Concrete Playground

According to the ever-dependable Bureau of Meteorology, this Sunday promises to be a bloody brilliant spring day (fine and sunny with a top temp of 28 – yes!). Just perfect, I should think, for a picnic.

And what do you know; the good folks over at FBi Radio already have one planned. To celebrate the recent opening of Ballast Point Park in Birchgrove, FBi proposes a meeting of blankets, food, ginger beer, kids, dogs and portable radios – tuned to 94.5FM of course - this Sunday the 13th of September from 12 - 5pm.

Feisty Birchgrove residents saved Ballast Point Park from development a few years back. That's one for the people, people. Now McGregor Coxall Landscape Architects have transformed it into something truly amazing. Apart from incredible harbour views, there's poetry (thanks Les Murray), art, wind turbines and a giant skeleton of an oil tank.

Dust off your picnic basket, shake out your blankets, pack the pate and crackers and make it a splendid Sydney Sunday in the sun.