They’re not always easy to spot so here are some places you can see them in the wild or in Botanic Gardens.
Where can I see wild macadamias?
Walk with wild macadamias
Experience Bauple Nuts, Bush Nuts and other macadamias growing in their original forest habitats.
Visit them in parks and gardens
You can see one or more macadamia species in easy-to-access parks and Botanic Gardens from Canberra to Gladstone. Find out what species you can find, and where.
Wild Macadamias at Amama
The Mary Valley is the heart of Macadamia integrifolia habitat and you can walk with the wild trees in Amamoor State Forest at the Amama day use area
Wild Macadamias at Natural Bridge
High up in the Numinbah Valley, an ancient population of Macadamia tetraphylla survive in Springbrook National Park at the Natural Bridge
Botanic Gardens and Parks
You can see one or more macadamia species at these Gardens. The oldest known macadamias grow here:
- City Botanic Gardens Brisbane: home of the “Walter Hill tree” planted in 1858
- Camden Park House and Garden, home of the “Menangle Tree” likely to have been planted in the 1840s
Botanic Gardens and parks with macadamias
Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra
- All four species
Camden Park House and Garden
- M. integrifolia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
- All except M. ternifolia
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, Coffs Harbour
- M. jansenii and M. tetraphylla
Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens
- All four species
Mullumbimby Heritage Park
- M. tetraphylla
Ormiston House, Ormiston
- M. integrifolia
Brisbane Botanic Gardens City
- M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha
- All four species
Caboolture Regional Environmental Education Centre, Burpengary
- All four species
Noosa Botanic Gardens
- All four species
Bundaberg Botanic Gardens
- All four species
Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone
- M. integrifolia and M. jansenii
Walk with Wild Macadamias
Experience Bauple Nuts (Macadamia integrifolia) growing in their original habitat in the Amamoor State Forest.
Experience Bush Nuts (Macadamia tetraphylla) growing in their original habitat at the Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park.
Other National Parks and reserves where you can see macadamias along the walking tracks (although not sign-posted) include:
Macadamia ternifolia:
- Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve (Maleny)
- Caboolture Region Environmental Education Centre (Burpengary).
- Conondale National Park
Macadamia tetraphylla:
- Minyon Falls walking track between Minyon Grass picnic area and Repentance Creek
- Victoria Park (along the roadside on the left before the park entrance)
- Maslen Arboretum, Mullumbimby Heritage Park