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Cockington Green

Cockington Green is a tourist attraction just outside Canberra. We visited it twenty years ago, and remembered it as a pleasant curiosity, with miniature English villages. We visited it again recently on a sunny spring Saturday. It has improved immensely (or our memories have faded): it is now spectacular. It still has the scale models illustrating English village life (with explanatory signs which I failed to record) and also an "International Section" with scale models of significant buildings in other countries, often sponsored by embassies or representatives of those countries. All in beautiful garden settings. A busy place when we visited, and I had to gimp-out the odd visitor's leg; we usually avoid crowds but found the visit a delight. Recommended to anybody within a few hours of Canberra.
2533: Entrance to Cockington Green
2533: Entrance to Cockington Green
2469: Cockington Green Entrance in miniature
2469: Cockington Green Entrance in miniature
2471: Street scene with thatched roofs and a proposal
2471: Street scene with thatched roofs and a proposal
2473: Cottage with hobbit tree
2473: Cottage with hobbit tree
2474: Village Church
2474: Village Church
2475: Slightly more up-market housing
2475: Slightly more up-market housing
2477: A row of crooked houses
2477: A row of crooked houses
2478: A croft in miniature
2478: A croft in miniature
2479: A tower for viewing the maze
2479: A tower for viewing the maze
2480: The train travels round the lake when you press a button
2480: The train travels round the lake when you press a button
2481: Garbage collection day
2481: Garbage collection day
2482: Castle and sheep
2482: Castle and sheep
2484: Very small English people come here for holidays
2484: Very small English people come here for holidays
2485: Lakeside house with gardener and family
2485: Lakeside house with gardener and family
2486: Riverside hotel with boats for hire
2486: Riverside hotel with boats for hire
2497: The same hotel, seen from beyond the river
2497: The same hotel, seen from beyond the river
2472: Fielders in a game of cricket
2472: Fielders in a game of cricket
2488: Speeding train
2488: Speeding train
2495: Southern-hemisphere Stonehenge
2495: Southern-hemisphere Stonehenge
2496: Maze, just for looking at.
2496: Maze, just for looking at.
2498: Canal boat and lock
2498: Canal boat and lock
2499: Note the man in the chimney
2499: Note the man in the chimney
2500: Tall house, converted from a mill
2500: Tall house, converted from a mill
2501: Oviparous dinosaur
2501: Oviparous dinosaur
2492: Hanging blossom
2492: Hanging blossom
2502: El Capitolio, Caracas, Venezuela (1/25 scale)
2502: El Capitolio, Caracas, Venezuela (1/25 scale)
2504: Street scene, La Caminita, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2504: Street scene, La Caminita, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2505: Chateau de Reduit, Mauritius (1/25 scale)
2505: Chateau de Reduit, Mauritius (1/25 scale)
2508: Treaty House, Waitangi, New Zealand (1/18 scale)
2508: Treaty House, Waitangi, New Zealand (1/18 scale)
2511: Triumphal Arch, Palmyra, Syria (1/35 scale)
2511: Triumphal Arch, Palmyra, Syria (1/35 scale)
2514: Chateau of Bojnice, Slovakia (1/50 scale)
2514: Chateau of Bojnice, Slovakia (1/50 scale)
2517: The fortress-palace complex of Masada, Israel (1/35 scale)
2517: The fortress-palace complex of Masada, Israel (1/35 scale)
2525: Jabrin Fort, Oman (1/43 scale)
2525: Jabrin Fort, Oman (1/43 scale)
2529: Treasury, Petra, Jordan
2529: Treasury, Petra, Jordan
2530: Palace of Darius, Persepolis, Iran (1/18 scale)
2530: Palace of Darius, Persepolis, Iran (1/18 scale)