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7 - 8 June 2020LONG WEEKEND

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The one time of the year when all 75+ Hello Koalas sculptures gather in Port Macquarie

for the Hello Koalas Festival Treasure Hunt. Don’t miss it!

The Hello Koalas Sculpture Trail is an award-winning public art project that is coming to Sydney for the first time, hosted by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney during October and November.

This highly engaging free exhibition encompasses over 20 one-metre high fibreglass koala sculptures designed and painted by Australian artists, in a blend of arts and culture, heritage and environmental themes. The Hello Koalas Sculpture Trail was conceived and created in Port Macquarie, by Arts and Health Australia, the national leader in arts and creative engagement programs for community health and wellbeing.

Hello Koalas sculptures celebrate Australia’s popular and iconic species, the koala, and weave their magic through the personalities of individual koalas. The Trail is a public art initiative which, with humour, whimsy, high quality design and artistry, captures people’s imagination, attention and engagement.

Effectively, each Hello Koalas sculpture provides a blank canvas to convey evocative messages that celebrate the existence of native plants and animals and raise public awareness, across generations, of the importance of caring and preserving our natural world.

This specially curated Hello Koalas Sculpture Trail is set within the lawns, specialty gardens, heritage buildings and natural beauty of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney and is an exciting ‘Treasure Hunt’ for people of all ages.

Hello Koalas Sculpture TrailHosted by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney 4 October – 30 November 2019

A selection of Hello Koalas memorabilia is available at

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FOREST Artist: Pauline Roods

Forest the Koala captures in detail how biodiversity, tourism and a renewable timber industry are balanced in NSW State forests. Forest depicts life in Burrawan State Forest in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region. A landmark in the Forest is ‘Old Bottlebutt’ (Corymbia gummifera), the largest Red Bloodwood tree in the southern hemisphere, with a girth of 16 metres just above its base. The spectacular tree has significant natural heritage value with an estimated age of over 200 years old. Old Bottlebutt is accessible via the Old Bottlebutt Walking Track.

RANGER RILEY Artist: Pauline Roods

Look closely at Ranger Riley’s uniform. Each of these plants and animals are threatened species in NSW National Parks. A roaming ambassador for the NSW Saving our Species progam, Ranger Riley reminds us to care for and protect the environment. Bearing 12 badges on his shirt front, depicting some of the most threatened species in NSW, Ranger Riley also wears on his back a colourful design of 33 threatened species of flowers and plants, animals and marine life, reptiles, birds and insects. How many Spotted-Tailed Quolls can you find on Ranger Riley’s uniform? Can you see the Giant Dragonfly and Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail?

TOPIARY Artist: Nicole Lister

A beautifully painted and stylised design of the dense evergreen shrub Japanese Box (Buxus microphylla). In Australian gardens this shrub is often used as a clipped hedge and is ideal for well defined formal shapes. Topiary Koala stands beside the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney’s three metre high living topiary sculpture. Topiary celebrates the garden and the immense pleasure and satisfaction that many people have from pruning, shaping and tending their plants.

THE MAYOR Artist: Pauline Roods

The Mayor of the Koala Republic is a representative for the Hello Koalas and befitting his rank, the Mayor is dressed in his Mayoral red robe. His very important chain of office has been specially designed in silver, carefully depicting the delicate blossoms, leaves and nuts of the Eucalyptus.

CHARLIE Artists: Kim and Wayne Staples

Charlie the Botanical Horticulturist is named after Charles Fraser, first Superintendent of the Botanic Garden established in 1816 and Colonial Botanist (1821-1831), as a tribute to the work of all botanical horticulturists. Charlie proudly wears the accoutrements of this time honoured profession. Charles Fraser went on many collecting trips, some plants he collected are still growing in the Garden including the Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii), one of the tallest trees in the Garden, growing nearby to the Visitor Centre.

KOMOREBI Artist: Fiona Morgan

Komorebi is a Japanese word which translates as ‘sunlight filtering through the leaves on trees’. To see a koala in the wild often requires ‘komorebi’ as koalas can be hard to spot. This design also recognises the Sister City relationship of Port Macquarie-Hastings with Handa, Japan.

