My installation at the Sydney Road Street Party

Inspired by the Yoko Ono wall of wishes and comments (visited by me and Rosario in Sydney in December), I thought the Greens stall at this year’s Sydney Road Street Party should have one also. Despite scepticism from a number of quarters, that the set up was “jerry built” (well, it was mounted on a paint spattered vintage ladder which had originally come from ETSA) and “hippy”, it became a talking point. Tim even tweeted a photo of him and Greg attaching their contributions to “What do you want for Victoria’s future?”

I had noticed that the idea was also used at the Sustainability festival a few weeks ago and at the Royal Park event yesterday. But I think ours was the best. There were some great ideas, but more astonishing for me was the number of people who could not think of something to add. Surely we all have a wishlist of things that need to be done in the future, for the common good? Or are many people bound to the moment and merely what happens in their own sphere?

Here are some more pictures from the day.