Fall foliage in Australia
Autumn arrives in April and May, with exotic maples and oaks in hill-station towns, poplar avenues in the high country, and Tasmania's fagus turning gold on the highlands. The fagus is Australia's only winter-deciduous native tree.
13 hand-picked fall stops in Australia (leaves & views, farms & harvest, towns & rides). Tap a 🍁 for its peak-color window, drag the date slider to watch the color arrive, or see every destination on the big map.
Tasmania — Central Highlands
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Australia's only winter-deciduous native tree, the fagus (Nothofagus gunnii), turns fiery orange across the Central Plateau's alpine tarns in late April, a brief and closely watched event.
Southern Tasmania
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Nineteenth-century oaks, elms and chestnuts planted around Hobart and the Huon Valley color through April and May, colonial gardens turning alongside the apple orchards.
Victoria High Country
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Poplars and elms along the Ovens Valley around Bright turn gold and crimson through April, while the Dandenongs and Macedon Ranges give Melbourne a cooler-climate autumn close to home.
Blue Mountains — NSW
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Cool-climate exotics planted around Mount Wilson, Blackheath and the Southern Highlands blaze through April and May, a deliberate echo of European autumn west of Sydney.
Canberra & the ACT
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Canberra's planned avenues of oak, ash and elm, planted for the display, turn through April into May, with the Brindabella foothills coloring toward the Snowy Mountains.
Adelaide Hills
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Vineyards and orchards through the Adelaide Hills and Clare Valley turn amber in April and May, cool-climate color set among stone wineries and gum-covered ridgelines.
Top fall stops in Australia
13 hand-picked places across 6 regions, by what you go for.
Leaves & views
- Cradle Mountain, Dove LakeNational park
- Royal Tasmanian Botanical GardensGarden
- Mount WilsonGarden · Typically Apr 10–May 15
- National Arboretum CanberraArboretum · Typically Mar 15–May 5
- Mount Lofty Botanic GardenGarden · Typically Mar 15–May 31
- Mount Field National Park (Tarn Shelf)National park · Typically Apr 20–Apr 30
- Campbell Rhododendron GardensGarden · Typically Apr 1–Apr 30
- Lake Burley Griffin Foreshore (Commonwealth Park)City park · Typically Mar 15–May 5
- Corbett GardensCity park