Community & Business
18 February, 2022
Always part of Biboohra family
BIBOOHRA State School has honoured past student Cole Wyatt with a newly painted mural on one of their classroom’s outer walls, depicting the joy he brought into the lives of others.
In late 2020, Cole was involved in a tragic road accident which claimed his life, with the shock felt across the community as people mourned the loss of a selfless and kindhearted young man.
To honour his memory, Biboohra State School commissioned a mural, with the permission of the Wyatt family, to be painted at the school with a plaque and garden planned in coming months.
Cole was a student of Biboohra during his junior schooling years before graduating and heading onto Mareeba State High School.
Biboohra principal David King said Cole was an integral part of school life while he attended and his passing deeply impacted the school and local community.
“You can see the mural right as you enter the school, you walk in the gate and it just pops at you,” he said.
“We really wanted something that was both welcoming but also recognising Cole as being a part of our family - a lot of the imagery that is on the mural we got from his family.
“The butterflies, the flowers, the rainbows and the colourfulness of it was all part of trying to capture the fact that he brought sunshine into the life of others.”
The words “Once a Biboohra kid always part of the Biboohra family” painted on the mural are not only a tribute to Cole, but to all past Biboohra students.
