Big Things in Australia

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Everywhere you go around Australia, in both large and small towns, you are going to run into a peculiar Aussie tourist attraction: big things.

By this we mean: big, even HUGE, statues, of:

-- the locally grown fruit (the Big Banana; the Big Pineapple);
-- the locally grown vegetable (the Big Mushroom);
-- the local animals (the Big Crocodile; the Big Merino; the Big Lobster);
-- the local manufactures (the Big Milkshake; the Big Wool Bales);
-- local historical characters (the Big Ned Kelly); or even
-- local everyday objects (the Big Meat Pie; the Big Stubbie).

The Big Banana
Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia

Here is a list of some of the Big Things in Australia:

Australian Capital Territory
The Big Mushroom (Belconnen, ACT)

New South Wales
The Big Banana (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
The Big Blue Heeler (Muswellbrook, NSW)
The Big Gold Panner (Bathurst, NSW)
The Big Merino (Goulburn, NSW)
The Big Prawn (Ballina, NSW)
The Big Trout (Adaminaby, NSW)

Northern Territory
The Big Crocodile (Jabiru, NT)
The Big Stockwhip (Noonamah, NT)
The Big Stubby (Larrimah, NT)





Queensland
The Big Boomerang (Eumundi, QLD)
The Big Cane Toad (Sarina, QLD)
The Big Captain Cook (Cairns, QLD)
The Big Gumboot (Tully, QLD)
The Big Mango (Bowen, QLD)
The Big Meat Pie (Yatala, QLD)
The Big Pineapple (Nambour, QLD)
The Big Redback Spider (Eight Mile Plains, QLD)

South Australia
The Big Galah (Kimba, SA)
The Big Kangaroo (Border Village, SA)

Tasmania
The Big Penguin (Penguin, TAS)
The Big Slide Rule (University of Tasmania, Hobart, TSA)
The Big Tasmanian Devil (Mole Creek, TAS)

The Big Ned Kelly
Glenrowan, Victoria, Australia

Victoria
The Big Milkshake (Warrnambool, VIC)
The Big Murray Cod (Swan Hill, VIC)
The Big Ned Kelly (Glenrowan, VIC)
The Big Yabby (Wandin North, VIC)

Western Australia
The Big Apple (Donnybrook, WA)
The Big Orange (Harvey, WA)


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Author: David Paul Wagner
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