Time for a break from the fences, it's been 7 weeks. So a road trip is the best way known to rejuvenate enthusiasm.
Headed north via Ararat, Great Western and Stawell bypassing the Grampians National Park; a bit cold for camping. And on to Rupanyup.
Rupanyup is a small town with pulse, in the Yarriambiack Shire. The pulse they are referring to are crops of lentils, chickpeas & beans. They also have a painted Silo and that's what attracted me.
It would seem the next big thing for a town to have to attract tourism is not a big banana, or this case a big chickpea, but a big bit of open-air street art. You don't get much bigger than a grain silo as your canvas.
Rupanyup is no different from other small regional towns being bypassed commercially. Is it now too easy to drive to the big town and spend your money in the big multinational chain stores?
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| Depicts local youth. |
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| A railway station without rails. Now owned privately and currently for sale. |
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| In this group, only the pub remains open. |
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| No trains in this town since 1983. |
