The City of Sydney’s cleansing trucks – a posh way to say cleaning and rubbish – are being transformed into literary treasures this month.
Eleven trucks will decorated with giant verses by famous poets, including W B Yeats and Judith Wright, will hit the streets next week.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore will be joined by the Sydney Writers’ Festival’s artistic director, Jemma Birrell to unveil four trucks from the fleet.
Contemporary Australian poet Martin Harrison will also be in attendance alongside the truck featuring his poem ‘Walking Back from the Dam’.
