Together with Catherine we paid a trip to Cockington Green, Canberra's model village.
It always amazes me that the town can support a model village, especially one that is so incredibly well tended and maintained as Cockington Green is, but as an attraction it seems to do ok.
I suppose it's a constant flow of tourists who support it. A Tripadvisor review I read recently said that it was Australia's best model village. As I've not been to another one in Australia I can't really comment on whether that's true but I guess it's interesting that while the rest of Australia is concentrating on 'Big Things' we've got the best 'Small Thing'.
We hadn't been for a couple of years and I don't think Audrey remembered anything about her last time there when we pushed her round in her pushchair. Unsurprisingly both Audrey and Eli loved it. What they most enjoyed were the multitudes of buttons which brought some of the models to life (windmills turning, trains starting etc). At one point after starting a model Intercity 125 Eli jumped up and down several times with excitement.
Buttons to press, miniature houses, a sunny day and a bbq for lunch what could be better?
on the mini-train that circumnavigates Cockington Green
Eli chose a sheep to sit on
Audrey sat on a pig
Eli by the wishing well
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