For a long time the Telstra laneway in Belgrave was an ugly graffiti strewn eye sore. Late in 2025 BTTG proposed a modest sized mural be painted on the eastern end of the laneway. Interest in this idea grew with the Belgrave Traders Association, the Community Bank Upwey-Bendigo Bank and the Yarra Ranges Council throwing their support behind an art and community improvement project improvement project supporting young people in the region.

The project became known as the “Youth Way” project, involving a number of young emerging artists, under the guidance of an artist mentor, in developing the mural underlying themes, developing, and reworking designs, preparing the wall and then painting the mural.

Wall preparation and painting took place over three weeks, through some challenging weather and equipment that did not always perform to standard. Nonetheless the young “muralists” completed a striking fifty-five metre mural.

More than fifty people attended the formal opening celebrations, with a consensus amongst them that the mural is a terrific addition to the look and feel of Belgrave and a demonstration of the creativity and commitment of our young people.