Towra Point Nature Reserve
Overview
With an abundance of mudflat, fresh water wetlands, mangroves, and sea grass beds, Towra Point Nature Reserve near Cronulla is a haven for rare migrating birds. It's a great spot for school excursions and boating activities.
Read more about Towra Point Nature Reserve
Towra Point Nature Reserve is a place of many contrasts. It forms the largest and most diverse estuarine wetland complex in Sydney. Representing around half of the remaining mangrove area near Sydney, and most of the saltmarshes remaining in the region, this park is as beautiful as it is fragile and complex. It's listed as an internationally significant RAMSAR site. Be sure to use one of the public moorings if you pull up with your boat and avoid anchoring in the fragile seagrass beds.
With an abundance of mangroves, mudflat, fresh water wetlands, and seagrass beds, the reserve teems with life. It provides breeding, feeding and roosting sites for many threatened and migratory bird species, which makes this reserve ideal for wetland birdwatching. Dogs are not permitted and its critical that migratory shorebirds like pied oystercatchers remain protected. The reserve is surrounded Towra Point Aquatic Reserve with a mix of sanctuary zones and refuge zones.
Highlights in this park
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Towra Spit Beach
If you have a boat then Kurnell’s secluded Towra Spit Beach is ideal for bird watching or a leisurely picnic with the Sydney city skyline as your back...
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Quibray Bay viewing platform
Quibray Bay viewing platform in Kurnell is a great place for birdwatching and also features scenic views across conservation areas close to Sydney.
Conservation program:
Beach-nesting birds
The NSW coast is home to many birds, but only a few species are beach-nesting birds. NSW National Parks and Saving our Species are collaborating to secure a future for these rare and threatened birds.
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General enquiries
- National Parks Contact Centre
- 7am to 7pm daily
- 1300 072 757 (13000 PARKS) for the cost of a local call within Australia excluding mobiles
- parks.info@environment.nsw.gov.au
Contact
- in the Sydney and surrounds region
Towra Point Nature Reserve is accessible by boat only. Access to the land is available on special consent for research and educational purposes only. Contact the local Area office on 9668 2000.
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Kurnell Visitor Centre
02 9668 2010
Contact hours: CLOSED TO VISITORS. Email and phone contact only. Monday to Friday, 10am to 3.30pm. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 9.30am to 4pm. Closed Christmas holiday. - 21 Cape Solander Drive, Kurnell NSW 2231
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Email: npws.sydneysouth@environment.nsw.gov.au
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Kurnell Visitor Centre
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Friends of Towra Point Nature Reserve
02 9668 2000
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Friends of Towra Point Nature Reserve