Port Stephens - Great Lakes Marine Park

Welcome to one of Australia's most extraordinary marine playgrounds!

Whether you like to dive, snorkle, boat, fish, swim, surf or explore, you won't believe the incredible holiday experiences that await you in this massive 98,000 ha marine park, which protects some of the state's most precious marine creatures and their habitats.

So come on in...and create treasured holiday memories that will be re-lived for generations ~ worth discovering, worth protecting

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PORT STEPHENS - GREAT LAKES MARINE PARK

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RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Whether it's adventure that you're seeking or to just take it easy it's all here to discover & explore.

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OUTSTANDING FEATURES
The Marine Park is brimming with an extraodinary collection of marine life found nowhere else in the world.

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For local information & to make an accommodation or tour booking.

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USEFUL INFORMATION

FAST FACTS
► Covers an area approx. 98,000 ha between Cape Hawke & Birubi Beach Life Saving Clubs & all estuarie waters of Port Stephens & the Karuah River, the Myall River and Myall & Smiths Lakes.

► Is a multiple use reserve with different areas zoned for certain activities.

► It is only in the sanctuary zones that recreational fishing is not allowed. 48% of the Marine Park is zoned for general use.

► Provides important habitat for many threatened species eg. grey nurse sharks & the seabird Gould's petrel.

► Is the largest areas of mangrove & saltmarsh in the state.

► Contains a multitude of historic shipwrecks incuding the Satara, Oakland, Catterthun & Macleay.

OPERATORS
» Diving
» Fishing
» Boating & kayaking
» Surfing
» Nature & Wildlife Tours

PDF DOWNLOADS
» Marine Park Zoning Plan User Guide
» Marine Park Zoning Plan Map (low res)
» Marine Park General Info Brochure

For more info go to www.mpa.nsw.gov.au