Riverside Park

Riverside Park is in the Ash Island precinct of Hunter Wetlands National Park. To get there from Newcastle:

• Follow the Pacific Highway north towards Hexham
• Turn right onto Ash Island Bridge
• Follow the signs to Riverside Park

Road quality

• Unsealed roads

Vehicle access

• 2WD vehicles

Weather restrictions

• All weather

Parking

There's a bitumen carpark at the picnic area.

There are lots of great things waiting for you in Hunter Wetlands National Park. Here are some of the highlights.

Autumn

With the weather mild, now is the time to get those bicycles out and ride the paths around Ash Island.

Spring

Pack a picnic to eat at Scotts Point or Riverside Park This is also the time you'll see the cream flowers of the mangroves .

Summer

This is the best time for birdwatching at Stockton Sandspit, as many of the migratory birds are here feeding. Make sure you're there at low-tide.

Toilets

• Flush toilets

Picnic tables

There are accessible picnic tables set on concrete slabs at the picnic area. The picnic tables are located along hard-packed ground and gravel paths.

Step-free access

There's step-free access from the carpark to the picnic tables, jetty and toilets along hard-packed ground and gravel paths.

• Step-free outdoor pathways

• Riverside Park factsheet
• Riverside Park map (1.9MB pdf)

Disability access level - medium

• There's step-free access around the picnic area and to the facilities along hard-packed ground and gravel pathways.
• There are accessible picnic tables.
• The toilets are not accessible.