Revisiting Penrith's "Up 'n' Go" tree

This is Penrith's infamous "Up 'n' Go" bush, revisited - urban art that grew
over several years. I first photographed it this time last year,
but it is seemingly abandoned in more recent times.

I'd almost forgotten this bizarre objet d'art, hung with empty TetraPaks of instant breakfast drink... until a friend mentioned reading about it on my blog last November! I happened to be passing the location this afternoon, so took a new inspection. Looking a little faded...

Here it is, in all its 2008 glory:

Up 'n' go art

I've been passing this work-of-art-in-progress now for several years. Located in the front garden of a row of industrial shopfronts on Coreen Avenue, Penrith, someone has been diligently hanging their empty "Up 'n' Go" instant breakfast drinks in the tree.

At first the tree reminded me, very much, of a bush in the yard of my cousin's house in Bargo. She discovered it full of used teabags one day, only to realise the ornamentation was due to her husband "decorating for Christmas" (Read: chucking his used teabags into the tree, for mischief, mainly).

The Penrith version of this art form features "Up 'n' Go" packets, which are threaded on wire - so there's been a great deal more planning than impromptu chucking. Simply marvelous urban art.

I took the pic on my way home from today's Pieroth wine-tasting harbour cruise. It semed like such a looooong walk... Hic!

Sunday's magic number: 94.0 - Sigh...