Silo art

Concrete silos built during the expansion of the wheat industry after the First World War with the change to bulk handling are dotted across the wheat belt of N...
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Concrete silos built during the expansion of the wheat industry after the First World War with the change to bulk handling are dotted across the wheat belt of NSW and other States. Adjacent to a rail sidings, they have the been the delivery for generations of wheat growers, but as the industry embraced larger yields, the need to upgrade the infrastructure meant the concrete silos are redundant for their original purpose. A lot of these redundant silos are now being painted with local themes and attracting tourists to these dying country towns which are struggling to survive. We came across these silos at Weethalle on our recent road trip around country NSW.
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