The Big Koala Treasure Hunt 2026

This year the Treasure Hunt will run over 3 days 

FREE HELLO KOALAS SCULPTURE TRAIL

GUIDE & MAP

SUMMER 2026 / AUTUMN 2027

Our annual Hello Koalas Festival is the WORLD’S FIRST festival celebrating Australia’s best-loved animal, the koala.

It’s free to follow the Trail.  A large number of our 92 Hello Koalas sculptures are in outdoor locations, while others have homes at local businesses and community organisations. 

Here are the Details for 9th Hello Koalas Festival’s BIG KOALA TREASURE HUNT  – you can register online below or visit Hello Koalas Gallery + Gift Shop and fill out the form.  You will then received a list of clues to complete the Treasure Hunt.

Discover 35 specially selected Hello Koalas sculptures around Greater Port Macquarie plus “The Big Koala, Spirit of All Koalas”(2.5 metres) sponsored by Regional Australia Bank and located at Guulabaa, Place of Koala, Corner of the Oxley Highway and Burrawan Forest Drive,  in the Cowarra State Forest. You’ll find WildNets Adventure Park there too. 

Please take lots of photos and post on social with the tag #hellokoalas or @hellokoalas to spread the message around koala conservation.

Call in to the Hello Koalas Gallery + Gift Shop when you have ticked off all 35 koalas (or as many as you can) and we will reward you with your personalised Hello Koalas Festival’s The Big Koala Treasure Hunt Certificate of Achievement, to put on your fridge in pride of place.

The Hello Koalas Gallery + Gift Shop address is 2/ 1A Blackbutt Road, Port Macquarie, just off Lake Road.

During the school holidays we are open 5 days a week Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm from Monday 21 September to Friday 2 October 2026. We are closed over the October Long Weekend 3 to 5 October but the Glasshouse Hello Koalas Shop will be open for Hello Koalas souvenirs. 

Call us on 0416 641 482 or email info@hellokoalas.com with any enquiries.