Myra made eight dozen scones for the Spring Picnic. Here she is arriving at the Community Centre after the Battle of Britain commemoration at the Garrison Church. This is the beginning of a story. There will be more soon.
Quentin Dempster’s Q&A
Quentin Dempster conducted a Q&A with Clover Moore (Lord Mayor of Sydney), Paul McAleer (MUA), Irene Doutey (Greens Councillor, City of Sydney), Edwina Lloyd (ALP candidate for Sydney), Alex Greenwich (Member for Sydney) and Millers Point resident Barney Gardner. The speakers were inspiring and at times moved the audience to tears. We hope to have a transcription of the […]
Stairwell to Heaven at the Spring Picnic
A cappella choir Stairwell to Heaven in front of the houses of Argyle Place singing to an audience on the Village Green. This is the beginning of a story. There will be more soon.
Flo and the Spring Picnic
This is Flo with her neighbours John and Pamela, plus filmmaker Blue Lucine and her producer Tom Zubrycki. Most of the picnic day Flo leaned on the balustrade of her 1820s home, just as she does whenever she wants some conversation. People stop and talk for a while. On Sunday there were more people than […]
Millers Point: Watching the big ships come in
This link takes you to a Hindsight program that was broadcast by the ABC in which you can hear the people of Millers Point speaking (if this button does not work, copy and paste this link into your browser; the double-i in millers is correct)… http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/miillers-point/5144364 From the 1800s Millers Point was home to a […]
Spring Picnic Photos
December 2015: This page is being maintained as a record of the Millers Point Spring Picnic of 2014 which was organised by a group that became the Friends of Millers Point. Below are photos taken through the day. The following links are stories about the Spring Picnic on this site and elsewhere. The first link is recommended… The Spring […]