A handmade laughing kookaburra built in a Queensland front yard during lockdown is stopping people in their tracks with his enormous size and booming laugh. And it is headed to Tieri.
Tieri residents are in for a real treat with the 4.5-metre-tall mechanical kookaburra passing through town as it makes its way to the Tieri state school on Friday 16th October.
The kookaburra, which emits its own iconic laugh, is a passion project for it’s creator Dr. Farvardin Daliri, who used his time in COVID lockdown to build the eight-and-half metre long, and four-and-half metre tall kookaburra.
It’s that laugh which has brought joy to so many people who have witnessed the kookaburra flying past on the road, and Dr Farvardin said the kookaburra was all about spreading cheer in the wake of the COVID pandemic.
“Right now, the one thing that is needed more than anything is to inspire people to feel happy,” he said.
“The hopelessness that is coming around because of COVID 19 needs to be somehow balanced and counterbalanced, and i think this is a humble contribution from my end to make people laugh for a few moments and I hope I could do more.
“In this situation it is only a piece of artwork, but so many kids just want to touch it … they want to cheer and laugh with it. In their nature there is already joy, but we have to create the environment for them to express it, and that’s the kookaburra’s job, to just make them laugh.”
Tieri considers the health and wellbeing of the community a priority. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic we have created the Tieri Covid-19 Hub. Please subscribe if you would like to receive a notification when important information is updated on this site.
Notifications
