Pearl Beach Arboretum

A lovely place to go to. Would recommend to do it on a sunny day

Pearl Beach is the hidden gem of Sydney! A must visit place with the best walks and beach and art events … highly recommend the art from @ZahrinaArtist when on exhibition up here…. 💫 @zahrinaartist on Instagram

We more or less stumbled over this arboretum on an exploratory drive. Lots of wetsclerophyll natural vegetation including Cabbage Palms, Macrozamia communis and Xanthorrhoea arborea. The arboretum surprisingly also includes a number of Queensland species such as Davidsonia pruriens and Neisosperma whitei. Labelling was quite good and very good interpretive signage. We’ll worth a look if in the Pearl Beach Patonga area.

The kids enjoyed a walk through and saw some interesting plants and insects. Easy walking track all the way around with some small bridges which could be tricky for prams but otherwise fairly accessible. Takes around 30-40 minutes to do the loop with young kids.

Pearl Beach itself is quite a posh area of the Central Coast. Just went in for the drive and discovered the arboretum. I was very impressed with what was effectively a tree museum. 700m (felt like more) of a meandering circular path, taking you through forest and wetland landscape. Established giant trees alongside newly planted ones, with informational signposts everywhere. Beautiful dark green forest with some open land. Evidence of bandicoots around and an extremely portly kookaburra. Saw a snake sign but fortunately no snake was about. However, in a lawned area called “The Pleasance,” my partner had his first ever encounter with a couple of leeches- you have been warned! Nature lovers- I cannot recommend this gem if a spot highly enough♥️.