Choose your superheroes

By Lachlan Ellis

Only five more sleeps until the Ballan Autumn Festival (BAF) is upon us, and time is running out to vote for your favourite superhero created by our talented local kids.

The Wombat Regional Arts Network is running a ‘Design a Super Hero’ competition, with 20 entries in the running to win.

All 20 are up on the front windows of Zest Café on Inglis Street, and can also be viewed online. The 20 young artists will all receive a free milkshake and cookie, and have their superheroes up on banners during the Festival, while the winners from each of three age groups will also have their superhero printed on a t-shirt.

Some of the creative designs include Macey Pearce’s ‘Space Thunder Girl’ who saves little kitty cats from fire, and Seth Egan’s Mighty Hoops Roo, who has a magic basketball and protects Australian animals and the environment.

Twelve-year-old Aidan and 9-year-old Lucinda are facing off against nine other entries in the 7 – 12 age group, and both are excited to show their superheroes off to the public.

“My superhero’s from a video game, I thought I’d just make him muscly to make him into a superhero,” Aidan told the Moorabool News.

“It’s pretty cool that everyone’s going to see it. My friends will probably see it too, I think they’re going to the parade.”

Lucinda said she couldn’t choose just one superhero to draw – so she submitted a whole team of superheroes.

“It’s really exciting…I made a superhero group. I couldn’t just which superhero I wanted to do, and I made my unicorn toy one of the superheroes too,” Lucinda added.

You can view, and vote for, your favourite superhero from each age group in-person at Zest Café, or online by heading to www.wombatarts.org and clicking ‘2023 Ballan Autumn Festival Design a Super Hero’.