Aiden Desouza and Alex Skopellos with the rainbow-striped fence.

Aiden Desouza and Alex Skopellos with the rainbow-striped fence. Photo: Darren Howe



The owner of a Port Melbourne house with a rainbow-striped fence will cop a $4000 fine unless he repaints it.


The Raglan Street fence, in the midst of grey, beige and pink-toned houses, was painted by street artist Lachlan Bell two years ago.


Since then it has attracted scores of compliments, photo shoots, posing tourists and even a television crew.


But a complaint led to Port Phillip Council getting a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal order for the fence to be repainted with heritage colours.