Issues & Events

Lake Macquarie Coastal and Wetlands Alliance, Landcare groups and other community groups throughout Lake Macquarie are working towards the establishment of a Lake Macquarie Coastal Wetlands Park. This would recognise the unique complex of coastal wetlands and related natural areas extending from north of the Jewells catchment to the southern border of Lake Macquarie City Council. These occupy a fragile corridor between the Tasman Sea and Australia’s largest coastal saltwater lake…Lake Macquarie.

This system of 12 SEPP14 Wetlands includes the following:

The Awabakal Nature Reserve
Jewells Swamp
Bangalay Reserve
Belmont-Jewells Wetlands and Dune System
Belmont Lagoon Reserve
Golf Course Wetlands
Pelican/Blacksmiths Cabbage Tree Palm Forests
Blacksmiths Dunes
Spectacle Island
Pelican and Little Pelican Inlet Wetlands
Coon Island Point
Black Neds & Salts Bay
Galgabba Point
Wallarah National Park

We seek the long-term security of the coastal wetlands and dunes, tributaries and buffer zones as part of a complex interconnection of remnant natural areas of State and possibly international significance, complementing the already recognised estuarine and salt marsh wetlands on the Hunter River at Newcastle.

View a printable map (1.24 MB PDF)

View a printable, colour brochure about the proposed park, including maps (1.3 MB PDF)

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