Community
30 September, 2024
Adding colour to Esplanade
A STUNNING mural at Palm Cove is attracting a lot of attention from tourists, visitors and residents.
The artwork by Daniel Wallwork has brightened up a dull fence in the Melaleuca Resort’s porte-cochère.
Managers Margaret and Stephen Coop decided to pay for a mural because there was no public art in the seaside village.
It depicts a typical Palm Cove scene: the beach, Double Island and the Scout’s Hat, the jetty, coconut palms, a sailing boat, birds flying, a seagull on the sand, a green tree frog on a tree trunk and a white cockatoo eating seeds.
It is 5.2m long and 2m high and Mr Wallwork used spray cans to create the mural with the job taking two days.
“Daniel was wonderful. He asked us what we wanted and what he could do. It really enhances Double Island. He was very professional and it was reasonably priced,” Mrs Coop said.
“It’s a one of a kind in Palm Cove. People can see it from the side of the road. People come in and take photos. There are two chairs and a table where they can sit and have their photos taken,” she said.
“It’s the talk of the town and it’s certainly different.
“People absolutely love it. It also has Melaleuca Resort written on the beach.
“On average we are getting 20 people a day coming in to have a look. They say: ‘Oh, look at that’. The kids love it.”
Mrs Coop said unfortunately there was no public art in Palm Cove so they were happy to provide one.
Cairns Regional Council has commissioned murals on four toilet blocks at Kewarra Beach, Babinda, Smithfield and White Rock this year. Youth urban arts project have been commissioned also at Trinity Beach, at Edmonton and at Redlynch.