KOALA BOY Artist: Colin Wightman

Artist Colin Wightman, of the Goomeroi people, was born on Toomelah Mission – a small Aboriginal community on the dry plains in far north-western NSW. Wightman has said that he paints because it tells the stories of the tribe he is from. “I paint what I see and what I was told by my Nan and other Elders of the Goomeroi tribe”. This design reflects the Aboriginal legend about how a boy became a koala. This Hello Koalas sculpture was commissioned in 2013 through the Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery (DNAAG), Kempsey.

KALIDO Artist: Francessca O’Donnell

A mesmerising mosaic character, Kalido is dedicated to the arts – theatre, music, dance and singing. Kalido is proud to perform for Sydney’s large local community and visitors to the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. His “performing koala” partner PK Sparkles has stayed at home in Port Macquarie to continue to delight audiences at the Glasshouse Arts Centre.

WILDLIFE WARRIOR Artist: Kim McLean

A feisty and colourful little champion for nature, Wildlife Warrior reminds us to get out and into nature, protect our plants and animals and have fun too. Everyone can be a Wildlife Warrior and care for our plants and animals. What can you do for koalas? Log on to koalahospital.org.au to find out.

FLYING FIFIE Artist: Lisa Burrell

Butterflies, with their vividly coloured wings and fluttering flight pattern, lend a special touch of beauty to nature. Importantly, they help flowers pollinate, eat weedy plants and provide a food source for other animals. There are about 17,500 species of butterflies in the world. Butterflies and moths are the only groups of insects that have scales covering their wings. Flying Fifie is a treasure trove and home to 23 butterflies, 5 moths and 5 caterpillars found in Australia.

SHELLY Artist: Pauline Roods

An underwater world of native plants and animals. What lies beneath the surface? Shelly’s design shows a snapshot of Port Macquarie’s “Under Water World”, around Shelly Beach and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre (NSW National Parks), one of the largest and least disturbed remnants of coastal rainforest in NSW. Shelly has over 25 different species of local sea life that you will find under the waves of Port Macquarie’s foreshore and reminds us to protect our oceans.

KOALATRON Artist: Joel Cameron

What will the future look like? Will we have robot koalas and fake trees? Koalatron is a comment on what could happen if we don’t protect koalas and conserve their habitat. What can you do to prevent that happening? Driving slowly along roads and keeping pets (especially dogs) inside at night in areas where koalas live are two ways to protect our koalas.

WOLLEMIA Artist: Lisa Burrell

More than just a great place to visit, our Botanic Garden is a living lab. Through the focus on world leading scientific research we’re helping to deliver real solutions to some of the world’s most critical environmental and biodiversity issues, so vital to the quality of life for generations to come. This includes our research work on the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis). Wollemia the Vital Scientist celebrates this important environmental work and commemorates the discovery of the Wollemi Pine in 1994. Keep an eye out for the Wollemi Pines growing in the Garden. What can you do to help our Vital Science work? Log on rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/shareandprotect and find out.

PERCY CROSSINGSAFE Artist: Fran Barratt

Percy says “Let us cross roads safely!” When roads cut through undergrowth and forest, it can be dangerous for koalas to move through their home territory, especially in urban areas. Koalas are not taught, like children, to look left and right before crossing the road. Percy’s design encourages safe street crossings of all urban koalas. Percy has leaf and flower patterns on his arms and legs and a tree trunk/street crossing up his back and front. The koala footprints symbolise Percy’s safe passage within his home.

BENJAMIN Artist: Fiona Morgan

Benjamin The Return of the Thylacine is a wake up call. Benjamin was the last known Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger living in Hobart Zoo until 1936. The Koala and many other threatened species may go the way of the Thylacine and become extinct. Restoring and rehabilitating Eucalyptus woodland is important for conserving food and shelter for koalas. There are 40 species of Eucalyptus being researched as part of the Garden’s Restore & Renew project. Many of these are ones that the iconic Australian koala loves to eat. How many stripes can you count on Benjamin’s back?

