Lake Macquarie State Conservation Area

Lake Macquarie State Conservation Area is a 761 ha conservation area in New South Wales Australia, approximately 20 km from Newcastle. It is made up of six separate land sections around the coastal saltwater Lake Macquarie, covering 16 km of the lake's foreshore. Though most of the area was declared in 1996 one section, the Morisset area, was added in January 1999.

Part of the 250 km Great North Walk passes through the conservation area. The conservation area, and adjacent Pulbah Island Nature Reserve, protect some of Lake Macquarie's little remaining natural bushland, and vegetation communities that are not present elsewhere in the state's park system.

Park sections

 * Chain Valley Bay
 * 272 ha of bushland at the lake's southern end, behind 600 m of foreshore.


 * Point Wolstoncroft
 * A narrow peninsula on the lake's south eastern side covering 107.8 ha with 6 km of foreshore. This area is leased by the Department of Sport and Recreation who manage the popular Point Wolstoncroft Sport and Recreation Centre which takes up much of the southern section of the point. The centre has accommodation and sporting facilities.


 * Wangi Wangi Point
 * 42.3 ha of bushland on the lake's western shore with approximately 2.9 kmof foreshore. Within this area of the park is the Wangi Point tourist park, managed by City of Lake Macquarie.


 * Morisset
 * At the south western end of the lake Morisset encompasses 174 ha around the Morisset hospital and covers 4 km of the Lake's foreshore.


 * Myuna Bay
 * Covers 11 ha and 1.1 km of foreshore.


 * Awaba Bay
 * At the lake's northern end Awaba Bay covers 43.2 ha and 1.6 km of foreshore.

Wangi Wangi, Awaba Bay and Morisset all have active Landcare groups where volunteers work to control invasive weeds, and encourage regenerative growth of native species.