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Mrs Vivienne London cooking freshly caught fish inside their cabin at The Basin
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Record numberLH000991Date1962/3DescriptionThe Londons and many other families rented the little one-room cabins to spend their summer holidays in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Cabins were furnished with a big dining table, benches and double bunks. Canvas camp stretchers were added for parents and extra kids and a tiny kitchenette, with kerosene stove. There was a communal toilet and shower block.
When the cabins were demolished in the late 1960s, the Basin became camping only.
Mrs Vivienne London cooking freshly caught fish in their Basin cabin.
CreatorLondonSourceLondonSubjectsHolidaysCampingThe Basin (Pittwater, N.S.W.)Physical descriptionPhotograph; Digital Image 300 DPICopyrightThis item may be used freely for research and study purposes for all other uses contact Northern Beaches Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of Northern Beaches Library Local Studies.
The Cabins were furnished with a big dining table, benches and double bunks. Canvas camp stretchers were added for parents and extra kids and a tiny kitchenette, with kerosene stove. There was a communal toilet and shower block.
When the cabins were demolished in the late 1960s, the Basin became camping only.
Mrs Vivienne London cooking freshly caught fish in their Basin cabin.
CreatorLondonSourceLondonSubjectsHolidaysCampingThe Basin (Pittwater, N.S.W.)Physical descriptionPhotograph; Digital Image 300 DPICopyrightThis item may be used freely for research and study purposes for all other uses contact Northern Beaches Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of Northern Beaches Library Local Studies.
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London, Mrs Vivienne London cooking freshly caught fish inside their cabin at The Basin (1962/3). Northern Beaches Council, accessed 25/06/2026, https://northernbeaches.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/56254