MANDY Artist: Yvonne Kiely

The native Flannel Flower (Actinotus helianthi) is Australia’s symbol for Mental Health Awareness and Mandy wears this emblem with pride and compassion. Mandy, The Mandala Koala, is about healing and balance within our environment. The word ‘mandala’ means ‘sacred circle’. Mandy wears her heart on her sleeves in iridescent colours. Through the hearts in her ears she listens to secrets and stories whispered by children. Her kind eyes see with loving care all who come to visit her. Mandy radiates peace and harmony.

DR STU DENT Artist: Pauline Roods

Dr Stu Dent is a proud new member of the Rural Clinical School campus at the University of NSW, Port Macquarie, one of 5 UNSW Rural Clinical School campuses which provide medical training for undergraduate students who want to be doctors in rural and regional areas, including Albury/Wodonga, Coffs Harbour, Griffith and Wagga Wagga. Established in 2000, the Rural Clinical School has also been responsible for the UNSW Indigenous special entry medical student program. At his university home, Dr Stu Dent has local koalas for neighbours so the good doctor takes their health seriously too, making sure there are water bowls around if the koalas get thirsty during this long dry season, when gum trees might not have sufficient moisture in their leaves.

I’M NO BEAR Artist: Brigid Vidler

The koala is often called a ‘bear’ because of its appearance but it is not at all – it is a marsupial, that carries its young in the mother’s pouch. Other well-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, possums, wombats and Tasmanian devils. I’m No Bear compares Pandas and Koalas – they are both iconic national symbols, both eat leaves, climb trees and sleep a lot! And unfortunately, due to habitat loss, they are both threatened species. How does I’m No Bear take off his panda suit when he wants to be a koala?

KOALASAURUS-MAX Artist: Pauline Roods

Dinosaurs lived around 70 million years ago and are a powerful reminder of the vulnerability of species including those that appear strong, indomitable and fierce. Unlike other members of his theropod family, which includes Tyrannosaurus-REX (T-REX), Koalasaurus-MAX is a gentle giant and an eloquent ambassador for all threatened species. How many dinosaur names can you see on Koalasaurus-MAX? Do you have a favourite dinosaur? What makes Koalasaurus-MAX so special? Is it because he is the one dinosaur in world history which reminds us that we must protect and keep our plants and animals safe? Go K-MAX!

BUZZY BEE Artist: Lisa Burrell

Buzzy is an ambassador for Australian native bees and commemorates Australian Pollinator Week (10-17 November 2019). There are over 1,600 species of native bees which are important pollinators for native plants. There are twenty native bees painted on Buzzy hovering between native flowers representing each state’s floral emblem, along with Australia’s iconic Golden Wattle. How many native plants species can you see on Buzzy Bee? Can you spot the one European honey bees to compare the size of native bees? Near Buzzy is the Garden’s native “bee hotel” – look out for the tree stump near the path.

BUSHBY Artist: Lisa Burrell

Bushby proudly wears a design of multi-coloured Eucalyptus leaves, gum blossoms and creatures that are part of his natural environment such as native stingless bees, Christmas Beetle and Eucalyptus Tip-wilter Bug. There are over 850 species of Eucalyptus but koalas only really like the taste of a few. In Port Macquarie, koalas like to eat the leaves from Tallowood, Forest Red Gum and Swamp Mahogany trees. People use Eucalyptus leaves too. Eucalyptus oil from Blue Mallee leaves (Eucalyptus polybractea) was first produced commercially and sustainably in Victoria in 1852. Blue Mallee trees are more like shrubs, which after harvesting, regrow within a year. Koalas don’t eat the leaves of this species and prefer to live in tall Eucalyptus trees.

CARRAMAR Artist: Elise Howard

Carramar’s design features Australian native plants such as the Waratah, everlasting daisy, gum blossoms and the iconic eucalypt. Her name was chosen in consultation with the local Aboriginal community, the Biripai people. The Biripai people have lived in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area for tens of thousands of years, and carramar means ‘shade of trees’. The Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) is the floral emblem of New South Wales. How many waratahs can you see on Carramar?

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