Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha
After eight major floods damaged the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens between 1870 and 1974, the Brisbane city council chose Mount Coot-tha as the site for the new botanic gardens. Opened in 1976, the Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens is Australia’s largest subtropical botanic garden, featuring more than 200,000 plants representing approximately 7,000 species from around the world, including rainforests, cacti, bonsai, herbs, and many more.
Spanning 56 hectares and located at the foot of Mount Coot-tha, small streams are seen everywhere flowing through the whole botanic gardens. Notably, the botanic gardens are very well-organised into different zones with easy-to-follow trails for visitors and walkers to enjoy strolling in the green and by the waters.
Today, Brisbane visitors can choose to visit Brisbane City Botanic Gardens right next to Brisbane CBD or Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens which is only a short 15-minute drive from Brisbane CBD. On a not-so-busy non-public holiday weekday, visitors of Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens can drive into and park in the botanic gardens to enjoy a relaxing walk in the green and by the waters.
The Walk – Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha
If you visit Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens during weekdays, you may drive into and park inside the botanic gardens to begin your walk. You may follow the trails or you may just walk any direction and any distance, just enjoy the walk surrounded by green and the streams and ponds.
Want to discover more great walking locations? Check out the “By the Waters” blogs.
Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens is only a short 15-minute drive from Brisbane CBD. On a not-so-busy non-public holiday weekday, visitors of Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens can drive into and park in the botanic gardens to enjoy a relaxing walk in the green and by the waters.