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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Steve Evans

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O'Connor post office licensee Ken Waring with canine friend Buddy and the mural. Picture by Karleen Minney

It is the loveliest piece of public art you could hope to see: a barber's pole with a dog doing what dogs do on poles.

It's on the wall outside the post office in O'Connor but the shop used to be a barber's. Over the years, the mural has faded a little but it remains noticeable and beloved by passers-by. Local people fear for its future.

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