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.
Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
Sydney
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Gundagai
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Stefan-meissner
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