Hunter Wetlands National Park (City of Newcastle, NSW)
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park, nature conservation park / area
Hexham Swamp Nature Reserve was dedicated in January 1990 and covers some 900
hectares. It is located about 12 kilometres upstream of Newcastle on the southern side
of the Hunter River and is bounded generally by the Hunter Water Corporation’s
Chichester pipeline to its north, the abandoned Richmond-Pelaw Colliery Railway to the
west, the Ironbark and Fisheries Creek system to the east and reclaimed agricultural
lands to the south
hectares. It is located about 12 kilometres upstream of Newcastle on the southern side
of the Hunter River and is bounded generally by the Hunter Water Corporation’s
Chichester pipeline to its north, the abandoned Richmond-Pelaw Colliery Railway to the
west, the Ironbark and Fisheries Creek system to the east and reclaimed agricultural
lands to the south
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°51'5"S 151°40'42"E
- Reserve 109 km
- Royal National Park 147 km
- Nature Reserve 160 km
- Nature Reserve 175 km
- Budderoo National Park 220 km
- Back Yamma State Forest 332 km
- Brindabella National Park 377 km
- Ingalba Nature Reserve 437 km
- Kindra State Forest 470 km
- Kosciuszko National Park 506 km
- Lenaghan 4.3 km
- Minmi 6.1 km
- Kooragang Island 6.1 km
- Abel ML1618 7.6 km
- New Lambton 9 km
- Speers Point 13 km
- Freemans Waterhole 23 km
- City of Lake Macquarie 25 km
- Port Stephens Council 25 km
- City of Cessnock 44 km