Street Art

Stratford on the Avon, not to be confused with the English town of Stratford upon Avon, was a worthwhile stop for a coffee. The river was calm and tranquil as we walked along the art trail, starting with ‘the Globe’ that illustrated the town’s links to its sister cities. 

Juliet looked a little lost and lonely as she perched on the balcony of her tower, waiting for Romeo. The ‘Witches’ and the ‘Tempest’ were more easily connected to Shakespeare’s works, whilst the latter also highlighted the impact of major floods when Stratford becomes an island. 

‘Torn Heart’ linked Shakespeare’s loves lost and the destruction of our indigenous history whilst ‘Chink in the Wall’ was drawn from Mid Summer Nights Dream, where talking walls have secrets. The striking ‘Do you see what I see’ included casts of the artists faces.

Next stop was Sale for lunch at the Art Gallery overlooking the old port followed by a cycle out to the oldest surviving Swing Bridge in Australia, originally constructed between 1880 - 1883. We decided not to wait around for it to open and took the route back through the Sale Common Wetlands. This proved to be a stunning ride along boardwalks through freshwater marshes and red gum woodlands full of birdlife. 

We had another dose of culture on arrival in Yarram, which adopted the street and silo artist, Heesco Khosnaran, during the COVID pandemic to transform the town’s buildings.  We started with a beer at the Country Club – note to self to avoid non alcoholic beer at such establishments, as it was undrinkable. We then wandered through the town admiring the variety of the murals which highlighted the town’s history and key businesses. Each mural had a story which included the rationale for the business owner's involvement in the project. 

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