From massive hay bale cupcakes in Neville to a row of pirates in Carcoar this year's Sculptures by the Bush competition will take you on an extensive trip around the Blayney shire.
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The competition has three different classifications including the Hay Bale Art Challenge (HB), a Farm Art Challenge (FA) and the Scarecrow Competition (SC).
The list of entrants are as follows:
- (HB) MY LITTLE PONIES | 12 CARCOAR RD, FOREST REEFS - The childhood favourites all grown up! Three colourful and cheeky ponies enjoying the sun.
- (FA) BOWLED OUT AT THE BCG! | 165 BROWNS CREEK RD, BLAYNEY - It's a wicket for the Blayney team at the newest cricket ground to rival The MCG & The SCG - The BCG (The Blayney Cricket Ground!).
- (FA) ECHIDNA | ST JOSEPH'S CPS, BLAYNEY Metal sculpture using recycled metal, wire and wood.
- (SC) DINGLE DANGLE MARY JOLLY MOLLY ZOE SCARECROW | 17 LINDSAY ST, BLAYNEY Our newest student, the scarecrow, created by our Blayney Preschoolers.
- (SC) BOWL TO A BREAKER | 28 OGILVY ST, BLAYNEY Come have a bowl at the scarecrow, kitted out in the NSW Breakers cricket uniform and gear.
- (SC) THE AGENT | 114 ADELAIDE ST, BLAYNEY Not everyone can sell Real Estate but hay, its in my jeans.
- (HB) ALICE IN BLAYNEYLAND | 97 ADELAIDE ST BLAYNEY - By order of the Queen! Don't be late for a very important date at Ironbark Espresso for a Mad Hatter's tea party!
- (SC) CROW SCARING FOR DUMMIES | SHOP 4, 8-12 FARM LN, BLAYNEY - A lighthearted look at the scaring of crows.
- (SC) OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD | BLAYNEY HIGH SCHOOL
- (SC) ERNIE | 1 QUEEN ST, BLAYNEY - Made by residents of the Lee hostel.
- (HB) THE RETURN OF HEADPHONE GUY | HOBBYS YARDS RD, BLAYNEY
- (HB) ROUNDED UP | 424 NEWBRIDGE RD, BLAYNEY Who's rounding up who?
- (HB) LEGO MAN | 3165 HOBBYS YARDS RD, BLAYNEY Lego Man hard at work.
- (SC) BALLGOWN MAMA | 11 BLAYNEY ST, NEWBRIDGE An elegant lady promenading with her perambulator.
- (SC) THE GARDENER | 40 TRUNKEY ST, NEWBRIDGE
- (SC) MAD GALLERY TRIO | 1 CALOOLA ST, NEWBRIDGE Three scarecrows depicting artists from the Olde Bridge Gallery.
- (SC) SCAREDYDONKEY | 1 TOOMEY ST, NEWBRIDGE Who needs a Crow, when you have a Donkey.
- (SC) THE BAKEHOUSE BAKECROW | 21 TRUNKEY ST, NEWBRIDGE - The Bakehouse of Newbridge had 13 bakers into the 1930s. Bakecrow, the scarecrow, represents them all.
- (HB) HAPPY CAMPER | 519 ERROWANBANG RD, CARCOAR - Would you like an adventure now, or shall we have our tea first?
- (SC) SCALLYWAGS OF CARCOAR PUBLIC SCHOOL | 13 ICELY ST, CARCOAR - Shiver me timbers! Me hearties have ran a rig. Can ye landlubbers 'elp track em down in ye land of Carcoar?
- (HB) BUSY BEE | 5 EULAMORE ST, CARCOAR The Queen Bee of hay bales, painted by the residents of Uralba Roshana.
- (HB) WILD BRUMBIES | 5 RUSSART ST, LYNDHURST An equine that represents the Spirit of Freedom.
- (SC) WALTZING MATILDA | 5 RUSSART ST, LYNDHURST ... And he sang as he watched and waited 'till his billy boiled...
- (FA) WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN A COW JUMPS ON A TRAMPOLINE? | 5 RUSSART ST, LYNDHURST Artwork from Lyndhurst Public School Students featuring Old Milk Cans.
- (HB) WHERE'S WALLY? | 8 CROUCH ST, NEVILLE All your favourite Where's Wally characters - Wally, Wenda, Woof, Wizard Whitebeard and Odlaw.
- (HB) HAY THERE - CUPCAKES FOR ALL! | 15 MOORILDA ST, NEVILLE - Biggest cupcake in the Central West.
Artworks are open until April 30 and the judge's choice will be announced on Wednesday April 12.
A 'People's Choice Award' will be awarded to the entry who gets the most likes in the competition on the Sculptures by the Bush Facebook page.
To download a full list and a digital map head to the Blayney Shire website
Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
