And it’s all thanks to three enthusiastic locals, who were keen to put the idea in motion in time for this year’s Cherry Festival.

“It was a hair-brained idea between Martin and myself that wouldn’t go away,” one designer Tom Murphy said.

Victoria Street Tip employee Tom and council’s environmental health and waste management officer Martin Slade sat on the idea for a month before they, teamed with one keen Young High School helper Thomas Murphy, grabbed some old grain tarps and started painting.

It took the two Toms a whole weekend to put the cherries and the name ‘Young’ together and pin it all down with old recycled tent pegs in an open area at the Victoria Street Tip. 

The cherries’ chosen location – though not as elegant as some would envisage - and design was very specific.

The cherries are in the direct flight path to the Young Airport, giving pilots and the passengers an eye catching view.

“And we based the design on the ‘Positively Young’ cherries…  it was deliberately done in time for the Cherry Festival,” Tom said.

One local pilot, John Hobson, generously flew over the cherries this week and took photos to share.

The project was all unbeknown to council until just minutes before The Witness was informed.

Council’s planning, environment and strategic services director Craig Filmer had a phone call, telling him there were giant cherries at the tip.

All Mr Filmer had to say to that was “holy crap what are my guys getting up to?”

But in the spirit of the community and the festival, council are now bringing in industrial lights so that the cherries can be seen at night. 

“[Tom’s] done an amazing job,” Martin said.

The trio plan to use the cherries again – “Maybe for next year’s festival, we may put it somewhere else like a school,” they said.

“This one was an experiment to see if we could pull it off,” Tom said.