The Garden of Australian Dreams' at Aust Nat Museum
This design is based on a slice of central Australia. A concrete surface depicts a highly coloured, stylised 'map' of the area; take one step and you travel the equivalent of 100 kilometres across the real landmass of the country.
The words on the undulating surface of the map identify place and country – 'home' is repeated in 100 different languages. The lines that crisscross the map include surveyors' reference marks, road maps, the dingo fence, and Indigenous nation and language boundaries.
Great area for the kids to let of some energy!
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 
