DID you know that the Peter Frances Points Arboretum in Coleraine, which is close to 100 acres in size, houses more than 10,000 Australian native plants? From young growth to mature trees, the arboretum has one of Australia’s most valuable native plant collections.

The community-developed and run project started in the early 1970s on a hill at the site of an old quarry. For many years the arboretum was magnificently maintained by the Coleraine community and even local philanthropists Geoff and Helen Handbury donated $250,000 to expand it.