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Scoborio Reserve
A Hopkins River-side reserve and public-garden walk stop linked to Warrnambool Botanic Gardens history.
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The Warrnambool Botanic Gardens Swan Reserve page describes Scoborio Reserve as a stop on a public garden walk that can continue from the Botanic Gardens through Swan Reserve to the Hopkins River mouth. The gardens history page explains that Charles Scoborio, Warrnambool Botanic Gardens' first curator, is remembered through the reserve name, and that the first botanic gardens site was near the mouth of the Hopkins River before the present gardens were chosen. Use it as a quiet heritage-and-river-side pause rather than a serviced attraction; check local signage, dog-control rules, ground conditions and weather before planning a longer stop.