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Barungwarra Bushland Reserve

This stretch of reserve runs to the north of Bald Hills' Canterbury Estate along the Pine River between the Gympie Arterial and Canterbury Park.  You can access the reserve from the northern end of Bald Hills Road and also from various walkway entrances from the Canterbury Estate.

This area offers flat walking trails and an informal boat ramp access for small boats.
  
An unfenced dog off-leash area is located at the north-eastern section close to the Highway where dogs cano roam free, but under the control of their owners.

A picturesque bikeway path circuit travels along the Pine River from Barungwarra Reserve to Canterbury Park and loops back to the boat ramp carpark.

Barungwarra Reserve is the home of the bushcare group, the Bald Hills Bushies.  The Bald Hills Bushies celebrated their 10th Anniversary in October 2005.

The Bald Hills Bushies was founded in October 1993 and meets on the third Saturday of each month, planting and weeding to beautify and restore this once-ravaged area.

The area had previously been a sand and gravel extraction site and when the company moved on there was not a blade of grass in sight.  Rocks the size of a man’s fist covered the ground and the coarse sand left behind was so salty that nothing would grow.

This area is now transformed into bushland with walking tracks.  The transformation brought about by the Bald Hills Bushies is nothing short of amazing. Rick Natrass has told the Bushies that they have created one of the most diverse bird habitats in Brisbane.

Bert Wolfe Park

This small park between Ulva and Treen Streets offers playground equipment for the children.

History: This park was named after long-time resident of Bald Hills, Bert Wolfe, who had lived in the same house backing on to the park for 34 years when it was named in 1986.

Canterbury Park

Wide open spaces stretching from Feurriegel Road, Rushworth Street to the Pine River.  This is a beautiful area with plenty of green open space and it has a long flat walking path for exercise enthusiasts.  It has several large lagoons that are abundant with a variety of wildlife and is a pleasant place to sit and enjoy a family picnic.   

It provides an unfenced dog off-leash area with dog exercise equipment in the northern end facing the Pine River to allow pets to roam free.

Other facilities include exercise bases along the walkway, a half court basketball, playground equipment, picnic shelter, tap and wheelchair access.

This park is used to provide the Council’s Active & Healthy Parks programmes, which  offer fitness walks (medium/fast) and other activities.  For more information go to Active & Healthy Activities for Bald Hills.

Canterbury Park is also the home of the Bald Hills and Lawnton Cricket Club.  The cricket fields and amenity block are located to the west of the lagoons with access from Feurriegel Road.

Eaton Reserve

An open space reserve off Elstree Street named in the honour of this pioneering family.

History: The land where the park is situated was once farmland owned by the Eaton family. The family operated a dairy farm and were descendants of the original Eaton family who first settled at Eaton's Crossing in 1858. The sign depicting the name of the park is situated near a Silky Oak tree, which is the only remaining tree left from the farm. A plaque has been erected in memory of Bill and Elsie Eaton and their family.

Gus Davies Park

A popular park for local families off Charlock Road and Kyeema Crescent offering a basketball facility, bbq, picnic shelter, playground equipment, rebound wall and small bicycle jumps.

There is also a fenced offleash area so you can bring man’s best friend for a play too.

 History: Augustus (Gus) Davies was born in 1883 of Aboriginal heritage and lived in the Bald Hills area for most of his life. He was popularly known as “Digger” Davies because of his outstanding record of military service, having enlisted in the army in both World Wars. In his later years he operated a very popular hire-boat business along the Pine River and Wyampa Road. He was tragically drowned in 1965, at the age of 72 years, after a heart attack while walking along the river.

Harold Kielly Park

A picturesque park off Hoyland Street and Bracken Ridge Road West overlooking the lagoons where swans nest each year along with other waterbird and marine life.

This park offers the community facilities of electric bbq, flying fox, fitness exercise equipment, playground equipment for children and picnic shelter.

This park is home to the Bracken Ridge West/Bald Hills Scouts and their clubhouse.

History: Harold Keilly was born to Patrick and Ellen, who both worked on the railway, Patrick as a ganger and Ellen as a gatekeeper at the Taigum level Crossing. Harold attended Sandgate State School and in 1909 went to work for Shepherd & Co Cordial makers, and subsequent owners of the company, delivering soft drinks by horse and wagon around Brisbane and Redcliffe until being made redundant in 1928 at the approach of the Great Depression. He married Nellie Weeks in 1915 and had three children, Margaret, William and Patrick. Harold continued to work in the Sandgate area, mainly as a bread carter, until he turned 65 in 1959. He died in 1961, and he and his wife are buried in the Bald Hills Historical Cemetery.

John Stewart Park

A small popular picturesque park with quaint flowering native gardens nestled between Gympie Road and Fairway Street.  This park offers beautiful views overlooking the Bald Hills Flats and South Pine River and out to the mountains beyond.

This park has recently been upgraded with new playground equipment, a rebound wall, gas bbq, picnic shelter and is fully fenced for children's safety.

History: John Stewart came out from England in the 1840s on a ship called the ‘Anne Milne.’ He settled in the Hunter region and decided to move north and join the friends he met on the voyage, including Thomas Grey, following a flood in 1856. It was Thomas who recommended the area around Bald Hills for them to settle.

Kluver Street Lions Park

A small park on Kluver Street nestled in between Chervil and Bergamot Streets and has playground equipment for children. The playground is fenced and offers lots of shade.

Stanley Day Park

A popular community park with a sporting heart, is accessible from Grand Street with playground equipment for children adjoining soccer playing fields.

This park is home to the Ridge Hills Soccer Club and their clubhouse.  The eastern part of the park is part of the wetlands belt which joins the Tinchi Tamba wetlands 

Thomas Grey Park

This park is on Sanicle Street nestled between Arnica Crescent and Tahini Street.  Its facilities for the community include a picnic bench/table, sporting court and playground equipment for children.

History: Thomas Grey came out from England in the 1840s on a ship called the ‘Anne Milne.’ He went on to become a bootmaker with a shop in George Street in the 1850s. When friends he had made on the voyage moved north from the Hunter region following a flood in 1856, it was Thomas who recommended the area around Bald Hills for them to settle.

Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve including Deep Water Bend

Tinchi Tamba Wetlands lies between the Pine River and Bald Hills Creek and is bounded by Bracken Ridge Road, Gateway Arterial Road and the Bruce Highway.

Mangroves fringe the waterways and Saltmarsh and Tidal Wetlands cover about half of the 380 hectares while the rest is woodland, native lowland vegetation and includes a park area at Deepwater Bend.

The mangrove lined estuary is an important nursery for many of Moreton Bay’s marine species.  Bird species include some rarely seen in Brisbane like jabiru, avocets and magpie geese to name a few.

The wetlands also provide important resting and feeding grounds for migratory shore birds.

Deep Water Bend and the Wetlands are accessed from Wyampa Road off Bracken Ridge Road West.

An increasingly popular area for family outings the reserve offers excellent opportunities for fishing and boating enthusiast, with access to the upgraded boat ramp and new launching pontoon.  However please note fishing is not permitted from the boat ramp as fishing platforms are provided.

This reserve has something for everyone from play equipment for young children, picnic shelters, toilets and car park at Deep Water Bend to a bird hide and boardwalks in the wetlands, or just that peaceful place to read your favourite novel.

A new bikeway link connects from Harold Keilly Park through to the east of Bald Hills' Northwind Estate to Deepwater Bend.