Cockington Green Gardens, International Area, Canberra

The displays are quite closely packed together and surrounded by lovely gardens. You can see The Treasury, Petra set in rock near the back in the centre of the picture. Next to it is the Palace of Darius, Persepolis, Iran.

Little and Large (part 1)

March 20th 2014
Although there is still loads to see in the Canberra city centre, we’ll keep that for a future visit. Today we went into the suburb of Nicholls, just up the road, to Gold Creek Village which is an area with lots of entertaining things for all ages. I really wanted to see the miniature buildings at Cockington Green Gardens and we both thought we’d check out the National Dinosaur Museum. I have ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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