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Raw Boards

Locality: Bendigo, Victoria

Phone: +61 408 773 353

Address: Spring Gully 3550 Bendigo, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.rawboards.com.au

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23.01.2022 #vulturetotempole #animaltotem #rawboards #timbersculpture #timbercarving #bendigoartist

20.01.2022 Stringy Bark Bench Seat

20.01.2022 #bushfurniture #barstools #redgumfurniture #rawboards

11.01.2022 #rawboards #australiananimalcarving #totempoles #bendigoartist #timbercarving

09.01.2022 African python #timbercarving #timbersculpture #totempoles #rawboards #bendigoartist #snakesculpture

07.01.2022 Reflections.... I don’t often get to exercise early in the morning but have been doing it more to clear my head and spend time with my girls through this chall...enging time for us all. This morning Kenny Res was beautiful....one of my favourite places.......taking things in more that usual I want to share with you the friends along the way! Artist Linton Torr does incredible work and in this setting they are particularly beautiful. Many of us have seen these pieces often, for some everyday, as we busily walk or run, thinking of what’s ahead for the day or the week. We forget to really SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE. Today I feel very grateful to live where I live. Greater Bendigo has so many magnificent parks, gardens, reserves and ovals (about 70 rec reserves!!). Shout out to all the volunteers, the friends of all the groups with our open spaces - Kenny Res, Bot Gardens , Crusoe, Canterbury Park, Rosalind Park there are so many. A shout out also to our Parks and Gardens staff at the City who maintain these precincts - it makes times like these more bearable when we have beautiful places to exercise.

06.01.2022 The Highly Commended Award in the 2020 Sustainability Awards in the category of **Education Early Childhood / Primary** goes to Quarry Hill Primary school. The ...judges were impressed by their play spaces and innovative approach to partnering with Traditional Owners Dja Dja Wurrung Bushland Dreaming and partnerships with local community groups. In 2018 the Friends of Bushland group was formed. This group of enthusiastic parents, teachers, students and community members brainstormed ideas to make the space more meaningful and vibrant whilst keeping it child friendly and fun. It was decided that we would like to use part of the bushland space to give our students and the wider community the opportunity to better understand how our local Aboriginal People lived and cared for our local environment. We learnt that the Dja Dja Wurrung and other local Aboriginal clans had a different approach to measuring the rhythms of the Australian landscapes. Depending on location, the number of seasons varied, and the transition from one season to the next was marked by natural events such as the appearance of certain birds, the flowering of different plants and other natural phenomena. The Dja Dja Wurrung recognise six seasons, acknowledging Early Winter, Deep Winter, Pre-Spring, True Spring, High Summer and Late Summer. This was something that the group felt the school could replicate through the planting of indigenous plants and the creation of seasonal garden beds. The ‘Bushland Dreaming’ vision started to form. A grant for this project was accessed through Strathfieldsaye and Districts Community Enterprises. The generous grant and other school fundraising allowed us to employ the very talented Dja Dja Wurrung local artist, Natasha Carter to work with our staff and students to paint a mural depicting the birds, plants and animals associated with the six seasons. It also allowed us to create the six seasonal beds, a Welcome Gateway, interpretative signage, and a very impressive dry river bed! We were also fortunate to be able to purchase two wonderful wooden carvings created by the amazing local sculptor Linton Torr from Raw Boards When Bendigo & Strathdale Rotary Club heard about the project, they came on board and donated money to assist with the purchase of the plants and trees. Their generosity meant that our indigenous plant selection could be closely matched to the conditions of each season. The love of the space has had a significant ripple effect on the greater community. See more

06.01.2022 Love the salvaged timber wildlife popping up from Raw Boards in Bendigo. Find Linton's cheeky log-sculptures at Werribee Zoo, Ballarat Midlands Golf Club and local nature playgrounds. More details at https://www.thejunkmap.com.au/portfolio/raw-boards/

05.01.2022 Midland golf club sculptures #aussieanimalsculpture #timbercarving #bendigoartist #naturalplay @ Ballarat, Victoria

05.01.2022 Ballarat, Midland golf club sculptures #timbercarving #australiananimalcarving #naturalplay #rawboards #bendigoartist

03.01.2022 #animaltotem #aussieanimalsculpture #rawboards