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Yarnachists Installation Returns to Brett Whiteley Place

Published on: September 2023

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-135402

Yarnachists Installation Returns to Brett Whiteley Place

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore)

—The new installation from the North Sydney Yarnachist's has returned to Brett Whiteley Place, with their new project 'Greensleaves: Greening our city'. Members of the North Shore community have spent hundreds of hours knitting and crocheting, with their stunning installation featuring iconic native flora and fauna and even a waterfall. The North Sydney Yarnachists aim for this project is to raise awareness regarding the lack of green space in urban areas, and that by increasing our parkland spaces and bushland reserves all of us can play a role in mitigating the impact of the urban heat effect. I was fortunate enough to join with the North Sydney Yarnachits earlier this week and I want to recognise Debra Phillips and Leona Geeves from the North Sydney Yarnachits for all their efforts in getting this project off the ground. Debra described the group as mostly local, senior women whose purpose is to "not go gently into that good night". Congratulations to the North Sydney Yarnachists for their new installation, and I encourage everyone in North Sydney to head on down and have a look.