A $25,000 Turner Park art installation has been vandalised just weeks after being unveiled.
Bronze work, Mountain People, was designed by artist Tory Richards and unveiled in the Beerwah park on June 7.
The artwork was described by Tory as representing the community of Beerwah, its history and endeavours to blend the natural environment to current and past community members.
“It talks about the support the community has extended to one another, and it draws on the natural textures of the landscape, including the rock face of the Glass House Mountains,” Tory said.
But just weeks later, the installation was ‘tipped over’ and has since then been surrounded by tape and now fencing to stop further destruction.
Division 1 Councillor, Rick Baberowski, who funded the work through his disecretionary fund, said council was looking to quickly re-establish the Turner Park art. “Unfortunately these things happen from time to time, but we are looking to quickly remedy the situation as well as reduce the risk of it happening again,’’ Cr Baberowski said.