About this location
- Where
Unit 16, 10 Bellbowrie Street, Port Macquarie NSW 2444
- Cost
- Free entry
- Accessibility
- Welcomes people with access needs
- Facilities
- Car park
- Coach Parking
- Family Friendly
- Gallery / Museum
- Shop / Gift Shop
Contact details
Hello Koalas Gallery and Gift Shop is the head quarters for the Gold award-winning Hello Koalas Sculpture Trail, established in 2014 with 50 sculptures.
There are 87 one-metre-high koala sculptures on the Trail, painted by local artists featuring designs that promote community arts, cultural heritage, the natural environment and conservation of Australian wildlife.
Plus the 2.5 metre 'Big Koala, Spirit of All Koalas' is located at the new tourism precinct in Cowarra State Forest called 'Guulabaa, Place of Koala', being developed by Forestry Corporation NSW.
The Hello Koalas Gift Shop has a large variety of Hello Koalas quality custom merchandise, designed and made locally, including colouring books, calendars, jigsaw puzzles, sketchbooks, notebooks, stickers, lens cloths, magnets, badges, T-shirts, postcards, bookmarks, lens cloths, aprons, totes and tea towels.
The Shop has a beautiful array of koala soft toys, Koala Eco natural products and the special exclusive edition Monopoly Port Macquarie, with its unique Hello Koalas silver token, and Port Macquarie Top Trumps card game.
There are also over 15 Hello Koalas sculptures like Winnie the Unicorn, I'm No Bear and Radiant Heart, ambassador for Port Macquarie.