Geeveston Progress Association

OVERVIEW The timber statues were installed as part of the 2008 (confirm) Streetscape plan.  Ownership and responsibility for the maintenance did not seem to be clearly established, with the GPA (then the GCDA - Geeveston Community Development Association) carrying out sporadic working bees to re-varnish them. Many of the statues were beginning to show severe weather damage, and were in urgent need of attention.  So, in 2019, in the process of communications with HVC, to seek a definitive answer on ownership, it was revealed that they were the owners, and thus, were responsible for their maintenance. The statues were created by Bernie Tarr, who provided HVC with a 2-yearly maintenance schedule, which was unearthed in the HVC archives during the communication process.  What follows below is a communications trail showing the HVC's maintenance activities to date.

Seems like everywhere we turn, we're hearing that it's our local platypus family that is charming everyone who makes the effort to see them.  It's one of our most obvious attractions that we haven't utilised as a distinctive drawcard. We tend to be too laid back about their easy presence in our town and tend not to appreciate the strength of their appeal to visitors.  As someone described it, it's "low hanging fruit" as a promotional feature of our town ... one of many, to be sure, but so, so easy to get up and running quickly.