I’m joining Becky in her July Square Photo Challenge over at The Life of B. The rules of the challenge are simple: most photos must be square and fit the theme word tree. Look for #treesquare. Come with me on a Central Queensland road trip starring trees and the beautiful landscapes of my home state.
Emerald
A supersized Van Gogh painting in a park in Emerald is a unexpected sight! At a height of 25 metres, it towers above the trees surrounding Morton Park.
This huge painting on its massive steel easel was created by Canadian artist Cameron Cross, whose aim is to place copies of Van Gogh’s seven different sunflower paintings in seven countries around the world.
Why did he select Emerald as the location for the third painting in the series? Sunflower production is one of the region’s major industries and the town’s annual Sunflower Festival is a highlight every Easter.
Also joining in with Marsha’s PPAC challenge
How extraordinary – and clearly weatherproof?!!
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It must be! It looks fantastic in the park.
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What an unusual idea!
Have done that coastal route loads of times and also sailing, but never done the inland route.
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The journey inland is wonderful, with spectacular scenery and so much to see. Highly recommended, but probably not in the middle of summer. 🙂
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Can’t wait to stop working and start travelling again…
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That’s a strange ambition but you certainly can’t ignore it. 🤣💕 Happy birthday again!
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I guess it’s a great way to make a name for yourself. And have some fun at the same time. Thanks for the birthday wishes. 🙂
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We all need sunflowers!!
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Especially giant ones. 🙂
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I guess they are supersized 😀 😀
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Huge! You can’t miss them.
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Brilliant! It looks great.
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It’s in the perfect position in the middle of the park.
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It looks great! I love how Australia has so many ‘big’ works of art/sculptures/paintings etc.
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Oh yes, we are the masters of “big things”.
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What a splendid idea! Beautiful sunflowers. 🙂
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I’d love to see all the other paintings too.
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I thought I’d seen some big sunflowers before…but I was wrong. 🙂 What a fun find!
janet, visiting you back from Becky’s and your visit to my blog
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Hi Janet, thanks for dropping by. Wouldn’t it be cool to see all the other sunflower paintings all around the world.
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Happy birthday, Carol. Are you still awake? Are you having poke tuna for dinner? I’m smiling just thinking about it. I love the flowers. What a huge display. I’ve never seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing it on PPAC. It’s a perfect example. 🙂 Wish you were here for your birthday celebration!
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Lol, never having poke ever again. My birthday was yesterday now our time. It’s Tuesday afternoon here. 🙂 Aren’t the flowers great. I’ll have another PPAC post in a few days.
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You are awesome, my friend. Let’s celebrate when you come to Prescott because you will have to come here, you know. 🙂
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One day…
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I look forward to it. 🙂 And if I ever get back to Australia, there are so many places I want to visit.
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