For the girls of St Mary Star of the Sea College, many hands do make light work, especially when battling the elements in a year-long mural project.
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To mark 140 years of the school and 175 years of the nearby St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Father Ron Peters invited the college to paint the mural on the cathedral's garage.
"This is an opportunity to commemorate those two events but also to emphasise that St Mary's and St Francis have always had a very close working and pastoral relationship," he said.
Fr Peters left the project in the creative hands of the students, guided by the school's visual arts teachers Mary Boyle and Iain Whittaker.
"The girls have done an amazing job," Mr Whittaker said. "They were really persistent and really resilient because we were in summer and by the time the sun got to shining on the wall, the paint would dry in a few seconds."
Beginning with the nativity scene, the mural spans the life of Jesus. The last section of the wall features Jesus's resurrection with his face hidden among rock formations, aiming to symbolise the event's mystery.
"It will catch the corner of your eye and suddenly the face will emerge - it is an optical illusion. Some people see it straight away, some take a little bit of time to work it out," Mrs Boyle said.
Year 8 student Emily Gollop said it was an interesting experience adjusting to the wall's dimensions.
"It's quite eye-opening actually and it's another way of expressing your faith that I've never actually looked into before."