A colourful sign depicting the different flora and fauna that can be seen in the local area has been damaged by upwards of 30 strikes made by a sharp metal object that eventually led to the offender piercing and ripping the Council-owned metal road sign.
Located at Dalrymple Point in Bowen, the nature sign was placed at a photographic spot with views across the bay and out towards the lighthouse.
Residents and tourists frequent the area for walks, spearfishing and sight-seeing.
One of these people was a local of 30 years, Kenneth Wilkinson, who discovered the damaged sign earlier this month.
“I was disgusted!” he said.
“It’s such a lovely sign and it gives an insight into what to see in the area.”
Mr Wilkinson noticed some writing in “texta” on the damaged sign which read: “People have a place too” which he interprets as the offender perhaps angered by the community putting more significance on wildlife than on people.
“It looked like uncontrollable rage to me,” said Mr Wilkinson.
“I counted at least 30 dents on the sign, and it looked like someone must have done it with an axe or a very sharp metal object.”
Reporting it to the police and then to Whitsunday Regional Council, Mr Wilkinson says that everyone in the community must be vigilant and ensure they report damage so that it can be stamped out.
“Bowen has a zero-tolerance policy for vandalism, and I think the people of Bowen deserve to know what’s happened,” he added.
The nature sign was struck over 30 times by a sharp object
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