"Alight Here for Beautiful Balls Head" How can you look at a sign like that without giggling?!
Every day on the train I have passed this sign at Waverton Station, and although intrigued on my previous trip, I never ventured to the illusive Balls Head. This time I just had to see what Balls Head really was. Apparently Balls Head is actually named after a man, Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, Commander of the ship 'Supply' in the First Fleet of 1788. Balls Head was the original foreshore land included in the large Wollstonecraft Estate, which remained largely undeveloped at the beginning of the 20th century. It is now a reserve which contains many Aboriginal sites including archaeological deposits, art sites and rock engravings. (I saw none of these).
The Aboriginal name for Balls Head is "Yerroulbine,"definitely not as fun as Balls Head, but had to let you know for the sake of my historical documentation in this blog.
The reserve is now a lookout over looking the Harbour Bridge, pretty but definitely not as spectacular as the name itself. But none-the-less, please enjoy the view of Beautiful Balls Head.
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