Celebrate our native species

Renowned contemporary artist Jimmy_Dvate returned to Phillip Island last month, to create this stunning new mural at the Koala Conservation Centre.

Jimmy has previously completed a series of beautiful and very popular murals for the Nature Parks including one on the Nobbies visitor centre, and two that adorn the shearing shed at Churchill Island.

Adorning the walls of the old Chisholm centre, this latest project took around 10 days to complete and celebrates native species, including a koala, honeyeater and a curlew.

Jimmy is best known for his silo artwork in Victoria and Australia, including works commissioned by the Melbourne and Adelaide Zoos.

His other murals on Phillip Island feature the Eastern Barred Bandicoot, fur seals, little penguins, hooded plovers and a portrait of Rip the kelpie, a working dog on the Churchill Island Heritage Farm.