Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens which are linked by the singing bridge, lie at the southern tip of Australia's Holiday Coast . When you leave the Pacific Highway at the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest turn off, you will enter a place where nature remembered everything - beauty and relaxation. Rich cattle growing country soon gives way to the panorama of Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest, the Myall River, the Ocean and Islands that lie just off the coast and the Bay of Port Stephens.

Myall River abounds with aquatic and bird life and at certain tide times dolphins frolic up and down the river. The Myall waterways are a fishermans paradise offering river, bay and beach fishing all year round.

You're invited to enjoy mouth watering supplies of Myall prawns, oysters, fish, and crabs in season.

Non-fishermen can explore the rivers and lakes on one of the houseboats or day hire boats. There are good launching ramps in Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest with ample parking and fish cleaning facilities.

Myall Lakes National Park covers 21,367 hectares of which the Myall Lake, Boolambayte Lake and the Broadwater comprise some 10,125 hectares. The lakes are separated from the sea by swampy heathlands and sand dunes.

The Myall Lakes National Park is characterised by a diversity of landformds, wildlife and vegetation. From the sand binding grasses colonising the beach dunes, the colourful flowers which brighten the heathland in Spring, the Banksias, magnificent stands of Angophora Costata to the slender Paperbarks fringing the lakes.

Fauna includes Grey Kangaroos, Swamp and red-necked Wallabies, Possums, Koalas, Bandicoots, Sugar Gliders, Spiny Anteaters and Marsupial Mice. Aquatic birds include Black Swans, ducks, Ibis and Egrets.