The Big Tennis Racquet is at the front of the Roy Emerson Tennis Centre in Brisbane. It is apparent why a big thing like the big tennis racquet is at the front of a tennis centre. What isn’t as apparent is the background story of the big racquet. There is a hint for those old … Read more
The Big Muffler in Kippa-Ring, Redcliffe, has been used as a promotional symbol in front of Jack Beedham’s for many years. The muffler is made out of fibreglass and mounted on a metal frame to hold it high. The orange colour was part of a restoration makeover in 2024, and has also been moved towards … Read more
The Big Cow in Highfields, north of Toowoomba, has a history starting in the long before it arrived at its current place. It was one of many big things in Australia that started to rise from the 1960s, built to attract tourists at a Sunshine Coast dairy farm, called Country World. The Big Cow was … Read more
The Big Pie stands beside the Yatala Pie Shop , a well-known pie shop in the Southeast Queensland region. Built in the 1970s to promote the historical Yatala Pies after they had to relocate when their bakery was bypassed by the new highway. They had been operating since the 1910s, or since the late 1800s … Read more
As big things go, the Big Macadamia Nut isn’t one of the classics known for starting the big things “thing”, however, it has been around for almost as long as it’s more well-known sibling, The Big Pineapple. Built in 1978, only 7 years after the Big Pineapple, the Big Macadamia Nut added to the then … Read more
Carved with a chainsaw from a single piece of wood by Mark Ray, the Big Magpie is found in Simpson Park in Muswellbrook.
The Blue Heeler in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, stands 2 metres tall. Built in 2001, the town in the upper Hunter Valley prides itself on being Blue Heeler country. Feature image from Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BigBlueHeeler_Muswellbrook.jpg
The Big Murray Cod was built in celebration of the Lion Club’s 50th anniversary in 2015. The 6.5m tall fibreglass design was from a Lions Club Member, Peter Smith, who was inspired by a statue he saw in New Zealand. You can find the Big Murray Cod at the Redmond Park rest stop. There are … Read more
The Big Hand in Gawler is part of the War Memorial in Pioneer Park. The hand sculpture was designed and developed by artist Robert Hannaford AM, a renowned artist in South Australia. The RSL wanted something different for the War Memorial, commissioned Robert Hannaford in 2017. Robert Hannaford has produced several sculptures, in addition to … Read more
Roma is the home of a few big things. The Big Bolt and Nut is one of them. It sits on two supporting posts on the edge of the parking area for Banks and Bolts on Raglan St, Roma.
