Our inaugural free, all-ages community picnic on the shores of The Millpond.

STEAMworks presented the inaugural Ecology Picnic on the scenic shores of The Millpond at The Foundations in October 2022. The free, all-ages community event drew approximately 350 people, who browsed produce stalls from the Portland Rural Fire Brigade, Lithgow Environment Group, Lithgow Valley Mushrooms, Killibinbin Native Nursery and Blue Mountains Honey.

Free drop-in workshops ran throughout the day, including fly fishing lessons with Wallerawang CAS, daisy-chain creations with florist Rhonda Collins, plein-air sketching with artist-educator Linda Hine and clay model making with Ecological Arts Facilitator Julie-Ann Henninger. Dr Ricky Spencer, co-program lead of the 1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program, also gave a talk raising awareness of local turtles.