HORSHAM AND TYRRELL, ,

Tuesday 16 March to Saturday 21 March 2021

with Greg Allen Watercolour Workshop

Visit Victoria’s Wimmera/ region with a journey along the Silo Art Trail, the country’s biggest outdoor gallery. We will see how the renowned street artists Greg Allen has developed a considerable reputation as one of Australia’s finest water from Australia and across the world have transformed colourists, as well as one of the country’s wheat silos into giant works of art. For more than 100 finest teachers. He is deeply committed to years Victoria’s towering wheat silos have defined the stimulating the student to achieve proficient state’s rural landscape. When Brisbane street artist and worthwhile outcomes with key lectures Guido van Helten created his famous ‘Farmer Quartet’ on subject identification and the importance of planning and design. He is an outstanding on the Brim silos in 2015, it captured the imagination of teacher, who is in much demand, so please the town and inspired The Silo Art Trail project. register early to avoid disappointment. Itinerary:

Day 1: Tuesday 16 March 2021 Day 2: Wednesday 17 March 2021 Horsham, Victoria Horsham, Victoria Today we depart from the Travelrite Balwyn office A full day of painting in Horsham. Horsham is the at 09.00am we will travel to Ballarat a town with largest city in the Wimmera wheat growing and a rich and prosperous heritage thanks to the sheep grazing district in western Victoria. Gold Rush which began in 1851. These days, long after the gold has run out, the city retains much Day 3: Thursday 18 March 2021 of its rich gold heritage in the form of opulent , Lake Tyrell, Victoria buildings and fountains. Greg will commence Today we travel along the 200km Silo Art Trail, our his first painting session in this historical town. first stop will be the Rupanyup Silo, created by We then continue our journey up through Ararat Russian street artist Julia Volchkova and dedicated and into Stawell. This afternoon we check-in to to local netball and football players. Murtoa is our next stop visiting the Murtoa Stick Shed for our accommodation in Horsham there will be an interesting buildings in Australia. The Stick Shed a talk and tour of one of the most unusual and included dinner and welcome drinks. was built in 1941 and contains 560 poles within, it can hold around 100,000 tons of wheat. Next, we visit Sheep Hills where artist Matt Adnate has created a monster 30m high x 40m wide piece of art dedicated to an Aboriginal Elder and a Wotjobaluk Elder, alongside two young children, which celebrates the richness of the area’s Indigenous culture. We continue on to Brim, home to the first silo completed. The small farming town captured the world’s attention in January 2016 after Brisbane street artist Guido van Helten painted a giant mural on the town’s unused grain

…Continues over page based artist, Rone knew that he had to learn about a close companion. We continue to Bendigo the town from those who were deeply connected famous for its stunning architecture and manicured to it. While still in Lascelles we check out some gardens. There will be a painting session before quirky corrugated iron artwork and sculptures we continue our journey back to the Travelrite at the Drover’s Hut Gallery. We travel across to International office in Balwyn where we expect to Patchewollock. Brisbane artist, Fintan Magee arrive at approximately 5.00pm. booked a room at the local pub to immerse himself in the community and get to know its people. Relax and enjoy! When he met local sheep and grain farmer, Nick “Noodle” Hulland, Magee knew he had found his muse. We then travel on to our hotel at Lake Tyrell. This evening there will be an included dinner Day 4: Friday 19 March 2021 Sea Lake, Lake Tyrell, Victoria A day of painting at Lake Tyrell. This evening we will have an early dinner, we will then be joined by our Lake Tyrrell guide, before travelling out to the lake silos depicting an anonymous, multi-generational platform to view the spectacular colours of Lake quartet of female and male farmers. We continue Tyrrell at sunset. up to Rosebery where we view the most recently finished artwork by Kaff-eine. Completed in late Day 5: Saturday 20 March 2021 2017, Kaff-eine’s artwork depicts themes that she Departure says embody the region’s past, present and future. This morning we travel to the Nullauil silo painted we travel down to view Lascelles. In order to by artist Sam Bates (Smug). Prominently featured capture the true essence of Lascelles, - on this silo is Jimmy the kelpie dog as he sits with

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