{"id":228816,"date":"2019-02-18T13:14:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T03:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=228816"},"modified":"2020-07-24T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T03:10:07","slug":"murgon-floats-art-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/02\/18\/murgon-floats-art-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Murgon Floats Art Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228817\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190218drums.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-228817\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190218drums.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190218drums.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190218drums-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proposed design for the water tank has been painted on a 44-gallon drum which is on display in the Murgon Visitor and Information Centre in Lamb Street (Photos: MBDA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228818\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/watertower1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-228818 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/watertower1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/watertower1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/watertower1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/watertower1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Murgon water tower is located near Lions Park on the Bunya Highway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 18, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murgon could get a new tourist attraction if an idea floated by the Murgon Business and Development Association takes off.<\/p>\n<p>The group unveiled a suggested design to decorate the Murgon water tower at their breakfast meeting held at the Royal Hotel last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>MBDA president Leo Geraghty said the design, which features a scene from Bjelke-Petersen Dam, was painted by local artist Quentin Morris.<\/p>\n<p>The Murgon water tower is located beside Lions Park and the Murgon Golf Course on the southern side of town.<\/p>\n<p>Leo said the design would go right around the tower, with the kangaroo facing towards the golf course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just putting the idea out to gather people&#8217;s feelings,&#8221; Leo said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d like to get feedback from the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments can be left on the post on the MBDA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MurgonQLD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Artworks have been appearing on water towers and silos throughout Australia in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The best known is probably the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/siloarttrail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silo Art Trail<\/a><\/strong> in rural Victoria but there has also been an explosion of colour in Queensland, including water tanks at Mundubbera and Bribie Island.<\/p>\n<p>Leo said the Murgon water tank belonged to the South Burnett Regional Council.<\/p>\n<p>He said if Council approved the project, the MBDA would apply for a grant to make it happen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenslandweekender.com.au\/queenslands-silo-art-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queensland&#8217;s Silo Art Trail<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murgon could get a new tourist attraction if an idea floated by the Murgon Business and Development Association takes off <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":228817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[863,5,22,3,10],"tags":[1131,28,1130],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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