Vantage points
Managed access
This year Council is not ticketing any foreshore reserves. Three will be operating as managed access vantage points. They are:
- Blues Point Reserve (incorporating Henry Lawson Reserve) SITE FULL
- Lavender Bay Parklands (incorporating Watt, Clark and Quibaree Parks) SITE FULL
- Bradfield Park (incorporating Mary Booth Reserve) SITE FULL
Inside a managed access reserve there will be portable toilets, additional water stations and bins, food outlets and first aid. You will be able to go in and out of a vantage point until it reaches capacity, after which the site will be closed.
Please note: residents cannot enter the reserves to watch the 9pm or midnight fireworks if the reserve has reached capacity.
Entry and exit gates to managed access vantage points will be:
- Blues Point Reserve – Blues Point Road (entry and exit)
- Lavender Bay Parklands – Harbourview Crescent (entry) Lavender Crescent (exit)
- Bradfield Park & Mary Booth Reserve – Fitzroy Street (entry) Broughton Street (exit)
All other street and stairway access to these reserves will be closed.
Non-managed access
Other foreshore parks and reserves including Waverton Park, Balls Head Reserve, Kurraba Reserve and Cremorne Point will not have managed access.
These parks will remain open to the public and will have portable toilets and additional bins. Food outlets will be available at Waverton and Cremorne Point.
Adverse weather
If there are bushfire warnings for the Sydney metropolitan area, Balls Head, Berry Island and Badangi Reserves will close to the public. A notice will be placed at the entrance to these reserves, If the weather is warm, please ensure you bring an empty re-usable (not glass) water bottle to fill at a water station so that you remain well hydrated.
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