Brunswick Valley Heritage Park, Botanical garden and park in Byron Shire, Australia.
Brunswick Valley Heritage Park covers 4 hectares along the Brunswick River, displaying over 300 species of regional rainforest trees and plants. The grounds include a boat ramp, children's playground, and walking paths winding through the vegetation.
The site opened in 1980 when Mayor Stan Robinson planted the first Red Cedar tree, transforming a former caravan park into a natural preserve. This effort rescued portions of the original Big Scrub rainforest from further destruction.
The Bundjalung people held deep connections to this land long before European arrival changed the rainforest here. Visitors walking through the regional plants today can sense that long indigenous presence.
The park is accessible from Brunswick Terrace and Tyagarah Street, making orientation easy for first-time visitors. The walking paths are straightforward to follow, and the boat ramp and playground areas are well signposted.
The park sits in the MacPherson-Macleay Overlap zone, where tropical and temperate plant species naturally grow side by side in the same space. This rare botanical blend makes it an unexpected natural laboratory for those curious about plants.
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