The Helen Lempriere Sculpture Awards are on (til 1 June). Not that we needed more reasons to visit Werribee. There's the mansion, preserving the 19th-century high life of the Chirnside brothers and their bizarre love triangle. There's the open-range zoo, slated for a bazillion-dollar transformation into a Village Roadshow theme park (sigh). Shadowfax winery is there – not bad. And visiting Werribee means fart jokes, and we all know how fun they are.

Walking into the exquisite formal gardens of Werribee Mansion during the sculpture awards has the ability to evoke a childish delight (not unlike fart jokes). Finding the sculptures falling out of trees, propped on the lawn, on the lake or beside the path feels serendipitous. And many of this year’s entrants appeal to childhood play: a giant paper plane, a Meccano caravan and the Model Family (not to be missed) around the back of the mansion.