Blackbutt Reserve multipurpose community facility and café

We are delivering a new multipurpose community facility and café at Newcastle’s beating green heart, Blackbutt Reserve. 

This exciting new destination will feature a café with undercover seating, and an environmental education facility, with space for special events and visitor information. Optimising views over Blackbutt Reserve at Carnley Avenue, the new facility and café will be inclusive and accessible, catering for people with diverse mobility and other sensory needs. 

Construction works completed 

The new building is now complete with the construction fencing coming down through March 2025. 

An exciting new café will be opening here soon, with our new operator busy fitting out the space. 

It is expected the café will be ready to welcome the community and pour visitors their daily caffeine fix in late May 2025. 

Final construction touches being applied to Blackbutt Reserve multi-purpose facility and café  

Keen to know more about Blackbutt Reserve? 

Blackbutt Reserve occupies approximately 182 hectares of land and offers over 10km of walking trails. With native animal enclosures, walking trails, children’s playgrounds and tranquil picnic areas, the reserve welcomes countless locals and visitors each year and is home to the weekly Blackbutt Parkrun. 

This project supports the last stage of the Carnley Avenue Recreation Area Masterplan, detailed within the Blackbutt Plan of Management 2012 and will be a significant step in delivering our shared vision for Blackbutt Reserve. 

Planning a day out? 

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