I realised today that we haven't had a solstice event for a couple of years now. This year the winter solstice for the Northern Hemisphere is at 3.27am on Friday, December 22, 2022 IST, so by the time this event starts the days have already started getting longer. That's reason to celebrate!
Herbert Park was once called the Forty Acres, and used as bleaching grounds for linen produced by the mills on the nearby Dodder. In 1907 it was the site of the Irish International Exhibition, with 2.75 million visitors between May and November of that year. None of the enormous pavilions remain now, but today's duckpond was the splashpool for the Canadian Water Chute (the water's quite chilly, or it was when I fell into it as a small child).
The park is open twenty four hours a day, so we won't have problems with access. If the weather is inclement, we have the pavilion for shelter while staying nicely socially distant and ventilated. So bring yourself, your caching stories and your trackables - it'll be great to see you!