How great are these? Shepparton has hit on a creative and relatively inexpensive way to create public art through the town. It becomes both a community engagement activity as well as a tourist attraction.
The cows link back to the region's dairy heritage. Some of these were done by professional artists, some were done by locals. There's a strong sense of whimsy.
This is just a small sample of the many cows around the town. They aren't all the same template - some of them have clearly been created individually from the frame out.
I also love that they have someone who moves the cows around on a regular basis. This would hopefully mean that the display never gets 'tired', and that even the locals discover new elements to the installation all the time.
This seems like a great public art model to me.
Rockhampton in QLD has a similar display of fibreglass cattle, however there aren't as many, they aren't as gloriously painted, and they are very definitely bulls, not cows.
