The 250 hectare area is being planted where much of the bush fires burnt during 2005 and the plan is for the place to have a 100 forests. The National Arboretum incorporates plantings of rare or endangered Australian trees as well as a patchwork of others and will also incorporate a pavillion and cafe.
We'd tried to visit last month, but an impending rain storm had meant that we turned our car around, but Sunday's sunny weather allowed us to have another look.
Currently there's not a huge amount there - a huge number of saplings, a really interesting 'water-wise' garden and a temporary visitor centre, but even driving round you can see that the place is going to be beautiful as it develops. We took a short walk up to the top of a hill to see a sculpture (which is named and spells out) "Wide Brown Land" taken from a line of a Dorothea Mackellar poem. Here's a rather good 3D picture of our view (not taken by me but worth playing with)
Here's some pics of our visit
The wide brown land for me
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