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Waterways

We are proposing to reclassify 22 land parcels from Operational Land to Community Land. The land parcels contain a diverse range of natural ecosystems across Newcastle, including wetlands, creeks and bushland. Find out more and have your say by Friday 27 June 2025.

From the ocean to the estuary, river and creeks, there are a wide range of waterways in the Newcastle area. Each one is important in its own way to the community, as an essential ecosystem and to our wildlife. By taking care of all our waterways, they'll in turn take good care of us.

Stormwater

We're working with the community to manage stormwater and improve water quality that ends up in our waterways and beaches.

Hunter River

The Hunter River is the most important in NSW and is internationally recognised.

Catchments and Watercourses

A catchment is an area of land that drains eventually to a single point.

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.