Gold Creek in Canberra' north is a strange, but interesting area. It's given over as a tourist resort with a wide variety of things to see and do. A (great) walk through aviary a dinosaur museum and Cockington Green (Canberra's own miniature village).
Set back in one corner of the area is 'the Abbey' a large wedding/conference venue which we'd never visited before, but is actually picture-perfect to replicate the Great Hall in Hogwarts. It has a large organ occupying one of its walls and by its very nature has a bit of a gothic feel to it.
I can't remember where I saw it advertised but to celebrate winter solstice a 'Great Wizard's Ball' had been organised. Both Audrey and Elijah are hooked on Harry Potter at the moment, so it only seemed right that we went along.
The organisers actually put on two balls - an adult version (with booze) in the evening and a kids event (which we went to). Audrey and Eli really loved it. There were plenty of Harry Potter references and we all gratefully slurped our sweet tasting butter beer while we ate our food.
The time went by really quickly and the afternoon was finished off with a fire twirling display outside. It was a lovely way to spend an afternoon with the kids.
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