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AN antique clock, a chair and other curios have been appearing overnight on a traffic-control box at the intersection of Webster Street and Drummond Street North in Ballarat, leaving residents puzzled. “It’s happened over the last month,” a Webster Street resident said. “The first thing we noticed was a fan. It sat there for probably two weeks, then other little things started appearing around the area. “The fan was just an old plastic fan. Now they’ve stepped it up a notch. “I don’t know what’s going to appear tomorrow morning, I’d say something will be there.” An antique clock and wooden chair followed the broken fan, to take pride of place atop the traffic box. The items appear overnight and seem to be deliberately placed, leaving locals to wonder if the pop-up curio is part of a publicity stunt or a public art project. Art, marketing or pure eccentricity, the intention behind the action remains unclear. “It’s just weird,” the resident said. “You wonder who’s doing it and why they’d bother. Are they on drugs? Are they bored stiff? “It’s got everyone wondering, I think.”

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