Many incorrectly thought it was the wharf at nearby (west) Acton Peninsula but as several eagle-eyed readers pointed out, if you look closely, you can see the Acton wharf through the back window of the car. In the background of the photo, you can also see part of the multi-storey Sylvia Curley House where many nurses who worked at the adjacent Canberra hospital (demolished in 1997), including Deb Stevens, lived. “In the early 1970s during a very hot summer, we couldn’t sleep so a group of student nurses from Sylvia Curley went skinny dipping late at night,” recalls Deb. “We had to stay in the water for ages because a group of guys on motorbikes stopped by the wharf on a ride,” she muses. “We were very cold by the time we got out of the water.” Special note to Mick Mason, Pat Gallagher and Steve Leahy of Macquarie who, using old maps and historic photos, also confirmed the wharf was at Springbank Island and not on Acton Peninsula