Next time you visit Beechworth, be sure to call into the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre and check out the enormous size of the Bunya Nuts (Araucaria bidwilli) sitting on the counter. Due to the very dry conditions the Bunya Nuts are falling from the Bunya Pine trees in the Town Hall Gardens now (in February). Normally the nuts would fall from the pines every two years around April. Picnic tables in the town gardens have been roped off for your safety. The Nuts are quite heavy and can weigh up to 15kgs. Which goes with out saying, it could end very badly if a Bunya Nut fell on your head.
