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Re: LEGO at Scienceworks
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Date: 
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 04:28:23 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
> G'day
> 
> I spent some time in Melbourne over the weekend,

and you didn't call & say hello???????

> including a visit to the
> Scienceworks museum at Spotswood.
> 
> In a display in the children's area of Scienceworks they have a model of
> Melbourne (around 2m square). Most of the important buildings are scale (or
> perhaps scale-ish) replicas of the real thing, but the less important
> suburbs are filled in using LEGO bricks. The buildings are macro scale,
> usually a 2xn brick topped with a roof peak.
> 
> Luna Park at St Kilda beach is a replica of the smiling face, but the
> merry-go-round/carousel inside is represented by a pair of LEGO decorated
> 4x4 dishes (Paridisa umbrellas IIRC).

Hmmm. Several years since I visited - looks like it's time to visit again! Did
they have Jeff's Shed and the Bolte Bridge?

> Nice museum too (don't miss the planetarium or the tour of the pumping
> station and the sewerage strainers!).

Sounds enticing....

For more info visit http://scienceworks.museum.vic.gov.au

ROSCO



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G'day I spent some time in Melbourne over the weekend, including a visit to the Scienceworks museum at Spotswood. In a display in the children's area of Scienceworks they have a model of Melbourne (around 2m square). Most of the important buildings (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

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