Community & Business
9 July, 2025
Refreshing signs, you’re welcome
YUNGABURRA’s welcome signs are getting a refresh, with artist Ian Waldron taking on the task of restoring the signs which have stood for around two decades.
The project is being taken on by the Yungaburra Men’s Shed where Mr Waldron is a member.
Mr Waldron has worked as an artist in one form or another all his life – from sign writing to exhibiting in some of the most prestigious exhibitions, including the Archibald, Dobell and Wynne Prizes.
He was awarded Best Open Painting at the 1995 National Aboriginal Art Award and won the Glover Prize for landscape painting in 2010.
For Mr Waldron, re-painting the Yungaburra signs is a demonstration of his love for his community where he has lived for around 40 years.
“I painted the signs about 20 years ago – one is where the platypus viewing platform is and the other is on the Kennedy Highway as you come into the town from the south,” he said.
When the signs are completed, they will be put back in place to welcome visitors.
