Murals – Sheffield, Tasmania
This weeks travel theme was such a good one, that I had to post a second entry. My first post was on wall that were built around cities for protection. But this post is a completely different take on walls. The Town of Sheffield in Tasmania came up with a clever idea in the 1980′s to reverse an economic decline and boost tourism. They came up with the idea of decorating the walls of various town buildings with large colorful murals, mainly depicting the history of the local pioneers. The first mural was so well received that they now have 50+/- spread all over town and Sheffield has become known as the “Town of Murals”. These are photos of just a few of them.
So clever!
By: The Retiring Sort on January 27, 2013
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By: travel theme: walls « my sweetpainteddreams on January 29, 2013
at 10:17 AM
so cool – I live in what is known as Muraltown NZ…so I love these
By: Jo Bryant on January 29, 2013
at 3:21 PM
I have been to NZ a couple of times. Which city is known as “muraltown”?
By: danielfee on January 29, 2013
at 8:35 PM
It is a small rural town, Katikati in the Bay of Plenty.
By: Jo Bryant on January 29, 2013
at 8:36 PM
Rotorua is as close as I have been to your town. We set a goal 10 years ago, that when we retire we want to spend half the year in NZ and the other half in the US. We really like the Wanganui area. But we still have at least another 11 years before I hit retirement age, and the bad economy over the past few years has put a kink in our plans too.
By: danielfee on January 29, 2013
at 9:09 PM
That sucks. before you settle in Wanganui…you need to check out around here…way better.
By: Jo Bryant on January 29, 2013
at 11:03 PM