During our recent holiday around the Eyre Peninsula coast, one day we took a trip inland. For some reason we randomly decided to visit the small town of Cleve. We had no reason to, but we were definitely rewarded.

In the centre of town we found this amazing sculpture of a Clydesdale horse. As hubby and I stood admiring it, a local man stopped by for a chat. He was a very proud dad. His son, ‘Turtle’ was the creator of the masterpiece and he told us many stories about it. In short, his son is a farmer and was messing about with old tools when he created his first horse sculpture, Clyde which now permanently stand at the entrance to his property.

Turtle’s latest sculpture is a wedge-tail eagle. This sculpture is currently on a trailer as it is being tried out the front of a few local locations to see which fits best for his permanent home.

The sculptures are all made from scrap metal and engines given to him or bought cheaply at local clearance sales.

Thanks Natalie for hosting #weekendcoffeeshare and including public artworks.