Bold new mural for The Mill

Melbourne artist Baby Guerrilla completes her new work at The Mill yesterday. Photo: Eve Lamb

Courage is contagious asserts the new mural, freshly completed this week on a prominent wall at The Mill, Castlemaine.
Splashed in musk pink on the wall opposite the Taproom beer garden, and depicting a feisty young climate striker, it’s a message that’s both uplifting and hard to ignore.
It’s also both a gift from the artist who created it – Melbourne based Baby Guerrilla – and a nod to the climate strike movement and the young people driving it.
“It’s about children showing more courage, leadership, initiative than the people who are paid to lead us,” said Baby Guerrilla who chose to bring the work to Castlemaine as hometown for the founding members of the School Strike For Climate (SS4C) movement in Australia.
“It’s about action on climate change,” she said on site yesterday.
“We’ve got a prime minister twiddling his thumbs while Australia’s literally burning. Full story in today’s Castlemaine Mail Friday, November 29, 2019.

Eve Lamb
Journalist and photographer Eve Lamb has a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) degree from Deakin University and a Master of Arts (Professional Writing) from Deakin University. She has worked for many regional newspapers including the Hamilton Spectator and the Warrnambool Standard, and has also worked for metro daily, The Hobart Mercury, and The Sunday Tasmanian. Eve has also contributed to various magazines including Australian Cyclist.