Street art

Otis Hope Carey, Gaagal, Whistler Street Carpark, 2021

Our Street Art Program brings artists, residents, businesses, property owners and the community together to create exciting new artworks in unexpected places. Murals by artists are transforming streets and laneways across the Northern Beaches and connecting communities like these street art projects at Tramshed Arts and Community Centre and in the Pacific Waves carpark.

Council does not require approval of street art on private developments (known as exempt development), if it meets the requirements of SEPP (exempt and complying).

Contact creative@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au if you are interested in finding out more about our Street Art Program.

Bradley Eastman - Topographic / Typographic - YOYO's Youth Centre

YOYO's Forest Youth Centre , Frenchs Forest

Completed in May 2021 ‘Topographic / Typographic (YOYOS)’ by artist Bradley Eastman (Beastman) is at YoYo’s Youth Centre, Frenchs Forest

Claire Foxton - Native treasure - Peninsula Car Park

Peninsular Car Park , Manly

Completed in March 2021, 'Native treasure' by artist Claire Foxton is located at Manly’s Peninsula Carpark

David Cragg - Midnight Dream - Bungan Lane

2 Bungan Lane , Mona Vale

Completed in 2020, Mona Vale's, Bungan Lane is where you will see 'Midnight Dream' by artist David Cragg

Artist Evelyn Bracewell painting her mural Bloom Wild at North Curl Curl COmmunity Centre

Eve Bracewell - Bloom Wild - North Curl Curl Community Centre

2 Griffin Rd , Curl Curl

'Bloom Wild' by Eve Bracewell is currently being created at North Curl Curl Community Centre

Artist Gus Eagleton standing in front of his artwork at Mona Vale Memorial Hall

Gus Eagleton - Memories of Mona Vale - Mona Vale Memorial Hall

1 Park Street , Mona Vale

Artist Gus Eagleton has created an artwork for Mona Vale Memorial Hall that celebrates Mona Vale's past and present.

Helen Proctor - Narrabeen Lagoon - Tramshed Arts and Community Centre

Tramshed Arts and Community Centre , Narrabeen

Completed in April 2022 this work 'Narrabeen Lagoon' by Helen Proctor is an abstract depiction of the waterways and bushland around Narrabeen.

Kentaro Yoshida - Waratah & Rhododendron - Brookvale Community Centre

Brookvale Community Centre , Brookvale

Completed in March 2021, 'Waratah and Rhododendron' by Kentaro Yoshida is located at the Brookvale Community Centre

Market Lane Mural by Ruth Downes

Market Lane , Manly

The work’s bold, colourful panels highlight important events and issues that were headlined in local newspaper The Manly Daily.

Ocean Views by Elliott Routledge - Seaforth

537 Sydney Road , Seaforth

Completed in 2021, Ocean Views greets passers-by at the Seaforth village shops, Sydney Road.

Otis Hope Carey - GAAGAL - Whistler Street Carpark

Whistler Street Car Park , Manly

Completed in March 2021, 'GAAGAL' by artist Otis Hope Carey is located at Manly’s Whistler Street Carpark

Overlapping Botanicals - Studio Dennis

Glen Street Library , Frenchs Forest

Completed in 2022, Overlapping Botanicals by Studio Dennis is based upon the experience of walking along a bush trail in the early morning.

Sindy Sinn - BENEATH THE WAVES (Ghost Stories) - Rialto Square, Manly

Rialto Lane , Manly

Artist Sindy Sinn has completed his work, BENEATH THE WAVES (Ghost Stories), in Rialto Square in Manly.

Artist Sofles installing his work in Mona Vale

Sofles - Coastal Mona - Mona Vale

Village Park , Mona Vale

Completed in 2023, Coastal Mona by Sofles wraps a number of surfaces of Mona Vale's Village Park. Sofles used abstract, contemporary designs celebrating Mona Vale’s beachside community, native flora and fauna.

Find a legal graffiti wall

Allambie Oval soccer wall, Allambie Road
Millers Reserve soccer wall, Campbell Parade
Collaroy Plateau Oval soccer wall, Blandford Street
Wyatt Reserve soccer wall, Belrose
Passmore Reserve, Manly Vale (amenities block – wall facing road only)

Do the right thing

The Northern Beaches is one of the few areas that maintains legal graffiti walls and operates street art programs - so please do the right thing. Keep your tags off restricted places. Don’t paint surrounding structures and please put your used graffiti materials in a bin or take them home with you.

Know the laws

There are laws about carrying graffiti implements such as spray cans and markers so familiarise yourself with these before using the legal walls. Street art is restricted in many places - if you disregard this, you could get in trouble with the law and with members of the community.