
ReplyDeleteThe mural is lovely.
Holsworthy, River? Thanks.
DeleteGlenfield '75-'77. The second Sydney posting was Holsworthy in the 80s
DeleteBalaclava was, and still is a fun, multicultural suburb.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great suburb Hels, but you can't buy a suit or a spanner there anymore.
DeleteEchidnas are interesting animals. I was surprised to find that they can live as long as 50 years!
ReplyDeleteJB, the age of echidnas is a surprise to me.
DeleteMaybe you could write a post about Aussie echidnas.
DeleteGreat find Andrew, beautiful mural. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals (I've added your link)
ReplyDeleteThank you Sami. Glad you liked it.
DeleteI've never head of an echidna before, but this is a stunning and most impressive mural, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteB&E, they are quite interesting animals, and not really ones you would want to pick up.
DeleteI've never heard of the creature but like its mural a lot.
ReplyDeleteBetter than the standard green metal work Pat.
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