Kangaroo 3D mural by Odeith, West Lane, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Kangaroo
Odeith · “Kangaroo”, 3D illusion, Darwin Street Art Festival 2019 · 14 West Lane, Darwin City, Northern Territory
Before-and-after photo as published on Street Art Utopia; photographer not named. Top: the finished work with the painted van; bottom: the corner before painting. The artist shows another photo of the finished wall on his projects map
Portuguese artist Odeith painted “Kangaroo” in West Lane, Darwin, for the 2019 Darwin Street Art Festival, on what the festival calls his first trip to the city. From the right spot, a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch seems to stand on top of a small van, which he painted onto the utility box at the foot of the wall. Street Art Cities reports that the van has since been replaced; the kangaroo was last marked as seen there in May 2025.
4 things to know
- Made for one viewpointThe festival’s record says that “On his first trip to Darwin, Odeith created a 3D kangaroo illusion designed to be viewed from a specific angle.” Cannon Hill Chronicles says he has “a special interest in perspective and shading” and calls his style “sombre 3D”. DSAF · Cannon Hill Chronicles
- Something truly AustralianCaravan Correspondent: “he wanted to do something truly Australian. What better than a kangaroo and joey!” Cannon Hill Chronicles calls the result “a kangaroo standing atop a transit van.” Caravan Correspondent · Cannon Hill Chronicles
- The van was a utility boxThe van is painted onto the green utility box that stands in the corner. One of the festival’s progress photos shows Odeith spraying the van’s outline straight onto the box, and in the finished photos the box’s “Danger” and “Authorised persons only” signs stay on the van’s side. DSAF
- The van has been replacedA Street Art Cities marker added on 14 November 2024 says: “Unfortunately the ‘van’ has been replaced which somewhat spoils this image.” One photo on the marker shows the kangaroo above a plain green box with no van. The marker was last marked as seen on 28 May 2025. Street Art Cities
Check-in guide
- 📍
- West Lane in Darwin City, on the corner of the Galleria building. The red “Galleria – Walk thru to mall” sign in the older photos has been replaced by a blue “Darwin Galleria” sign in the Street Art Cities photo. The festival gives the location as “West Lane, 14 Darwin City, 0800” (DSAF); Street Art Cities gives “14 West Ln, Darwin City NT 0800, Australia” (Street Art Cities).
- 🧭
- The Maps button points to the festival’s own map point. Street Art Cities’ point is about 37 m away; the artist’s projects map uses a rounded point about 280 m away (odeith.com).
- 👀
- The illusion is “designed to be viewed from a specific angle” (DSAF). The photos on this page face the inside corner of the building from the lane.
- 🚐
- Do not count on seeing the van. Street Art Cities reports that it has been replaced and shows a plain green box under the kangaroo (Street Art Cities).
Sightings
- 2019
Festival record
- 202127 May
Caravan Correspondent photo
- 202124 Jul
Cannon Hill Chronicles photo
- 202414 Nov
SAC: van replaced
- 202528 May
SAC: last seen
- 20266 Oct
In SAU “3D Graffiti by Odeith”
Every stamp links to the dated source. Green stamps are photos taken at the wall, dated by the camera data in the published files; both show the kangaroo and the van intact. Amber stamps are reports. The 2024 and 2025 stamps are the same Street Art Cities marker: it was added on 14 November 2024 with the note that the van has been replaced, and last marked as seen on 28 May 2025. We found no dated photo of the wall taken after July 2021.
On the record
Kangaroo
“On his first trip to Darwin, Odeith created a 3D kangaroo illusion designed to be viewed from a specific angle.”
The festival’s artwork record: “Painted by Odeith”, “Paint year 2019”, location “West Lane, 14 Darwin City, 0800”, with progress and finished photos.
Darwin Street Art
“The final one (for this blog anyway) is by Portuguese artist Odeith. He created this on his first trip to Darwin and he wanted to do something truly Australian. What better than a kangaroo and joey!”
