Above: DJ Erin Bucy, pictured with resident Rebeccah, gave the new Mellor St a great energy with her happy tunes.
Above: Councillor Janet Giles, Housing Choices SA’s Mark Kruszynski, Michael, Councillor Carmel Noon, Councillor Keiran Snape and Kenneth at the Mellor St Neighbour Day celebration.
Neighbour Day celebrations
Neighbour Day is Australia’s yearly celebration of
community space – to give neighbours an opportunity to get to know one another through a game, meal or art! In Marden, the usually quiet central ‘green’ was full of friendly chatter with neighbours joining in to share a BBQ lunch, games and a chat. In Mellor St, well over 50 people enjoyed a BBQ lunch, with local councillors Janet
Giles, Carmel Noon and Keiran Snape popping by to say hello. As well as a delicious meal, mobile art visual arts studio The Art Bus Australia worked with residents to create botanic themed ceramic tiles, which will be used to decorate the community space once they have been fired.
community. This year’s themes was to ‘Create
Belonging’ and it was a nice reminder that it can take time and effort to create a sense of belonging in our community. With many of our residents living very close to each other in apartment buildings and row cottages, it was exciting to hold two events – one in Marden and one in the new Mellor St
Below: Residents were invited to create ceramic tiles to decorate the Mellor St community space, with guidance from The Art Bus mobile arts studio.
Below: Resident Elliot pictured with Miranda Harris from The Art Bus, a mobile visual arts studio transforming lives through creative experiences.
Below: Andrew and Rose are not Housing Choices residents, but came to enjoy a meal with their Mellor St neighbours after seeing a local flyer.
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