I used to live in Sylvia Curly House, a nurse’s residence at the old Canberra Hospital located out on Acton Peninsula.

Looking out of the window of my small room in Sylvia, I had a million-dollar view out over the lake and across to the Brindabella Mountains. It became a nursing tradition to regularly meet up down at the nearby jetty to watch the sunset, debrief from the shifts and drink a few therapeutic ales.

Sadly, the hospital and Sylvia Curly are long gone. Replaced by the far more politically lucrative Australian Museum.

But the jetty remains, as do the memories……and I am happy to report that it is still a popular sunset therapy location for those in the know.