ANNE Tempest loves a good challenge, in fact she spent 12 months completing a 24,000 piece puzzle called Life.
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Instead of watching television, Mrs Tempest set up in her Khancoban lounge room with a lamp and a puzzle board.
“I’ve been doing jigsaws all my life, I’ve always loved them,” she said.
Now the second biggest puzzle in the world, Life was completed in four sections of 6000 pieces each.
The puzzle was hung at Upper Murray Health and Community Service day procedure waiting room in Corryong last week.
“After I finished it, we had an open house viewing in Khancoban,” Mrs Tempest said.
“One of the ladies who came said it was too nice to put back in the box and she did some running around and found a place for it (to hang).”
Upper Murray Health and Community Service chief executive Maxine Brockfield said the puzzle brought joy to staff and patients alike.
“We’ve had wonderful feedback from the community,” she said.
“It’s the first thing you see in the waiting room. People waiting are sometimes nervous about their procedures or blood tests and it’s very calming.”
Mrs Tempest received support from seven community groups to help pay for the frame and glue to have the puzzle mounted.
The Khancoban Op Shop, Khancoban Badminton Club, Khancoban Artists and gallery, The Snowy Hydro social club, Corryong Men’s Shed, Corryong Table Tennis and the Khancoban Angling fishing club pulled together to pay for the $700 worth of framing.
“I’m really excited that people are viewing it,” Mrs Tempest said.
“It took over 18 months from starting the puzzle to having it mounted at the hospital.”
Mrs Tempest said, during the gluing process, one piece was glued on backwards.
“It not obvious but it’s created a bit of a Where’s Wally situation for people,” Mrs Tempest said.
Mrs Tempest’s next test is solving the world’s biggest puzzle, at 33,600 pieces.