With the Minions starting to attract attention from across Australia and around the globe, Mr Goninon said they were starting to prove a local attraction. Everyone is having a talk and a laugh about it.' 'Two or three people are blaming each other and it's all in jest. 'As soon as any go up they put it on there and they get all the comments going,' he said. Some of the Minions, such as this reindeer one, act as letterboxes while others are just ornamental Mr Goninon said the town's Facebook community page was abuzz with Minion sightings and speculation. 'When we were up to 12 or 13 (Minions) they were actually going out every morning to see if they got one and after a couple of weeks one appeared there so they were wrapped,' he said. The town does not have many children but Mr Goninon said a family 'down the road' has two young boys. 'We're a small boutique little winery and this one's turned up and is pouring a bottle of one of our old labels, we've run out of that vintage so they did pretty well to get that,' Mr Goninon said. Outside Mr Goninon and his wife Jane's property there is Minion pouring a bottle into a wineglass balanced on its head. Other examples of specially crafted Minions include a jockey outside the neighbouring houses of a father and daughter who act as stewards for the local race club, and a firefighter that appeared under the town's central fire warning sign. Since last December Minions have been popping up roughly every fortnight in the Victorian town of Warrak 'Which was really good because she is fighting cancer at the moment so she was really happy to get one.' ![]() 'They knew that Gwen was really into gardening so hers has got a plant growing out of the top of it,' Mr Goninon said. 'Someone further up there's a mad Collingwood supporter, so theirs is black and white,' Mr Goninon said.Ī particularly thoughtful Minion was delivered to the home of Gwen Pilgrim. ![]() The second one that appeared was outside the property of a Melbourne Demons AFL club supporter so it was kitted out in the jersey colours of red and blue. Mr Goninon said the maker had to be a local because of the inside knowledge that went into tailoring the Minions for each recipient. 'Since then every couple of weeks they have been appearing overnight and we are up to about 24 of them now.' 'They just put up on the community Facebook page that 'we got home last night and Santa Claus has left a letter box. The Minion that appeared outside the property belonging to the local racetrack stewards adopted an appropriate jockey attire
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