Current Opening Hours

Wed to Sun 10am - 4pm
Extending to 7 days a week soon!
(Closed Christmas Day & Good Friday)

The National Cartoon Gallery

Home of the Rotary Cartoon Awards, The National Cartoon Gallery @The Bunker in Coffs Harbour is the only gallery of its kind and known as the spiritual home of cartooning in Australia. Our entertaining and thought provoking exhibitions change regularly, as well as workshops, movie nights, performances and other special events for children and adults. You're bound to find something to make you smile at the bunker!

..and with a multi-million dollar renovation underway we encourage you to watch this space!

So come on, why don’t you... join us for a good laugh!

Upcoming Exhibitions & Events

Toons 4 Wildlife

22 August  10:00 am - 22 November  4:00 pm

This exhibition is in aid of our furry friends (…and scaly and feathered and… anything Aussie!). Mark from TIPPETTURES rallied our Aussie cartoonists together to assist after the devastating fires earlier in the year. The response from our cartoonists was heart warming, creating an impressive collection of over 90 works which together make up the…

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Marnie Yeates Nature Photography Competition – Cancelled

31 October

Unfortunately due to Covid-19 The Marnie Yeates Nature Photography Competition has been cancelled for 2020. An initiative of the Coffs Harbour Camera Club this annual competition is open to all amateurs on the Coffs Coast and is named in memory of Marnie Yeates, one of the original club members with a passion for nature. The gallery…

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Rotary Cartoon Awards – Exhibition

28 November 2020 - 28 February 2021

Featuring all the best entries from the 2020 Rotary Cartoon Awards (RCA) this exhibition is a favourite now in its 32nd year.  The RCA is an Australia-wide competition open to all cartoonists; professional and enthusiasts. This year’s special category recognises the past 12 months of hardship across the entire country with the special topic “Crisis,…

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Rotary Cartoon Awards – Awards Night

28 November  6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Join us as we celebrate and reveal the winners of the 2020 Rotary Cartoon Awards. This is one of the biggest nights on our annual calendar as cartoonists from all around Australia gather to celebrate this fiercely competitive, nationally recognised competition. Mingle over finger food and a drink and take the opportunity to vote for…

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Cartoonists Protest!

National Cartoon Gallery spokesman calls for President Trump to be re- elected…..again and again Cartoonists all over the world are reporting heightened states of anxiety over the concerns that Americans might not re-elect Donald Trump in the upcoming November elections. The National Cartoon Gallery’s spokesman, Paul McKeon said that President Trump had enabled most cartoonists to work half as hard as they used to, as he provided hilarious cartoon material on a daily basis. “If Jo Biden becomes President, cartoonists will have to start thinking again and looking for weird and unbelievable material that isn’t provided by the White House. Just think how boring it would be to have a leader of the Western World who was rational, truthful and had some knowledge of what was going on in the real world. Cartoonists will be shattered. At the National Cartoon Gallery , we are working on a petition which calls...
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Gallery Rises from the bunker!

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