Yarn Bombing Hits the Mungindi Main Street

Although the town may have been isolated during the flood event, it hasn’t stopped the community coming together to create some colour for the main street of Mungindi.

The Library Craft Group and anonymous community members have donated and installed the yarn art to brighten and beautify the main street.

“The original idea was brought in by Barb Woodham, inspired from the installation by Bank Art Museum Moree (BAMM), in Moree’s CBD, we have decorated the tree in front of the Mungindi Newsagency in purple in memory of former store owner and friend, Carmen Beatty.

We have put a yellow-themed yarn work on one tree in honour of all the people in this town who have suffered and are suffering from cancer. We are working on a pink tree for breast cancer sufferers, as a lot of women out here are survivors of that. 

The yellow tree is also being called the yellow ribbon tree, from the old country and western song about the ribbon round the old oak tree.

With Mya Tam Beatty decorating the tree in front of her home.

We also had people who made us tea, cakes and biscuits and lunch. Geraldine helped with sorting yarn, Marie Bingham with refreshments and Warren Franks helped with the installing ", informed Pamela Waller.

“It is a great community building activity that has made for a lot of camaraderie and joy between us all. We are grateful also for the encouragement from the wider community”, stated Pamela.

The group that gathered every day in the last few weeks and contributed continuously are Pauline Peters and her daughter Karen, Christine Makila, Pam Franks, Cheryl Cole, Kerry McMillan, Laraine Nolan, Jenny Hill, Mya Tam Beatty, Fiona Murphy and Maureen Brosnan.

The group also made poppies to doctorate around the RSL Club (Community Store) for Remembrance Day.

The Mungindi Sewing Group collaborated on the tree wrapping outside of the Flock.

"There are some very clever local ladies that have being working on a yarn-bombed tree in front of Flock. It looks bright and fabulous! Thank you, ladies,”, thanked Flock Mungindi.

The community continues to rebuild after three main businesses in the main street were destroyed by fire in 2020.