N E Victoria Silo Art

After our Victorian high country bike ride, we drove to Echuca along the North East Victoria Silo Art Trail. We were coming here in 2021 but Victoria went into lockdown so we had to leave in a hurry.

Benalla

Saturday 02 November 2024

Street artist, Guido Van Helten, painted this remote water tank with a backdrop of lifeless river red gums 20 kilometres north-east of Benalla. He featured members of the local Country Fire Authority [CFA) brigades on the tank.

Winton Wetlands
*Artist: Guido van Helten (2016)*

With more than 80 street art murals Benalla is the Street Art capital of Australia. Here’s just two by Archibald Packing Room Prize winner 2024 Matt Adnate.

Squirrel Glider on Commercial Hotel
*Artist: DVate (2015)*

Benalla to Shepparton

Sunday 03 November 2024

There’s 5 stops on the North East Victoria Silo Art Trail north from Benalla.

Goorambat

In Goorambat (pop 269) there’s four works of public art by Melbourne street artist Jimmy DVate and one by Matt Adnate.

Clydesdales Clem, Banjo and Sam
*Artist: DVate (2019)*

Remnant Ironbark forest, the Barking Owl’s habitat
*Artist: DVate (2018)*

Millibai (Milli) the Australian Barking Owl
*Artist: DVate (2018)*

Inside the Uniting Church Goorambat – ‘Sophia’ the female aspect of the Holy Spirit
*Artist: Adnate (2017)*

Devenish

A First World War nurse and current woman in front-line service
*Artist: Cam Scale (2019)*

St James

Farmers bagging wheat
*Artist: Tim Bowtell (2018)*

Wheat carried by Clydesdale horses
*Artist: Tim Bowtell (2019)*

Wheat transported by truck
*Artist: Tim Bowtell (2019)*

Tungamah

Sobrane Simcock was the first Australian female street artist to participate in the silo project, painting dancing Brolgas and a Kookaburra onto the Tungamah Silos.

Shepparton to Echuca

Monday 04 November 2024

Aboriginal history and culture within the Greater Shepparton region is a perfect theme for a street art project. Two caught our eye.

The late Aunty Geraldine Briggs and the late Aunty Elizabeth Morgan
*Artist: Adnate (2020)*

The late Aunty Violet Harrison and late Aunty Mary James
*Artist: Adnate (2022)*

There’s 3 more painted silos sites on the way to Echuca.

Colbinabbin

In 2020, local artist Tim Bowtell incorporated all aspects of Colbinabbin history, into one incredible masterpiece. Painting took 12 weeks and used 70 x 400ml Spray Paint Cans & 300 Litres Wattyl Paints.

Rochester

A concrete silo, 22 metres tall, was built in 1941. A steel annex, 18 metres tall, was added in 1954. The silos and the surrounding land are no longer used for commercial purposes.

Artist Jimmy Dvate featured local endemically threatened species on the silos.