Balls Head Reserve, Waverton - Bushcare Groups

The group meets on the first and third Thursday of the month from 9.30am to 11.30am during the warms months of February, March, October and November then 10am to 12pm for the remaining period.

Dates: February 1 and 15, March 7 and 21, April 4 and 18, May 2 and 16, June 6 and 20, July 4 and 18, August 1 and 15, September 5 and 19, October 3 and 17, November 7 and 21.

Groups meet between February and November, taking a break in January and December.

Meet on the lawn opposite the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability.

Meetings that fall on a long weekend or the Boorowa tree planting trip must be confirmed by the Group Convenor.

In the event of rain, call the Group Convenor for updates.

Volunteers are required to wear enclosed shoes, a long sleeved shirt, long pants and a hat. Bring sunscreen and a full water bottle.

Balls Head is named after Henry Lidgbird Ball, a Royal Naval officer and commander of a First Fleet ship. Ball's head was once home to the original custodians Gammeraygal or Cammeraygal Aboriginal People. It is North Sydney Council’s most prominent reserve, with nearly 10 hectares of beautiful bushland on Waverton Peninsula, the first piece of bush seen looking west from the Harbour Bridge.

Friends of Balls Head (residents, and conservations) began regenerating the bushland reserve and beautifying it’s approaches in the late 80s, when 1993 their efforts were formally supported by Council with the supply of tools, equipment and professional supervision. 

Balls Head Bushcare site is located directly opposite the Coal Loader, includes remnants of Angophora Foreshore Forest and Disclimax Sandstone Scrub. Once a significantly degraded site, impacted by coal dust that caused the soil to become hydrophobic, it has been regenerated and revegetated with local provenance native plantings.

Balls Head is one of few mid-weeks Bushcare Groups provided by Council, located close to toilets and transport services.