The Kyabram Project Committee has now received the $80,000 grant from State Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp, putting it on track to start the project early next year.
In January, cleaning, sealing and priming will be completed to prepare for Mr D’Vate, who will begin painting the mural in February.
Kyabram Project Committee chair Allan Weeks said he was working on raising funds for the water tank every day.
“We’ve got $102,000 in the bank but we're still fundraising,” Mr Weeks said.
“We need about $140,000 to do the job.”
The Kyabram Project Committee has placed tins around town to raise money for the water tank.
“It will be great for the town, and we’ve had a lot of support during all the COVID-19 problems, we’ve had businesses put up to $1000 into the project,” Mr Weeks said.
“I recently emptied a tin out of the local barber shop which had $458.70 in it.
“Allan St barber Terry Scott would have raised close to $2000 altogether.
“While he’s cutting hair, he’s promoting the water tank.”
Mr Weeks said the committee was getting close to signing a lease with VicTrack to transform the train platform into a safe viewing area.
Mr D’Vate is currently gathering photographs of the Kyabram Fauna Park to inspire his design for the artwork.
The Kyabram water tank will add to a growing amount of community artworks in northern Victoria, including the silo art trail, which covers the towns of Tungamah, Devenish, St James, Goorambat, Colbinabbin and Rochester, and murals in Tongala and Benalla.
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