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Aussie Big Things

Australian's have a fascination with big things. Everywhere you travel around Australia you will see oversized objects like these below. . There are hundreds of big things around this country, here are just a sample of what we have seen.

Ayers Rock Uluru

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

Australia's fascination with building big things may have started with the biggest monolithic rock being our symbol.

Big Gallah

Big Gallah

Situated half way across the country in Kimba, SA.

Big Red Kangaroo

Big Kangaroo

SA/WA border village


Big Minkie Whale

Big Whale

SA / WA border town

Big Merino Sheep

Big Merino Sheep

Goulburn, NSW

Big Ned Kelly

Big Ned

This is a six-metre high Big Ned Kelly, standing guard outside of the Glenrowan Post Office. There is another big Ned, a seven-metre high Ned in front of the Ned Kelly Hotel in Maryborough, Queensland. The real Ned Kelly got nowhere near that place.


Big Dog

Big Dog

East of Perth, Western Australia

Big Whale

Big Whale

Nullabor Roadhouse, SA

Big Crocodile

Big Crocodile

Wynnum, WA


Big Bass at Bulahdelah

the Big Bass

In Bulahdelah in NSW

Big Banana in Coffs Harbour

the Big Banana

In Coffs harbour in NSW

Big Pineapple in Nambour

the Big Pineapple

Near Nambour in QLD


The Big Prawn

the Big Prawn

Ballina, NSW

The Big Lobster

the Big Lobster

Kingston, SA

The Big Rocking Horse

the Big Rocking Horse

Gumeracha, SA


The Big Apple fruit mart

the Big Apple

Discovered in Devonport in the north of Tasmania, above a fruit store.

Big Sheep or Giant Ram in Wagin, WA

the Giant Ram

In Wagin, Western Australia

The Big Oyster

the Big Oyster

Taree, NSW


Map the Miner

the Big Map the Miner Statue

Kapunda, SA

Map the Miner

the Big Marron

near Denmark, WA