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A fair portion of this job is looking at news and trying to figure out the most interesting angle on something, but not this time – every part of this is just some wholesome Australian goodness: a man in Western Australia built a giant, fuck-off big Christmas tree out of VB cans for charity (ideally it would have been a non-CUB beer, but it’s for charity, so we’ll let that slide).
Wesley Boyd, from Perth, was inspired to make the tree by his late mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s:
“I wanted to support [the fight against] Alzheimer’s, because I’ve seen it and it’s horrible.”
The tree is a whopping 4.4 metres tall and 2 metres wide. It took about 14 months, some silicone reinforcement and 2536 cans, which – at about 85 slabs of 30 cans – is definitely not an insignificant amount of cans:
“A few of my mates love drinking VBs, so when they bring their own drinks over, we all keep the cans.”
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Boyd said he’d be flicking on the lights for the first time tonight and putting out tins so people having a gander can donate. Mate, excellent work.
Source: WA Today.
Photos: Wesley Boyd.