The students from the Crookwell High School are enjoying the hands-on painting experience.

They have painted kookaburras, galahs, magpies, wrens and the Gazette spotted a couple of friendly wombats around the back.

Councillors voted at a recnt meeting unanimously to allow Kiamma Creek Landcare Group to proceed with a mural project for the newly constructed pathway ramp at Kiamma Creek (Pat Cullen Reserve).

The mural was to be completed in time for the official opening of the ramp in November but unforeseen circumstances held up the works.

The mural will be a combined work of local artists Margaret Shepherd and Sally Wilson, along with some high school students from the Ability Links class.

They will now have a short break from the painting due to the school holidays, but we will keep track of their work as they return to school.

The park is looking splendid at the moment and further works are being done.

The tables and seating are getting a fresh coat of paint and the sensory garden has had a few mosaic murals added in the forms of an echidna and sulfur crested cockatoo.

Take a walk through and smell the wonderful aromas.

The Kiamma Creek area is a beautiful place for visitors and locals to utilise and the enhancement will continue to attract many to the area.

It’s a great spot for a picnic and who knows you might even spot the real platypus.

Council has receives $450,000 for the upgrade of Kiamma Creek Bridge under the Federal Government’s Bridges Renewal Program Round 3.

The funding is in addition to a $531,230 funding grant under the NSW Government’s Fixing Country Roads program and $81,230 from Council.

The $1,062,460 project will replace the current low level, narrow, timber, 112-year-old Kiamma Creek Bridge on Laggan Road with a two-lane concrete culvert bridge, increasing the lifespan of the bridge by at least 100 years.