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The above is the Going Places exhibit. The operator consoles allow control of traffic lights and other activites on the system. The user can snarl traffic as much as desired! They are the only photos from Questacon; it's hard for a photo to convey the action involved, including such things as the earthquake simulator home. Experience a quake, and never forget it.
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Here the boys are gallantly defending us from the enemy coming down the park from the Treasury Building (I think that's what it is) - perhaps they are tax collectors!
This photo matches the corresponding one taken from the steps of
the
War Memorial
yesterday. Only this time, the view is from the Old Parliament House.
The Old Parliament House, with its basically simple, yet elegant design.
It has aged well, even with the extensions required to handle the
growing number of people working the building.
This is the main entrance to Old Parliament House, which I believe has been
transformed into a museum of democracy. The three flags are (closest)
the Aboriginal flag, the other two being the Australian flag;
the one at the rear is atop the New Parliament House, the middle one being
on the old building.
Australia has an attraction to
big
things. The first I remember was the
Big Banana
in Coffs Harbour; it is still there! This one - the Big Merino,
used to sit near the Hume Highway, but was recently moved, and refurbished
to be located near a petrol station and fast food outlets at the Goulburn
exit from the highway. It certainly is big. We pulled in as the car
needed petrol, and a some food was taken on board.
Somewhat later, the boys needed to let off steam, so we stopped
at a rest area. Hard as it is to imagine, this tranquil rural scene
was the sight of some hectic defending by the boys!
Yvonne and Flynn are returning to the car, the enemy safely dispatched.
From here it was an entirely uneventful return to Sydney, to end a pleasant, and quite educational, two day excursion to the national capital.
Inside the War Memorial
2010