This stop in the Werribee Public Art Walking Tour is a large-scale mural by Hayden Dewar on the Werribee Water Tower. 

Built in 1914, the water tower is a historic landmark in Werribee and the mural draws inspiration from the importance of local waterways to the township of Werribee, local flora and fauna. 

This mural was commissioned by Arts Assist in 2020.

This mural by Damien Mitchel is located on the wall of Vincent’s Pizza & Pasta, 60 Vincent Crescent Werribee, brightening up a busy corner block. 

The mural captures a special moment between a grandparent and child together in the garden picking tomatoes. 

This mural by James Reka, AKA REKA is located in Joseph Lanyon Reserve Playground on Vincent Crescent in Werribee. 

Celebrating local native animals, this mural is filled with bold and beautiful Superb fairywrens paired with the muted greens of Australian gum trees.

This stop in the Werribee Public Art Walking Tour is by Yorta Yorta artist Peta Clancy. 

The temporary artwork adorns the windows of the Southern end of Werribee Train Station in Station Place and reflects on historic landscape photography which has shaped public perceptions of the land and its ownership.

This stop in the Werribee Public Art Walking Tour is by New Zealand-born artist Jason Parker who is know for his large-scale murals. 

This tranquil artwork adorns the side of Tuckers in  Wedge Street Piazza just off Watton Street and celebrates the beautiful natural surrounds of the Werribee River and the region’s culturally diverse community.

This stop in the Werribee Public Art Walking Tour is Mooroop Yarkeen (Spirit Dreaming) by Tommy Day / Jirri Jirri.

Commissioned by Wyndham City, this First Nations mural is one of the largest in Australia.

Stretching across the façade of Holiday Inn Werribee, the design incorporates the Wirribi Yaluk (Werribee River), sandhills and basalt plains, welcoming gum leaves, community coming together in unity, dreaming, and Bunjil’s flight.

Artist Tommy Day / Jirri Jirri represented by MAMAM, is a Gunditjmara, Yorta, Yorta and Wemba Wemba man and multi-disciplined artist based in Shepparton, Victoria.

Featured image taken by Matthew Slocum.

Stories and sounds from the Werribee River.

This is an audio experience featuring local people and appreciators of the river speaking about what the Werribee River means to them. 

Best heard in the surrounds of the Werribee River. 

Wyndham City Council commissioned artist Patrick Cronin to produce this soundscape. 

Music, audio editing and sound design by Patrick Cronin, with additional materials by Sally Ford.

All interviews and fields recordings were recorded on or near the Werribee River.

This stop in the Werribee Public Art Walking Tour is 'Does it have to be so...Queer' by David Lee Pereira. Featuring a fusion of local and international flora and fauna, this huge, 110m mural celebrates diversity and explores the fluidity of gender, sexuality and identity.

This stop in the Werribee Public Art Walking Tour is by DREZ. This work is located on the eastern façade of Wyndham Cultural Centre in Watton Street. Drawing on the optical art movement, this abstract work seems to draw you in and expand at the same time, with the transition of colours creating a sense of depth and movement. 

This stop in the Werribee Public Art Walking Tour features a public toilet block. You may ask, why would art feature on the most mundane of buildings? It was a newly built block; a fresh canvas begging to beautiful. Minna Leunig was the perfect artist to bring beauty to banality.