Ah yes, as all tourists do at one stage or another during any Australian road trip, we have succumbed to the fascination with large, unexplained, and often just plain bizarre
AUSTRALIAN BIG THINGS!!!
What started as a joke at the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, has now turned into an unhealthy obsession as we are both scouring websites and information booths to find the next big thing on this great continent.
So please, take the time to check back on this page regularly to see what BIG things we have managed to cross paths with during our adventure! Please also take a moment to appreciate my admirable maturity as I have managed to resist the urge to make any lame "BIG" jokes relating to penis', balls or boobs..... (although simply by acknowledging my maturity I was also able to make a subtle reference to penis, balls and boobs, which gives me almost as much pleasure as making a lame joke!)
ENJOY OUR BIG THINGS!!!
"The Big Garden Furniture Display Centre"
The Big Garden Furtniture Display Store, Woolgoolga.... one of the lesser known and photographed "big things".
"The Big Knight"
The Macadamia Castle, Byron Bay
(It's the Macadamia Castle so we figured we should probably check his "nuts" hahaha)
"The Big Penis Tree"
Hastings Street, Noosa
(Wade didn't understand how these made the list, he's convinced they're only small!)
"The Big Pelican"
The Big Pelican Boat Hire, Noosaville
"The Big Windmill"
Windmill Motel, Coffs Harbour
"The Big Banana"
The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour
"The Big (and rather frail looking) Elephants... with no trunks"
The Raj Mahal Restaurant, Woolgoolga
The Big Garden Furtniture Display Store, Woolgoolga.... one of the lesser known and photographed "big things".
"The Big Prawn"
The area previously known as the Big Prawn Roadhouse, Ballina
(we were told that the prawn had been taken down only days prior to us driving through Ballina so you can understand our excitment at seeing this oversized crustacean peering at us through closed fences!)
The Macadamia Castle, Byron Bay
(It's the Macadamia Castle so we figured we should probably check his "nuts" hahaha)
"The Big Pineapple"
The Big Pineapple, Nambour
Hastings Street, Noosa
(Wade didn't understand how these made the list, he's convinced they're only small!)
The Big Pelican Boat Hire, Noosaville
(After helping us to find such an original Big Thing, we figured Frankie had earned her place in this photo.... the kid in the tu-tu on the other hand was just an attention seeker!!)
"The Big Mower"
Random Mower Shop, Beerwah
"The Big Tap"
The Ettamogah Hotel, Sunshine Coast
"The Big Chainsaw"
We found out there should be one of these at every STIHL shop, but some are looking worse for wear cause people try to steal them! haha
"The Big Cow"
On the side of the road, Nambour
Most of the "BIG Things" we've visited have either had a purpose or somehow related to the area. The Big Cow however, is one of the more bizarre and unexplained BIG Things!
"The Big Gingerbread Man"
Buderim Ginger Factory, Yandina
"The Big Shell"
The Shell Shop, Tewantin
"The Big Bundy"
Bundaberg Rum Factory, Bundaberg
"The Big Barrell"
Bundaberg Drinks Distillery, Bundaberg
"The (not much bigger than lifesize) Bull"
Rockhampton
"The Big Cane Toad"
Main Street, Sarina
"The Big Mango"
Bowen
"The Big Gumboot"
Tully
"The Big Cassowary"
Mission Beach
"The Big Marlin"
Cairns
"The Big Barra"
Daintree Village
"The Big Croc"
This is a life-size replica of Krys the croc who was shot in Normanton in the 1960's and holds the world record for the biggest crocodile ever recorded!
Normanton
"The Big Tonka Truck"
Ok, so it's just a big mining truck!
Tom Price, WA
"The Big Cray"
Dongara, WA