A wombat tale

Local artist, Jimmi Buscombe practiced a 3D drawing with chalk on the railway bridge beside his house. Another person, Phil Hoye, living on the other side of the bridge noticed cars slowing down, so went to investigate. When he saw the amazing wombat, and only in chalk, he decided it needed to be preserved, so he painted over it with a clear varnish! Jimmi returned to wash off the wombat as he hadn't got permission to draw it, only to find it was now permanent!! Then the neighbours met each other. It's such a feel-good story and it went viral on facebook and u-tube :) Here is Jimmi's web site if you're interested in the story - https://www.jimmibuscombe.com/public-art

[Issi Bannerman]

How splendid - what a great image and a lovely story.

[Wylie]

saw the you tube video - was terrific! a great story. lucky you to see it in the flesh

[Sue Cooper]

A fabulous story and a fabulous piece of art. I LOVED the video. Fav.

[Ulrika]

I shared this on facebook... love the story so Aussie ... go Phil for doing the ol' tsssss with his can of stuff.

[Joanna kate]

Great story, a talented artist...

[Paul]

It's a gorgeous piece of art and what a wonderful story. Smiled all the way through the video :-)

[Dawn]

Wonderful art work and a fabulous story fav

[Bep]

Wonderful! Lovely story.

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Peter]

Absolutely brilliant image and story Denise thanks for sharing it with us all on 365, Fav:)

[Dione Giorgio]

A very interesting story to go with this beautiful capture of this very artistic mural. Thank you for sharing.

[Lou Ann]

Love this, the story behind it was great, thank you for sharing the link.

[Suzanne]

Love the video, fab fun story and art

[Margaret Snell]

Great shot, lovely art work, I enjoyed the video

[Babs]

Oh wow, this is brilliant, what a great story. I am just going to look at the link now. fav

[Jane Anderson]

Amazing art and delightful story!

[Candace]

Great art piece!

[Debbie]

I saw this on the news the other night. It was so nice to see a good storey for a change, and what a fabulous artist he is.

[Merrelyn]

What a great feel good story, love the art work and the video :)

[Hazel]

Fav for the image and the tale.

[carol white]

A lovely image and great story. Fav!! 😀

[Lynda McG]

Cute!

[Mave]

Fantastic drawing

[Joyce]

So clever.

[gloria jones]

Well done :)

[CC Folk]

A fun story and fantastic drawing! Fav.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh just love it!

[Lesley Chisholm]

So cool. I watched the video about this yesterday, so recognised it immediately in my news feed. Great story.

[Margo]

wonderful love the story

[Milanie]

Love the story behind this - and what a drawing!

[Marnie]

Oh goodie, so glad you posted a photo of this mural. It was written up in the Addy a few days ago. Great shot, fab artwork.

[Rick]

Awesome capture. i saw the video on FB yesterday. Very interesting and fun.

[Anja]

Great image and story

[wendy frost]

Great capture and story saw the video on facebook today a great artist and worldwide fame for him.

[4rky]

Great image and lovely background story
Thanks for the link

[judith deacon]

I saw this on FB, a wonderful story and a very clever artist.

[Josie Gilbert]

That's a great story. It would have been a pity if the wombat had been washed away, as it is painted so well.