New Look for Mambo Wanda Wetlands Sandy Point Rd Bus Shelter thanks to Soldiers Point Lions Club and Port Stephens Council Cultural Grant Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) Port Stephens LGA Port Stephens News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 11, 2019 The Soldiers Point Lions with Mayor Ryan Palmer and artist Rhys Fabris in the new look Mambo Wanda Wetlands Bus Shelter on Sandy Point Road at Salamander Bay Photo by Marian Sampson. THE Lions Club Of Soldiers Point have delivered on a Port Stephens Council Cultural Grant having worked with local artist Rhys Fabris giving new life to the bus shelter on Sandy Point Road. Modern Media: Advertise with News Of The Area and you get your ad in 1) in Print, 2) on the News Website (like this ad), and 3) on our Social Media news site. A much more efficient way to advertise. Reach a HUGE audience for a LOW price TODAY! Call us on 02 4983 2134. Or media@newsofthearea.com.au Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE Artist Rhys Fabris has created a sunset mural featuring a sign for the iconic Mambo Wetlands which the bus shelter is adjacent to. The response to Rhys’s latest outdoor artwork in the region has been positive and Sharon Blunt, President of the Soldiers Point Lions Club is hopeful that funding can be secured into the future to enhance the local environment by painting murals on over 20 more Lions Club bus shelters. Rhys’s other works can be seen in Nelson Bay in one of the alleys off Magnus Street along Salamander Way in two more Lions bus shelters and around the township of Anna Bay. .Soldiers Point Lions President Sharon Blunt said, “This bus shelter is no longer daggy it is something that the community can be proud of.” Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer told News Of The Area, “When you have a grants program like this you want to see something out there in the community, this is something that will be lasting within our community for a really long time. “If you look at any of the works that Rhys has done they really liven up an area, it’s great work by the Lions to identify a project like this and bring it together with the artistic brilliance of someone like Rhys, create a unique artwork which is of great value to the community,” he said. The Lions have their hearts set on a mural for the bus shelter which sits opposite the site of the new Koala sanctuary on Gan Gan Road and Rhys has already designed a koala themed mural for this location, all that is needed to make this a reality is funding. By Marian SAMPSON
