AUSTRALIA'S BIG THINGS

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The 'big things' of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures or sculptures. There are over 146 such objects around the country, the first being the "Big Banana" in Coffs Harbour, which recently celebrated its 40th Birthday.
The big things have become something of a cult phenomenon, and are sometimes used as an excuse for a road trip, where many or all Big Things are visited and used as a backdrop to a group photograph.
The ABC produced a documentary titled "Big Things" as part of its programme The Big Picture.
The National Museum in Canberra has a comprehensive multimedia exhibit displaying many big things.

Contents

List of Big Things

A.C.T.

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

References

See also

External links

List of Big Things

A.C.T.

★ The Big Mushroom, Belconnen - 4 m x 8 m

New South Wales

★ The Big Bench Broken Hill

★ Big Ant at Broken Hill

★ Big Apple at Batlow

★ Big Avocado at Byron Bay

★ The Big Axe, Kew

★ Big Ayers Rock at Karuah

★ The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour - 11 m x 2 m

★ The Big Beer Can, Cobar

★ The Big Blue Heeler, Muswellbrook

★ Big Bottle at Mangrove Mountain, Pokolbin and Hanwood

★ Big Bowl at Port Macquarie and Armidale

★ The Big Bull, Wauchope - 14 m x 21 m

★ The Big Bunch of Bananas at Sawtell

★ The Big Cheese at Bodalla

★ The Big Cherries, Young - 2 m x 4 m

★ The Big Chook, Mt Vernon - 4 m x 4 m

★ The Big Flower, Ourimbah,

★ The Big Gold Panner, Bathurst - 5 m x 3 m

★ The Big Solid Gold Gough Whitlam, Woolengong, New South Wales - 500 m x 15 m

★ The Big Golden Guitar, Tamworth - 12 m x 4 m

★ The Big Lawn Bowl, South of Port Macquarie

★ The Big Merino, Goulburn - 15 m x 18 m

★ The Big Miner's Lamp, Bloody Lithgow

★ The Big Mosquito, Hexham

★ The Big Murray Cod, Tocumwal - 2 m x 7 m

★ Big Orange at Tenterfield

★ The Big Oyster, Taree - 4 m x 12 m

★ The Big Playable Guitar, Narrandera - 6 m x 2 m

★ The Big Potato, Robertson

★ The Big Prawn, Ballina - 6 m x 9 m

★ Big Rock at Barrington Tops

★ The world's biggest sundial at Singleton

★ The Big Trout, Adaminaby - 10 m x 3 m

★ The Big Trout, Oberon

★ Big Windmill at Coffs Harbour

★ The Big Wine Bottle, Pokolbin (Hunter Valley) - 6 m x 2 m

★ The Big Wine Cask, Wentworth - 6 m x 8 m

Northern Territory

★ The Big Boxing Crocodile, Humpty Doo - 8 m x 8 m

★ The Big Stockwhip, Acacia - 7 m x 10 m

Queensland

★ The Big Apple, Stanthorpe - 4 m x 3 m

★ The Big Banana, North Mackay

★ The Big Barramundi, Normanton - 6 m x 2 m

★ The Big Barramundi, Daintree - 6 m x 2 m

★ The Big Brolga, Townsville

★ Big Bottle at Bundaberg, Queensland,

★ Big Bull at Rockhampton, Queensland

★ The Big Cane Toad, Sarina

★ The Big Captain Cook, Cairns - 7 m x 2 m

★ The Big Cassowary, Mission Beach - 5 m x 5 m

★ The Big Cow, Nambour - 6 m x 10 m

★ The Big Crab, Cardwell

★ The Big Crab, Miriam Vale

★ The Big Crocodile, Daintree

★ The Big Crocodile, Hartleys Creek

★ The Big Crocodile, Normantion

★ The Big Dugong, Rockhampton

★ The Big Dinosaur, Ballandean

★ The Big Easel, Emerald

★ The Big Gumboot, Tully - 8 m x 6 m

