National Arboretum Canberra is being developed on a 250-hectare site in the Greenhills Forest areas west of the Tuggeranong Parkway and Lake Burley Griffin , Canberra , Australia . It includes an existing stand of 5000 Himalayan Cedars and the 80-year-old Cork Oak plantation which were damaged by the 2001 and 2003 Canberra bushfires . It features different types of threatened and symbolic trees from around Australia and the world , including the world 's largest planting of the Wollemi pine . There will eventually be 100 forests and 100 gardens with almost 80 forests planted already
2003 Canberra bushfires
2003 Canberra bushfires
Arboretum