Artist : Kim Staples

Sponsor: Whalebone Wharf Seafood Restaurant

Location: Whalebone Wharf Seafood Restaurant 269 Hastings River Drive, Port Macquarie NSW 2444

Description / Inspiration

Kim Staples has painted several marine paintings for Whalebone Wharf and now has created a special Hello Koalas sculpture called 'Noah', depicting marine and bird life around the Hastings River and Pacific Ocean.

The marine life on Noah features :
• Humpback Whale ( front belly, right cheek and left and right of back)
• Southern Right Whale (top left leg)
• Minke Whale ( top right leg)
• Bottle nose dolphins (front left cheek, left hind leg, right side of back)
• Blue Swimmer crab ( Right foot)
• Eastern rock lobster ( left foot)
• Hasting River Oysters( left foot)
• School prawn ( left foot)
• Sea green turtle ( all turtles on sculpture)
• Gold band snapper ( left front leg)
• Kingfish ( right front leg)
• Broadbill swordfish ( right hind leg)
• Short tailed smooth stingray ( left top side of back)
• Australian Pelicans ( front & back sky)
• Cormorant (Small black birds on front & back )

Location Info

One of Port Macquarie's premier restaurants with an emphasis on local seafood and produce, located alongside the Hastings River. Gorgeous water views with elegant pelicans and sometimes dolphins swimming by. Excellent wine list and an innovative menu echoing the culinary interests of its French / Australian owner, Joel Danet. Recently Hello Koalas friends and family enjoyed a banquet menu and it was 12 out of 10 for food, wine and service! Ample parking beside the restaurant along the riverside and there is a helipad opposite if you are arriving by helicopter.