★ The Big Hard Rock Guitar, Surfer's Paradise - 10 m x 3 m

★ The Big Macadamia nut, Nambour - 5 m x 10 m

★ The Big Mandarin, Mundubbera - 11 m x 15 m

★ The Big Mango, Bowen - 12 m x 8 m

★ The Big Marlin, Cairns - 8 m x 2 m

★ The Big Merino, Blackall

★ The Big Miner, Rubyvale

★ The Big Mower, Beerwah

★ The Big Ned Kelly, Maryborough - 8 m x 2 m

★ The Big Orange, Gayndah

★ The Big Paperclip, West End, Brisbane - 3 m x 2 m

★ The Big Peanut at North Tolga, Queensland

★ The Big Pelican, Noosaville

★ The Big Pick, Shovel and Sieve, Sapphire

★ The Big Pie, Yatala

★ The Big Pineapple, Gympie

★ The Big Pineapple, Woombye - 16 m x 6 m

★ The Big Pumpkin, Beaudesert

★ The Big Redback, Brisbane - 3 m x 3 m

★ The Big Rum Bottle, Bundaberg - 6 m x 1 m

★ The Big Sapphire, Anakie

★ The Big Sapphire Ring, Sapphire

★ The Big Shell, Tewantin - 3 m x 1 m

★ The Big Spanner, Sapphire

★ The Big Stubby, Tewantin - 9 m x 4 m

★ The Big Whale, Kinka Beach

South Australia

★ The Big Galah, Kimba - 6 m x 2 m

★ The Big Lobster, Kingston SE - 17 m x 15 m

★ The Big Miner, Kapunda - 8 m x 2 m

★ The Big Orange, Berri - 15 m x 12 m

★ The Big Ram (male sheep), Karoonda 2 m x 3 m

★ The Big Rocking horse, Gumeracha - 18 m x 17 m

★ The Big Roo, Border Village - 5 m x 2 m

★ The Big Scotsman, Medindie (Adelaide) - 5 m x 1 m

★ The Big Winch, Coober Pedy - 8 m x 5 m

Tasmania

★ The Big Penguin, Penguin - 3 m x 1 m

★ The Big Tasmanian Devil, Mole Creek - 2 m x 3 m

Victoria

★ Big Apple at Bacchus Marsh

★ Big Abalone at Laverton North, a fibre glass replica of an abalone that sits illuminated and rotating atop a 5.3 m tower at the Plummer Road premises of the Australian Abalone Exports office

★ The Big Mallee Bull, Swan Hill

★ The Big Murray Cod, Swan Hill - 3 m x 9 m

★ The Giant Ned Kelly, Glenrowan - 6 m x 2 m

★ The Big Pheasant, Tynong - 8 m x 17 m

★ The World's Largest Rolling pin, Wodonga

★ The Big Strawberry, Koonoomoo, Victoria 2 m x 4 m

★ The Big Worm, Bass - 250 m x 4 m

★ The Big Wool bales, Hamilton - 3 m x 12 m

★ The Giant Koala, Dadswells Bridge - 14 m x 8 m

★ The Big Watermelon, Wantirna South

★ The Big Miner, Ballarat

Western Australia

★ Big Apple at Donnybrook 7 m x 4 m

★ The Big Banana, Carnarvon - 6 m x 1 m

★ The Big Crocodile, Wyndham - 3 m x 18 m

★ The Big Orange Harvey - 2 m in Diameter

★ The Giant Ram, Wagin - 8 m x 10 m

★ Leeuwin Way Whale, Eucla - 10 m x 3 m

★ The Big Cow, Brunswick junction - 5m x 1.5m

References

"Big Things" by David Clark, published by Penguin (ISBN 0-14-300200-7).

See also

★ List of World's Largest Roadside Attractions

★ Dunedoo, New South Wales, which decided against "The Big Dunny"

★ Novelty architecture

External links

★ Australian Big Things Comprehensive list of Australian big things, big things statistics and photographs

★ ABC Online - Friends, Family and Big Things - photographs of Australian Big Things, including lesser known examples

★ Big Things Guide Learn all about this great Australian art form, marvel at the photos or add stories of your encounters, in Travelmate's BIG THINGS.

★ Coastalsurvey Big Stuff in Australia. Coastalsurvey found some notable additions -- including the big lobster.