Geeveston's Wooden Statues

05/03/2020

Some of the statues and the plaques explaining them are in desperate need of repair. A certain amount of cracking a weathering is to be expected, but it's high time they got a bit of work done -- especially Jessica.

05/03/2020

Some photos of the non-Bernie statues.

04/03/2020

There are some questions I'd love an answer to:

- Are there other statues around the place?
- Wasn't there a Disney-style Tasmanian Devil? Where did that end up?
- I recall rumours of a Bernie Tarr statue of a local citizen (I won't say who, but she's still around) -- where is that?
- Who is the unknown artist who did the ones beside the swamp gum log on School Road?
- Is the Council (or someone) going to put up the money to pay for repairs (Jessica's lip and nose, Simon's foot, the large cracks in most of the others)?
- Related to that: are they even repairable?
- Where is Bernie Tarr now, and what's he working on?

04/03/2020

Do you have photos to add? Please feel free! Just click the "Photo/Video" button in the post box.

04/03/2020

A hint to the location of the statues: https://geeveston.net/statues/ - please make corrections if you see any errors.

Geeveston's original wooden statues were carved by Bernie Tarr and another artist. There are six of Tarr's pieces in various places around the main part of the town, plus another two by a different artist nearby. Locations Jim Wotherspoon (police officer): beside the Geeveston Visitor Centre J

04/03/2020