I taught at one of Australia's oldest kindergartens. This beautiful old wooden house must have been played with by 100s of children. The patina was provided by lots of little fingers.
The figure in front of the house was made in New Zealand in a no longer running sheltered workshop.
The wooden wombats [right of the figure] were made by craftsman John Elliott in Warburton from scavenged wood. [Unfortunately he is also no longer making toys].
Well designed and crafted toys live beyond the life time of their designers and makers.
Beautiful!
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