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”Cast in Blue, Mount Gambier’s latest cultural landmark was unveiled in the CBD, a bold public artwork by Melbourne based artists Mitch Walker and Tom Proctor of Huna Studio, installed on Bay Road outside the Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre.

Inspired by paleontological discoveries in the region’s sinkholes and caves, the sculpture represents a mythical megafauna creature, merging local geology and prehistoric imagination.

The sculpture was born from a conversation between artist Tom Proctor and his paleontologist aunt, who had been cave diving in Mount Gambier and shared photos of fossilised remains found deep underground.

“One of the creatures she showed me was a Palorchestes Panei, a sort of ancient, marsupial ant-eater which was massive, lumbering, and fascinating. It was the seed for the idea of an imagined creature, one that speaks to the many layers of Mount Gambier’s past,” Mr Proctor said.

From this idea, the artists created a symbolic figure, blending elements from multiple extinct marsupials and presenting them in a contemporary, eye-catching form.”

- City of Mount Gambier

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Located outside the Riddoch Arts & Culture Centre, Mount Gambier SA 5290