Mural artists have once again gathered in Eugowra to give their time to tell the town's stories through public art.
Artists from Labrador in the Gold Coast, Rochester in Victoria, Londonderry in Sydney, Canberra and Nowra made their way to Eugowra to help restore two beloved murals.
With the weekend usually taking place in May the committee thought they would move the event forward to April to try and score some beautiful weather and that they did.
"We were blessed with better weather this year so that was a bonus and half the reason why we brought it forward," committee member Jodie Greenhalgh said.
"Artists had to deal with the paint being a bit different with hotter conditions they are not used to but we finished two murals."
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The bushfire mural and the NSW Farmers mural were redone over the course of the weekend.
The bushfire mural was first painted in 2015 as a tribute to Eugowra RFS, depicting local Fire Captain Theo Wykamp along with countless volunteers saving Eugowra from the big fire in 2001.
"We wanted to brighten that one back up again," Jodie said.
"We've redone a few of them either because they were damaged by the flood or their paint has faded a lot."
The bushfire mural was half covered by floodwater causing a two-tone difference to the paint and the mural had a bit of structural damage due to a shipping container hitting the side of it.
"It now looks nice and bright again," Jodie said.
The NSW Farmers mural illustrates how farmers are helped to grow the best by support of NSW Farmers and the history to modern times of food and fibre production in the Eugowra district.
"The NSW Farmer mural was really bent up," Jodie said.
"It was in one of the major parts where the flood was really bad. It had to be panel beaten straight and because some panels were bolted on they were stripped out during the flood so it tore the painting away."
The mural was finished and is now waiting on the frame for it to go back up.
As well as fixing murals the View Club held markets in Pioneer Park along the creek.
"This year we were lucky to have the markets back along the creek and it was nice to see a lot of people in town which helps our local businesses out as well."
Next year the committee is planning to create a new mural capturing the 2022 floods.
"It's a pretty big job to do a whole new mural so we really need to concentrate on getting the murals that were damaged from the flood in 2022 and get them all back up again."
Jodie said overall the 2025 Eugowra Murals Weekend was lovely and finally one with good weather which helped things run smoothly.
The good weather has encouraged the committee to consider holding the annual Eugowra Murals Weekend during a similar time next year.
