The vegetation of the reserve is in a relatively undisturbed condition, despite several trails, works associated with the bore field which extracts water from the Stuarts Point aquifer, and a narrow strip of land that was formerly mined for mineral sands. The reserve also forms part of the regional Stuarts Point fauna corridor and provides habitat for a number of threatened animal species.
There are no known Aboriginal sites within the reserve, however, there is an Aboriginal burial site to the south of the reserve as well as numerous midden sites in the local area associated with the Macleay Arm shellfish resource.
