Newport Lakes Reserve

Old quarry transformed.

Nice place now to just walk about.I used to live nearby in the 70's when it was an old quarry with 3 lakes. In many ways it was way better back then as the remnants of the former bluestone quarry. It ...

I commonly come here as I live close and I just love the wide variety of nature

Truly an amazing place to visit daily, it never gets old as I live near and I just can’t get enough of the cute dogs that pass through on one half of the park, and the thick beautiful bush land on the...

Wonderful transformation

This former quarry is a special place to me as my grandparents used to live in an adjacent street when Newport was 'working class' and the 2023 park was a 1960s dumpy former quarry. It's had a vision...

Hidden gem

Went there for the saturday am park run. What a lovely area, lots of track walks and lakes, good park area and clean toilets with toilet paper- the only thing that would have improved it would have be...

Real bushland and many birds

There are small forest birds and a few varieties of water birds to be seen around a large lake area. I do like the many mosaic trail markers showing the way around. This place is big enough to get lo...