The Briars Visitor Centre
📍 Garden centers in Mount Martha
Situated at the entrance of the Briars Nature Reserve in Mount Martha, The Briars Visitor Centre serves as a gateway to scenic walking trails through wetlands. The centre offers essential amenities such as toilets and undercover seating, making it a convenient stopover point for visitors. Additionally, it houses an education centre and gift shop, with a selection of plants for sale.
The centre provides informative displays, including glass tanks featuring local wildlife such as skinks, long-necked turtles, and migratory eels from Balcombe Creek. It is also a hub for community events, with markets held nearby. Visitors can explore the surrounding trails, which offer opportunities to spot kangaroos, wallabies, emus, and a variety of birds. While the centre has potential, the overall experience may not fully meet expectations.
Features and services of The Briars Visitor Centre
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Toilet
- Credit cards
- Debit cards
- Good for kids
- Free parking lot
The Briars Visitor Centre is in position 20 out of 20 in garden centers in Mount Martha
Customer Reviews
The Briars Visitor Centre has a rating of 4.3 out of 5 based on over 7 reviews on Google
This is at the entry into the Briars Nature reserve & walking trails that pass through the wetlands. Toilets are only located here. Some undercover seating here too & with the light rain on 21/9/25 - the cacophony of the pobble bonk frogs nearby was the background symphony! This is also an education centre cum gift shop with plants for sale. The community market is held just past this centre. Check Craft Market Australia website for dates or pick up an events flyer here as well as tourism pamplets for Mornington area. Check out the glass tanks with skinks, long necked turtles & the amazing long distance migratory eels in the Balcombe creek here - make their way to north Queensland to breed!
What a great find so close to town. Went for a long walk. Saw Grey Kangaroos. Wallabies and 4 Emu's. Oh, and plenty of birds.
Definitely worthy for a driving there at night
Good place to enjoy the wildlife
Information about The Briars Visitor Centre
Address
The Briars Visitor Centre is located at The Briars, 450 Nepean Hwy, Mount Martha VIC 3934, Australia
Phone
The phone number of The Briars Visitor Centre is +61 3 5950 1221
Website
The website of The Briars Visitor Centre is: mornpen.vic.gov.au/Environment/The-Briars
Business Hours
Monday: 09:00–16:30
Tuesday: 09:00–16:30
Wednesday: 09:00–16:30
Thursday: 09:00–16:30
Friday: 09:00–16:30
Saturday: 09:00–16:30
Sunday: 09:00–16:30
