Rose the Turtle

The tortoise, oops, turtle has once again found its way to Bulleen Art & Garden, presumably it has wandered up from the river! which watched over the entrance to  Bulleen Art & Garden from the direction of the adjoining parklands.

This turtle has had another reincarnation, and is now named Rose. Artist Lachlan Plain, (lachlanplain.com )who has been involved in a lot of the artwork around Bulleen Art & Garden has been busy creating a new turtle, with the help of colleague Colleen Bourke. Rose is a lady turtle with lots of personality. She is now in colour and has been crafted in fibreglass.

Installation was 21st September 2010, so make sure you meet Rose.  

Turtle history

Our turtle has quite a long history, and is a popular part of the centre. It started life  as a silver tortoise created by Wayne Knoll. we saw, admired & purchased it at the Moreland Sculpture  Show in 1999, at Ceres. It's carapace was decorated with silver hub caps, and more silver insulation paper & tape added to bac k & limbs.

There have been some earlier efforts at maintenance & change, with varying success. These included additions of colour, a new frame, replacement of the shell, which didn't quite get completed. The tortoise was also quite happy to take part in seasonal celebrations, as in this photo taken one Christmas. But, these new changes are quite solid & permanent.