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I'll comment on this later. Just parking the memories.

It's Basia Banowski, who is one of my gods.

Caught Out

This image has nothing to do with Marrickville, but I feel like posting it as John caught me out.

John : Have you seen this image before?
Paul : Yeah, that's Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald.
John : Look at it
Paul : Ooops... LOL.

I can't give a pic credit for it, but John found it in his travels of collecting old vinyl B-sides.
The back wall graffitti points to a Dead Kennedy's fan mash though.

I find it intriguing that we interpret images in a nano-second without seeing the detail.

Boulee Cam

Yes, it's a bit of a weird present, but I love it. For my birthday John gave me a Pet's Eye view camera. It is a camera that affixes to your pet's collar and can take 48 images at intervals of 1, 5 or 15 minutes. So here's Boulee as a photographer:

I particularly like the last image - it is actually the ball, inflight, that Boulee is chasing.

Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre

The redevelopment of the pool in Enmore park has been given the go ahead as the development application has been approved. I expect that the current pool will soon be a big sandpit. The pool was originally to be the same size as the existing 33m one, but vocal community members convinced the Council to blow their budget and rebuild with a 50m pool. The main argument was that Marrickville Council does not have a 50m Olympic pool, as the Fanny Durack pool in Petersham is 25m. Marrickville, being a large and relatively affluent council, conceded the argument.

Here's a Google Earth capture prior to construction.

DAGround Floor Plan (PDF)

DA First Floor Plan (PDF)

Maudeville

This is an 1927 interior shot of 22 Newington Road, my old street. The house hasn't existed for years, and is now townhouses called Newington Mews. I found this photo from the Marrickville Library archive :

" Interior photograph of "Maudville", 22 Newington Road, Marrickville. Believed to be taken in 1927 by Melba Studios of Sydney. Portraits on table shows two of A P Donney's daughters, Alice and Ethel. Carved timber arches were removed when building was converted into offices."

I love the hat stand with the bear. Sort of kitsch Addams family.

Waterplay Park

When we first moved to South Marrickville, there was talk of building a waterplay park in Steel Park. That was a few years ago, and now it looks like some progress is being made as a DA has been submitted. A waterplay park is basically a series of waterfeatures and fountains with which you can interact.It is a way for Marrickville Council to provide some form of water recreation for families without building a swimming pool. Just trying to update the existing Annete Kellerman Pool in Enmore Park proved a struggle for the council, who finally agreed to rebuild with a 50m pool. That means that available funds were reduced and a waterplay park is financially more attractive.

I made a small submission to the council regarding the DA, requesting that inthe rebuilding some of the Cooks River bank that some allowance be made for launching kayaks. Currently, it's bloody hard launching off the rocks.

Development Application

Cook's River Festival

Sustain festival took place over the road yesterday. It's a showcase for local eco groups plus food and entertainment. It's not a huge event which gives it a good community feel. John, being a postie in Dulwich Hill, ran into numerous people from his beat.

The best thing is being able to get food without having to leave home - I went for the Turkish Gozleme.

The band, The Bakery , were a great mix of humour, reggae/roots beats and spectacle. And there was a lot of them!

My only gripe was with a woman from the State Emergency Service. She was helping to man the SES tent, so I asked her for advice about possible Cook's River flooding. With my home being on the floodplain, it's sensible to prepare for the worst. "I wouldn't buy there. I just wouldn't live there" was her response. I know that the SES are volunteers, but those with no PR skills should perhaps be shepherded away from SES information kiosk.

And if you were wondering, there was a cow there - but no yellow Wellies.

Dead Gran = Savings

Here's a garage sale ad that John found in Dulwich Hill. Obviously a much loved granny .I love the illustrations.