Whilst we were in Canberra a little over a week ago, we went to see an unusual exhibition at the National Museum of Australia. This excellent museum celebrates Australian and Aboriginal history and does that well, but the exhibit we saw appeared disconnected from the other exhibits. However, it was great to see in its own right.
One of Australia's leading Lego masters had been hired to construct, from standard Lego blocks, models of some of the world's most famous tall structures. And visitors could also play with piles of Lego pieces to construct their own urban utopias or dystopias, some thing that exercised Max's attention for most of the visit to display. A sign on the wall provided the name of the guy who constructed the buildings and his description as a certified professional.
The following pictures show some of the most famous structures. What do you think they are? The first is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - the world's tallest structure for the moment until it is overtaken by the Kingdom Tower in Jedda (Saudi Arabia). I once glimpsed from a plane!
Anyone been to Kuala Lumpur recently? If so, you'll recognise the Petronas Towers.
Can anyone enlighten me on this cluster of geographically disconnected structures? But I know that the one after is to be found in Shanghai.
And I once attended a reception on the top floor of the next building, which can be found on Australia's Gold Coast. Quite how it's still standing I don't know because the ground underneath is, I understand, pure sand! If the Gold Coast receives a substantial earthquake, which is admittedly unlikely, the could be an almighty crash!
And here, finally, is the Empire State Building in New York with Max and Rob seated next to it working with Lego blocks:
And what did Max build? Well it looks like the world's most unlikely structure. These pictures show the base and the curved and snaking tower above it. Since no lift system could operate in it, the poor residents would have to climb a large number of stairs.
Shortly after taking these picture the exhibition closed for the day and Max's tower came crashing down. Fortunately the remainder were left standing, sparing Ryan McNaught from the laborious job of reconstructing them all.
This blog post number 999. In a week or so I will reach the milestone of 1000!!
AS
One of Australia's leading Lego masters had been hired to construct, from standard Lego blocks, models of some of the world's most famous tall structures. And visitors could also play with piles of Lego pieces to construct their own urban utopias or dystopias, some thing that exercised Max's attention for most of the visit to display. A sign on the wall provided the name of the guy who constructed the buildings and his description as a certified professional.
The following pictures show some of the most famous structures. What do you think they are? The first is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - the world's tallest structure for the moment until it is overtaken by the Kingdom Tower in Jedda (Saudi Arabia). I once glimpsed from a plane!
Anyone been to Kuala Lumpur recently? If so, you'll recognise the Petronas Towers.
Can anyone enlighten me on this cluster of geographically disconnected structures? But I know that the one after is to be found in Shanghai.
And I once attended a reception on the top floor of the next building, which can be found on Australia's Gold Coast. Quite how it's still standing I don't know because the ground underneath is, I understand, pure sand! If the Gold Coast receives a substantial earthquake, which is admittedly unlikely, the could be an almighty crash!
And here, finally, is the Empire State Building in New York with Max and Rob seated next to it working with Lego blocks:
And what did Max build? Well it looks like the world's most unlikely structure. These pictures show the base and the curved and snaking tower above it. Since no lift system could operate in it, the poor residents would have to climb a large number of stairs.
Shortly after taking these picture the exhibition closed for the day and Max's tower came crashing down. Fortunately the remainder were left standing, sparing Ryan McNaught from the laborious job of reconstructing them all.
This blog post number 999. In a week or so I will reach the milestone of 1000!!
AS
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