Police believe the bridge climber is the serial vandal responsible for the Pam the Bird graffiti appearing across Melbourne
1-MIN READ1-MINReutersPublished: 10:24am, 7 Jul 2026A man scaled the 140-metre-high (460 foot) tower of a cantilever bridge in the Australian city of Melbourne on Tuesday and painted a giant cartoon bird on it, disrupting morning commuter traffic.The man demanded a peanut butter sandwich be delivered by drone before he would come down, causing a stand-off with police and closing a lane on the Bolte Bridge.
“A man has scaled the bridge and remains in a restricted area on the eastern tower. He is refusing to follow police direction and come down,” said Paul Hogan, an acting sergeant with Victoria Police.
“Police allege the man is responsible for graffitiing the bridge earlier this morning.”
The graffiti on the bridge closely resembles Pam the Bird, a symbol that has appeared on dozens of buildings in Melbourne in recent years, including on the heritage-listed Flinders Street railway station.
