Travelling the PUBLIC Silo Trail in Western Australia
Tucked away in the rural towns of Western Australia are a series of magnificent artworks, described as a creative project that transforms country infrastructure into sites of world class mural art, the PUBLIC Silo Trail in Western Australia has given life to grain silos, public walls and transformer boxes through the medium of art.
Starting in Northam, around an hour and a half northeast of Perth, we are going to head along the official PUBLIC Silo Trail to visit these artworks and hopefully inspire you to visit these sights for yourself.
Northam – HENSE and Phlegm
Our first stop on the PUBLIC Silo Art Trail is the CBH Northam Grain Terminal where Artists Phlegm and HENSE, from London and Atlanta respectively, have teamed up to decorate eight of the silos at the CBH site. The combination of Phlegm’s signature whimsical transportation devices and HENSE’s bold abstract patterns in blocks of fluorescent colour add life to the silos of the operational grain handling site.
Note: if you are going to visit the Northam edition of the Silo Trail be aware that the CBH Northam Grain Terminal is a fully operational grain handling site, which means that trucks and loading equipment are in use. You can see the silos from Toodyay Road but be aware that there is no official public viewing platform.
Image: The Northam Silos – The PUBLIC Silo Trail
Merredin – Kyle Hughes-Odgers
With the Merredin instalment of the Silo Trail, Western Australian street-artist Kyle Hughes-Odgers has completed a concept artwork that tells the story of Merrin. From the natural environment in the colours, to the agricultural history in the symbols. For Kyle Hughes-Odgers it was his biggest canvas to date and took two weeks for him to complete.
Image: The Merrin Silos – The PUBLIC Silo Trail
Katanning – The Katanning Murals
In Katanning a group of five artists are responsible for the transformation of the town’s electrical transformer boxes and the installation of five large-scale murals throughout the town. With the aim of showing how even the humblest wall can be transformed by art, they set about not only transforming their chosen canvases but also hosting a series of youth workshops for the towns budding artists.
Image: Katanning – The PUBLIC Silo Trail
Pingrup – Evoca1
In the Pingrup installation of the Silo Trail Evoca1 has captured the character of the Pingrup community. With the three silos depicting iconic elements of life in Pingrup, including the local races, merino sheep and cattle dogs, Evoca1 has told the story of the community through their art.
Image: The Pingrup Silos – The PUBLIC Silo Trail
Newdegate – Brenton See
Newdegate is considered the country of Salt Lakes, Wildflowers, Wheat and Barley which is exactly what Perth artist Brenton See has depicted on the Newdegate installation of the Silo Trail. Brenton conquered his fear of heights to paint the murals which depict the flora and fauna of the area, including a Western Bearded Dragon, and the symbol of the Weatbelt the Malleefowl.
Image: The Newdegate Silos – The PUBLIC Silo Trail
Ravensthorpe – Amok Island
Every spring the landscape around Ravensthorpe comes alive, and it is this blooming of wildfowers that Amok Island has depicted on the Stout CBH Silos. In the six murals that cover both the front and back of the silos, Amok has depicted the six stages of the banksia flower Banksia Baxteri in his largest mural to date.
Image: The Ravensthorpe Silos – The PUBLIC Silo Trail
Albany – Yok and Sheryo
For the final installation of the Silo Trail Yok and Sheryo have depicted a Ruby Sea Dragon, but this was not the first mural in the artistic takeover of Albany, as urban artists from Europe, Tunisia, Australia and the United States took over the buildings and alleyways around York Street to decorate the streets as a part of FORM’s PUBLIC Festival of Urban Art.
Image: The Albany Silos – The PUBLIC Silo Trail
Need more Silo Art?
Silo art is not unique to Western Australia. Even though the Silos in Northam were the first to be finished, the popularity of silo art spread to New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, and as of January 2025 there were 70 painted silos spread across Australia.
If you do head out on a Silo Artwork Adventure, be sure to tag us in your images and give us a follow on our Instagram @gocheapcampervans and use the Hashtag #publicsilotrail to share your images with fellow tourists who appreciate amazing artwork!
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