Ginninderra

Ginninderra
If you´re hankering after tourist tackiness, Ginninderra´s the place to go. About 11km (7mi) north-west of the city, the Ginninderra Village is the area´s centrepiece, a collection of colonial-era buildings quaintified into Devonshire tea spots, Australiana galleries, wood-turning workshops and shops selling nothing but cat knick-knacks. Next door, Cockington Green is a sprawling miniature (if such a thing is possible) English village, complete with cricket streakers and a working steam train - it´s horribly overpriced, but the kiddies will love it.

Just outside the village, the National Dinosaur Museum is a private collection with replica skeletons of 10 dinosaurs as well as a bunch of real bones and fossils. It´s pricey, but fun. An ACTION bus runs from Belconnen past Ginninderra Village on its way to Gunghalin.