Dubbo Regional Botanic Garden — Attraction in Dubbo

Beautifully landscaped and well maintained gardens and playground.

The playground is fenced with several picnic shelters, and a toilet block right in the middle, with a flying fox, large concrete slide, climbing frames, hammock, and wheelchair accessible swing which appeared to be in good working order when we visited. Note that although fenced, the gate is left open.

The Japanese gardens are enclosed separately to the playground. It features meandering pathways, a magnificent weeping willow and a large pond with waterfall, ducks and koi. Small children need close supervision in this space due to easy access to the water. There are also toilet facilities at the back of the Japanese gardens. Definitely worth a visit for all ages. We loved it so much we came twice during our...

We visited the Shoyoen Japanese Garden, which forms part of the Botanical gardens. It was beautiful. The gardens are well maintained, and there are some interesting trees and plants. The small lake is idyllic with its little waterfall, birdlife and Koi fish. There is a replica Japanese house which can be viewed from the outside. There is no charge to explore the garden which provides a restful retreat, particularly for tourists such as my wife and I. I recommend finding the time to spend an hour at these...

What a great thing to do on the weekend. This was probably hands down the best botanic gardens we have visited to date.We just loved the Japanese theme throughout and all the beautiful koi fish in the ponds, everything was just so fresh, green and beautiful presented.

If you love gardens you definitely don’t want to miss this one ☝️

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