The Port Stephens - Great Lakes Marine Park

The Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park covers an area of approximately 98,000 hectares and includes offshore waters to the 3 nautical mile limit of state waters between Cape Hawke Surf Life Saving Club and Birubi Beach Surf Life Saving Club and all estuarine waters of Prt Stephens and the Karuah River, the Myall River, Myall and Smiths Lakes and all of their creeks and tributaries to the limit of tidal influence.

This multiple use Marine Park represents an opportunity  to protect some of the states most spectacular and rich marine biodiversity while providing sustainable use.