Damien Malony – or DimZ as he is known – spent about 15 hours on the project which is behind the pool and library.

Mr Malony said the mural will brighten up a dull space that was regularly targeted by taggers.

“There was some illegal activity on the wall and it was, at times, covered in tagging. I used general scenery involving gardens and animals into the design,” he said.

“I have worked with council on a couple of other projects, including the Telstra building and a few power boxes. Council was quite supportive of me on this project.

“There are other projects I’d like to work on but would also like to continue working with council in the future.

“Another local street artist Kane Gimbert, regularly helps me on some of the projects and he does a lot of the fill-in work on murals.”

Mr Malony said he was not a fan of the ‘whole tagging thing’ adding that it doesn’t look any good.

“It is vandalism. There is a real difference between graffiti and street art,” he added.

Originally from Sydney, Mr Malony said he was always interested in art but after breaking his neck in a pushbike accident he decided to make turn it into a business.

“I worked in the building game but had a pretty bad pushbike crash where I broke my neck. So I turned to art and decided to try my hand at it about 15 years ago.

“I haven’t looked back. After arriving in Port Macquarie about four years ago, I was able to continue the business here and now have completed a number of projects.”

He said the lure of street art was the use of spray cans over paintbrushes. 

“I like the large scale stuff,” he said.

Mr Malony has completed projects at five public schools, the pool, a number of local businesses, people’s vans and in private homes.