Description / Inspiration

Woody Koala has been created to display the essence of the Forestry Corporation of NSW – Coffs Harbour.

The images painted on “Woody Koala” take you from the crystal-clear Sapphire waters of the Coffs Harbour Shoreline, abundant in marine life and the yearly Humped back whales migration. Ascend to Coffs Harbours Famous Sky Pier at Sealy Lookout and picnic area, from here you survey the Coffs Coast, nearby is the adrenalin rush of the Adventure Sky Park, adjacent you can wander down the Gumgali Track with its featured sculptures and paintings, for a view from the Korora Lookout, stop a while and join a cultural tour and listen to the story in Gumbaynggirr language at the sound bar that tells the Gumbaynggirr story of Gumgali, the Black Goanna.

The Forestry Corporation works closely with the Indigenous elders, and the cultural fire ceremony has become a very important event. There are many walking tracks like the Garraangurr Track and the Rainforest Loop Track, offering a different scenery and eco system, palms and twisting strangler figs, lush with birdlife, the tropical flora and fauna is a photographer’s paradise and worth wandering through, the creeks were made for swimming and forestry corporation encourages you to bring your 4 footed mates or take a leisurely ride/drive on the many forestry roads on horses, mountain bikes, motor bikes or 4WD.

A highlight on the forestry roads is when the World Car Rally takes flight, the dust rises and the engines roar in November each year. This Forestry Corporation sponsored event welcomes excited crowds to set up in vantage points scattered throughout their lush regrowth forests. Woody was a celebrity guest at the 2017 World Car Rally and enjoyed being photographed with the winners.

The highest peak in the Coffs Harbour Hinterland, Mt Coramba and Radio tower, plays host to regular a Downhill mountain bike-dash. Forestry Corporation creates and maintains many opportunities for the community to be a part of the Australian bush. Behind the scenes is the lifeblood of the Forestry Corporation, the timber workers, with examples of their selective harvesting methods.

I hope you enjoy Woody as much as I have enjoyed creating him.

Pauline Roods – Artist

Artist Biography

Pauline Roods has lived in Port Macquarie since her early childhood, and has been painting for over 30 years.

Pauline attended private art classes and completed an art degree at NSW TAFE. Pauline is a Contemporary Realist Artist, preferring to work with Acrylic, Mixed Media and Watercolour.

Pauline was twice finalist in the NSW TAFE Fine/Arts Prize, an entrant in the Wynn Art Prize and invitational finalist in the “Salon De Refuse”.

Pauline has been published in the Australian Artist, Artist Palette and Acrylic Artists magazines. She was also a finalist in the top 50 artists for the 2016 Australian Contemporary Art Awards, People’s Choice winner for the Australian Lung Foundation, 2016 Just One Breath competition and NSW finalist in the Family Circle Painting/Craft Competition.

Her most recent works have been commissions, of her signature underwater style, Australian wildlife paintings, individual portraits and emotive war paintings.

Pauline has been commissioned as an artist for 7 Hello Koala Sculptures including Mack The Surf Life Saver, The Mayor of the Koala Republic, Forest, Woody, Shelly, Kenny Koala and Ranger Riley and his customised table on which he stands.

Every painting is individual, placing the viewer within that scene. Pauline’s original artworks are created to awaken the viewer’s imagination and stimulate their senses. Pauline’s paintings are highly sought after and hang in private, commercial and public collections in Australia and around the world.

Pauline has had 5 recent exhibitions in Italy, has numerous awards, and is a regular guest artist in various art publications. Pauline has been commissioned to paint 16 Hello Koalas Sculptures including her latest The Big Koala, Spirit of All Koalas at Guulabaa, Place of Koala, the new tourism and educational precinct in the Cowarra State Forest – an initiative of Forestry Corporation of NSW.

Pauline has also been commissioned to create the highly successful Hello Koalas Colouring Book, and a Hop for Hope Celebrity Kangaroo for the Alannah Madeline Foundation Celebrity Auction, in the Yarra Valley, Victoria in 2016.

Pauline has had exhibitions in Australia and Japan, with 2 exhibitions in Rome Italy in 2015, a further 2 exhibitions in February and March 2016 in Soriano, and a selected artist to represent Australia at the 2016 Italian/Australian Trade Fair in Assisi. Her works hang in collections both private and commercial, in Australia, Japan, Singapore, America, New Zealand, Fiji and now Italy.

Location Info

Forestry Corporation of NSW is the largest manager of commercial native and plantation forests in NSW. Managing more than two million hectares of forests for the economic, environmental and social benefit of the people of NSW and Australia, Forestry Corporation of NSW adheres to the values of integrity, collaboration, respect, innovation, customer and stakeholder focus, safety and sustainability.