Early Monday morning a new tree sprouted in Clare’s Main street, located in the space outside Clare Post Office. As part of the original Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council (CGVC) ‘Clare Streetscape Plan’ and after community consultation, it provided a concept of a ‘gathering tree’ representing the location as a key gathering point for the township, in this instance, the Clare Post Office. The artist, South Australian artist and sculptor Gerry McMahon, was later engaged and built on the original concept with some input from the local community for the words on the ‘leaves’, which are all the towns in the CGVC area.