The Silo Art Trail is Australia’s largest outdoor art gallery, stretching 200 kilometres and linking several of an ever-growing list of silo art works. Brim was the first silo artwork, which inspired the creation of the Silo Art Trail in 2016.
This trail was followed by us during our travels in 2019. At each silo is an information sign showing a map, starting from Rupanyup to Patchewollock. Silos along the trail are found at Sheep Hills, Brim, Rosebery, and Lascelles.
If the trail isn’t long enough, have a look at the Extended Silo Art Trail, which continues the trail west before returning back to Rupanyup. The extended trail is over 700 kilometres. There is also the completely separate North-Eastern Silo Art Trail, starting near Benalla.
Silo Artworks
Rupanyap
Unveiled in 2017, Rupanyup’s silo art features the faces of Rupanyup residents and local sporting team members, Ebony Backer and Jordan Weidemann.
Sheep Hills
Completed in 2016, the Sheep Hills silo artwork shows elders and young children to celebrate the richness of the area’s Indigenous culture. The elders are Wergaia Elder Uncle Ron Marks, and Wotjobaluk Elder Aunty Regina Hood. The children are Savannah Marks and Curtly McDonald.
Brim
Based on local people, the silo artwork in Brim is to capture the essence of the local farming community. The four people have lived and farmed around Brim their whole life. Brim is the first silo artwork, completed in January 2016. The artist celebrated his 29th birthday, Christmas, and New Year with the locals while he was there.
Rosebery
The Rosebery silo artwork, completed late 2017, depicts the past, present, and future. The young female sheep farmer symbolises the future, in her work shirt, jeans, and turned-down cowboy boots. The older horseman portrays a quiet moment between him and his horse, in an oilskin vest, Akubra hat, and Bogs boots.
Before working on the Rosebery silos, Kaff-eine assisted on the Lascelles silo project.
Lascelles
The artwork on the Lascelles silos depicts local farming couple Geoff and Merrilyn Horman, part of a family that has lived and farmed in the area for four generations. The artwork was completed mid-2017.
Patchewollock
The Patchewollock silo artwork portrays an image of the archetypal Aussie farmer, with a faded blue flanny, sun-bleached hair, and squinting gaze. The person in the mural is local sheep and grain farmer, Nick “Noodle” Hulland, who was the right height and leanness to neatly fit onto the narrow silos.
