The Wollongong Botanic Garden
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First published 2nd July 2026
The Wollongong Botanic Garden’s Kawasaki Bridge is being repaired!
Maybe “replaced with a replica” is more accurate, as the traditional Japanese wood it is currently made from sadly just doesn’t hold up to our clim..
30 Apr
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First published 30th March 2026
The Wollongong Botanic Garden is home to the Sir Joseph Banks Glasshouse, a two-section structure which houses primarily tropical and desert plants, but other warm-region species as well. The first section also h..
19 Feb
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First published 19th February 2026
The Wollongong Botanic Garden is home to a Haworthia collection of over 1,000 Haworthia spp. from Leo Cady’s donated private collection.
A regularly-rotated selection from this collection amassed over more tha..
05 Dec
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First published 5th December 2025
There are many Queensland Bottle Trees (Brachychiton rupestris) throughout the the Wollongong Botanic Garden, and this particularly stunning one always draws my eye:
A magnificent Brachychiton rupestris (Queen..
20 Oct
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First published 20th October 2025
The series on the The Wollongong Botanic Garden continues here, this time with a photo essay on its Azalea Collection.
From their website:
This collection features plants found in Asiatic regions including Chi..
03 Aug
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First published 3rd August 2025
The Araucaria genus comprises twenty species, now native only to the southern hemisphere, though they were once worldwide from 66 to 200 million years ago.
The Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and Hoop or Moreton..
25 Apr
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First published 25th April 2025
Today, 25th April, is the 110th anniversary of the first military action seen by Australian and New Zealand troops on this day 1915. The ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) suffered heavy casualties wh..
14 Mar
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First published 14th March 2025
This photo essay continues from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
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14 Mar
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14 Mar
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First published 14th March 2025
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First published 14th March 2025
Updated 29th March 2025
In what is becoming a semi-regular series on the The Wollongong Botanic Garden, this post is a photo essay on the Rose Garden within.
From that website:
Our Rose Garden is designed in the..