A soil-sampling program conducted on the public reserve adjacent to Dawesley Creek in the township of Brukunga was designed to determine the likely hazard of heavy metal contamination in the reserve. The reserve is on a site containing a small amount of land fill, probably derived from Brukunga Mine pyritic waste. This fill has been covered by topsoil and vegetated. Apart from one slightly elevated zinc value (240 ppm) near galvanised iron fencing bordering the reserve, no elevated heavy metal concentrations were found at surface. The only other elevated heavy metal values found consist of arsenic in three samples (28, 40 and 64 ppm) taken from the subsurface (0.2-0.4 m) zone. These values are lower than those typically recorded from outcropping pyritic schist in the Dawesley-Bremer catchment. Any hazard is likely to be mitigated by the covering of topsoil in the area. No further sampling or remediation is recommended.