[5] It is also forms the northern point of the Casuarina Coastal Reserve, featuring a recreational area and nearby hotel and caravan park.

Along the cycle path which runs from Lee Point to Brinkin is a preserved bunker built between 1939 and 1941 as part of Australia's coastal defence strategy.

[9] Lee Point and Buffalo Creek form part of the internationally significant Shoal Bay Key Biodiversity Area, which was declared based on records of the Critically Endangered Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris).

[11] An internationally-significant site for migratory shorebirds, the reserve supports up to 10,000 shorebirds from over 25 species including the critically-endangered Far Eastern Curlew as well as the whimbrel, bar-tailed godwit, black-tailed godwit, great knot, red knot, greater sand plover, lesser sand plover, sanderling, red-necked stint and ruddy turnstone.

[20] In 2016, it was deemed that the proposed urban development would have the potential to impact migratory shorebirds through increased human access to the important roosting and feeding site Sandy Creek, on the northern beaches of Darwin.

[26] Danggalaba Kulumbirigin traditional owners made an emergency application to Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to have it ceased, on the grounds of protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage.

[28] They then recommenced land clearing in late April 2024 triggering additional protests to defend the site resulting in multiple arrests.