Spirit of Anglesea Mural
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Common Brown
This indeed common butterfly has males and females with different makings. Males appear in early spring with less extensive duller brownish-orange orange on the upper side. The larger females have more contrasting brown and yellow markings.
Photo – John Lenagan.
Large White Spider Orchid
These striking orchids often appear in large numbers after fire. The flowers are large, the tapering petals and sepals up to 10cm long.
Photo – Margaret MacDonald
Wood White
This brightly coloured butterfly has grey-white and black markings on the upper side of its wings, with patterned markings in red, yellow and black on the underside.
Photo – John Lenagan.
Salmon Sun Orchid
The salmon colour of this orchid really stands out amongst the green vegetation. Up to 5 flowers can occur along the stem, but will only open in bright sunlight.
Photo – Wendy Crebbin.
Superb Fairy-wren
Superb Fairy-wrens live in family groups. The dominant male, with his glorious blue plumage, presides over several brown females and youngsters. The family skitters through the bush, hunting insects, rarely flying high.
Photo – Rob Shepherd.
Feather-heads
This coastal plant which is rare in our district, is often not noticed until flowering, when the fluffy, cylindrical flower heads become a striking feature which cannot be missed.
Photo – Ellinor Campbell.
The Cross
This reminds us of Jesus, who gave his life for us so that we may be at peace with God and be with Him eternally. The Opshop is a ministry of the Anglesea Baptist Church, who recognise Jesus as Lord and Saviour.
The cross nestled into the swirl of clouds is the image chosen by the church over twenty years ago to represent the work of God’s Holy Spirit in Anglesea. In a divine appointment, the swirling clouds are also a unique artistic motif of our artist, Minerava.
Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo
Flocks of these magnificent birds fly with distinctive slow deep wingbeats, to feed on their favourite trees. Their big beaks effectively open the hardest seed capsules. Their weird squealing calls carry long distances, plus much conversational ’chuckling’ and ‘giggling’.
Photo – Margaret Lacey.
Crimson Rosellas – Adult & Juvenile
The red and blue adults are well known, but people are often confused by the immature birds which are predominantly dark green with some red, later developing blue. Jordan Ayton (adult) Bronwyn Ives (juvenile).
Photo – Jordan Ayton.
Laughing Kookaburra
The morning and evening chorus of a family of kookaburras ‘laughing’ sounds cheerful but it is really a noisy assertion of territory. A kookaburra’s flight is rather ponderous but watch for the quick flip of its tail upwards when it lands.
Photo – Margaret Lacey.
Common Ringtail Possum
Ringtail Possums don’t live in ceilings, unlike some Brushtail Possums. They make a drey (nest) for their young much like a birds nest and use their tails to wrap up a bundle of building materials to carry back to build or repair it.
Photo – John Lenagan.
Sugar Glider
The Sugar Glider fits into tiny tree hollows to sleep during the day. At night it extends the membrane between its forelegs and hind legs to glide up to 50 metres to find sap and insects in the tree canopy.
Photo – John Lenegan.
Minerva Lamorgese
is an Italian born multidisciplinary artist – muralist, aerialist, illustrator, designer, creative mind – who moved to the Victorian Surf Coast in 2018, after living in Ireland for a couple of years. With a background in children’s book illustration, performance and public art, Minerva has always been passionate to balance creativity with education, and community connection (www.mivart.com.au).
Blue Squills
The bright blue flowers of this small lily really stand out against the green foliage, often covering a large area and sparkling in the sun.
Photo – Ellinor Campbell.
Short-beaked Echidna
The Short-beaked Echidna is usually a solitary creature. It trundles around the bush, digging up ants or digging in when danger threatens.
Photo – Jordan Ayton.
Button Everlasting
Held on single stems, these yellow, button-like everlasting flowers cannot be missed. The flowers form from clumps of grey-green, hairy, basal leaves.
Photo – Ellinor Campbell.
Eastern Yellow Robin
This small delightful bird with its bright yellow breast, often sits sideways on tree trunks to check out visitors to our woodland areas. Its repeated piping call is a regular feature of our bush.
Photo – Margaret Lacey.
Hooded Plover (Hoodie)
These small birds live on our wildest beaches, with just a scrape in the sand for a nest. The tiny chicks must feed themselves from birth, but are watched over vigilantly, and protected by their parents until they can fly. They are extremely vulnerable to a variety of predators. Many people in our community volunteer to educate beach users about the best ways to protect them, and especially to keep their dogs well away from Hoodie families.
Photo – Margaret Lacey.
Karkalla
This bright pink flowered, creeping succulent not only has distinctive flowers, the 3 sided leaves are worth a close look too.
Photo – John Lenagan.
Velvet Daisy-bush
Growing in the Pt Addis area, this endangered shrub has soft velvety leaves and during spring, large white daisy flowers.
Photo – Margaret MacDonald.
Moonah
The creamy, white bottle brush flowers cannot be missed, these developing into woody fruits which are obvious on this dense small tree. This bushy growth and the flowers provide refuge and a food source for many birds and insects.
Photo – Ellinor Campbell.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
The very familiar Eastern Grey Kangaroo likes open grassy spaces for feeding and a bit of shade for lying about with the mob during the day. A walker in the bush can sometimes come across a solitary animal or female with young at foot.
Photo – John Lenagan.
Meeting circle
Wadawurrung Peoples have gathered here for 1000’s of generation and this is a symbol representing gathering of people on Wadawurrung Dja (Wadawurrung Country).
The waves
gently rolling into the shore are like healing waters for our lives. Our prayer is that you will find eternal peace with the God who loves you.
The mural was designed and painted by Minerva Lamorgese, flora and fauna information provided by Angair, and supported by the SurfCoast Shire Council.