IN honour of this year\u2019s Ballarat Begonia Festival, Central Highlands Water\u2019s choose tap drinking fountains around Lake Wendouree have been painted by Wadawurrung artist Billy-Jay O\u2019Toole.<\/p>\n
The artwork, titled Managing Country Together<\/em>, depicts the sun, landscape formations, eucalyptus leaves and Wadawurrung\u2019s wedge-tailed eagle totem Bunjil.<\/p>\n \u201cI appreciate Central Highlands Water for providing this opportunity for people to look at, and connect with, the artwork and the Country around them, and to recognise that the land they are on Wadawurrung country,\u201d O\u2019Toole said.<\/p>\n CHW managing director Paul O\u2019Donogue said the water company\u2019s key focus for the Begonia Festival is caring for water and the land is flows from, and the fountain artwork represents the relationship between the utility and the registered Aboriginal parties of its catchment area.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to again be the community partner of the Ballarat Begonia Festival and, with the support of the City of Ballarat and Wadawurrung Traditional Owners, take the opportunity to raise awareness and build relationships, partnerships and collaborate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in our community to achieve positive outcomes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n