Under the Bridge - The Creek Bank

“Under the Bridge” is a public art project to celebrate Moonee Ponds Creek and the local community. Murals were painted on four pillars beneath the Tullamarine Freeway which celebrates the environmental and cultural benefits of healthy waterways to all who live locally or travel through the area on train, bike, car or by foot. Artist Tom Civil worked with a small team of local artists to paint murals on pillars near Debney’s Park in Flemington along the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and beside Mt Alexander Road.

Mural 2 - "The Creek Bank"

This mural shows the fascinating environment where different ecosystems, from land to water, come up against each other and overlap. In ecology this creek bank environment is called the ‘riparian zone’ and refers to the interconnected area between the land and the creek. These environments are important because of their role in soil conservation, their habitat biodiversity, and the influence they have on fauna and aquatic ecosystems. This environment where the edges of different ecosystems come up against each other and overlap are dynamic and diverse natural areas where the home territories of various organisms overlap.

These dynamic natural areas could be seen as a metaphor for the incredible potential and ability of human relations, when our lives come to overlap.

Assisting Tom on this mural were Hacer Camdal, Christian Vine and Tricia Vadal.