A travel blog signed by Glenys. Her photo of the wall carries the camera date 27 May 2021 and shows the kangaroo and the van intact.
Darwin Street Art – part two
“On his first trip to Darwin in 2019, he wanted to create a truly Australian artwork, the spectacular result being a kangaroo standing atop a transit van.”
A travel blog post by kathy. Her two photos of the wall carry the camera date 24 July 2021 and show the kangaroo and the van intact.
Kangaroo by Odeith
“In his artwork he is depicting and anamorphic Kangaroo sitting on top of a van. Unfortunately the ‘van’ has been replaced which somewhat spoils this image.”
Marker added by the user Art&About, who also posted a copy of the festival’s photo for reference. It lists the work as active, gives 14 September 2019 as the date it was completed, and was last marked as seen on 28 May 2025.
The facts
- Artist
- Odeith (DSAF, artist’s site, Street Art Cities); a Portuguese artist, per both blogs (Caravan Correspondent, Cannon Hill Chronicles) Checked
- Title
- “Kangaroo” (DSAF, Street Art Cities) Checked
- Made
- 2019, for the Darwin Street Art Festival (DSAF, artist’s site, Cannon Hill Chronicles) Checked
- Exact date
- Street Art Cities gives 14 September 2019 as the date it was completed. No other source we found gives a day (Street Art Cities) Unconfirmed
- Place
- 14 West Lane, Darwin City NT 0800, Australia (DSAF, Street Art Cities) Checked
- Technique
- A 3D illusion “designed to be viewed from a specific angle”; the van is painted onto the utility box at the foot of the wall, as the festival’s progress and finished photos show (DSAF, Street Art Cities) Checked
- Subject
- A kangaroo and joey standing on top of a van (Caravan Correspondent, Cannon Hill Chronicles) Checked
- First trip
- Painted on Odeith’s first trip to Darwin, according to the festival and repeated by both blogs and Street Art Cities (DSAF, Caravan Correspondent, Cannon Hill Chronicles) Reported
- The van
- The van has been replaced, according to a Street Art Cities marker added on 14 November 2024; a photo on the marker shows a plain green box under the kangaroo. The photo is not dated (Street Art Cities) Reported
- Status
- Kangaroo seen May 2025: Street Art Cities lists it as active, last marked as seen on 28 May 2025. The newest dated photos we found are from July 2021 and show the van still in place (Street Art Cities, Cannon Hill Chronicles) Reported
Related
- On Street Art Utopia: 3D Graffiti by Odeith (20 Photos) (6 October 2026), where the photo above appeared as work no. 15.
- More Darwin Street Art Festival walls in the same blog post. Cannon Hill Chronicles
- The artist’s map of his projects around the world, with this wall under “Darwin Street Art Festival”, 2019. odeith.com
All sources (5)
This work
- Darwin Street Art Festival: “Kangaroo”, the festival’s artwork record, undated. Painted by Odeith, paint year 2019, West Lane, 14 Darwin City; first trip to Darwin; viewed from a specific angle; map point -12.4644237, 130.8420276 (used for the Maps button); progress and finished photos.
- Odeith: “Projects”, the artist’s own site, undated. Project map entry “Darwin Street Art Festival”, “Darwin, Australia”, “2019”, with a photo of the finished wall and the rounded point -12.4634, 130.8444.
- Street Art Cities: “Kangaroo by Odeith”, marker added 14 November 2024 by the user Art&About. Address, completion date 14 September 2019, festival, status active, last seen 28 May 2025, note that the van has been replaced.
Dated photos
- Caravan Correspondent: “Darwin Street Art”, 14 June 2021, by Glenys. Kangaroo and joey; first trip; photo with camera date 27 May 2021.
- Cannon Hill Chronicles: “Darwin Street Art – part two”, 25 June 2022, by kathy. “Sombre 3D”; first trip in 2019; kangaroo atop a transit van; two photos with camera date 24 July 2021.
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