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An Apollonaut travel guide
Craft at a small scale.
An introduction to how the miniatures of Cockington Green are made, and to its setting at Gold Creek Village in Canberra.
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Gold Creek Village
Cockington Green stands at Gold Creek Village in Nicholls, about ten minutes’ drive from the centre of Canberra.
A local guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. Respect the homes and businesses around the gardens.
Fibreglass, aluminium and resin
Timber is not used, as it weathers badly at such a small scale. Instead, silicone moulds are made of the parts needed and cast in resin, and doors, windows, bricks and tiles are fixed in place one by one; a single building can carry 45,000 bricks.
Models take from four to eighteen months to build, and buildings under construction or repair can sometimes be seen through a window into the workshop.
A Cockington chapter
Cockington Green shows a different side of Canberra: a family-run garden where buildings from Devon to Petra are made by hand at a fraction of their size.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the history of the gardens and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team builds, maintains or represents the makers of these models.
Read at the source
Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
