Edited by Branko Miletic
The much-loved Dog on the Tucker Box has been an essential stop-off point on the Hume Highway for almost a century, charming visitors with the legend of its loyal canine companion protecting a drover’s precious tucker as he struggled to mend a broken cartwheel.
Following reinstatement in 2019 after being vandalised, draft plans have now been announced to revitalise the statue’s setting and attract more visitors to a major new destination for regional NSW and help the economy recover after the impacts of the 2019/20 bush fires and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Leading international architects COX and planning and design consultants Ethos Urban have been appointed to create a new vision for the site centred around a “paddock to plate” offering of healthy, high quality local produce, public open space with views of the rolling Gundagai countryside and active play areas for kids and families.