Category:Has custom banner It seems that no matter where you go in Australia, big things are bound to be found eventually. However, there is a certain type of big thing that seems to be unique to small tourist towns no matter where you travel. These are, of course, the everyday objects that have been built at enormous scales as novelty architecture and dutifully filled with overpriced snack bars and trinkets to remind you of your journey to visit the big thing.

While Big Things can be found all over the country, Highway 1 between Sydney and Brisbane is where the craze started and you can easily knock off a dozen along the way.

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Map of Australia's big things

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CoinsCategory:Has map markers, Deakin. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MushroomCategory:Has map markers, Belconnen. 
• -35.24759149.067521 The Big Powerful OwlCategory:Has map markers, Belconnen.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig AcornCategory:Has map markers, National Arboretum, Molonglo Valley.  (updated Aug 2022)

New South Wales

• -31.959328141.4603242 Big AntCategory:Has map markers, Broken Hill.  
• -34.348504150.5542993 Big AppleCategory:Has map markers, Yerrinbool.  
• -28.28367153.52234 Big AvocadoCategory:Has map markers, Tropical Fruit World, Tweed Heads. The (not-so-)Big Avocado is not much to look at, but the shop it advertises is worth a quick stop for its impressive range of seasonal, locally grown exotic fruit.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig AxeCategory:Has map markers, Kew. 
• -30.274764153.1337975 Big BananaCategory:Has map markers, Coffs Harbour (along Pacific Highway). The one that started it all, the Big Banana is conveniently about halfway between Sydney and Brisbane and has grown into a kitschy tourist empire with theme park rides, water slides and more. Stop by for a selfie and a banana split.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Beer CanCategory:Has map markers, Cobar. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BenchCategory:Has map markers, Broken Hill. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Blue HeelerCategory:Has map markers, Muswellbrook. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BoganCategory:Has map markers, Nyngan. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BottleCategory:Has map markers, Pokolbin. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BowlCategory:Has map markers, Port Macquarie. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Bunch of BananasCategory:Has map markers, Sawtell. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CheeseCategory:Has map markers, Bodalla. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CherriesCategory:Has map markers, Young. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig ChickenCategory:Has map markers, Moonbi. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig DiplodocusCategory:Has map markers, Somersby. 
• -31.458714152.8715186 Big Eight BallCategory:Has map markers, Port Macquarie.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig ElephantCategory:Has map markers, Nimmitabel. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig FishCategory:Has map markers, Caravilla. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Fruit BowlCategory:Has map markers, Bilpin. 
• -33.42039149.6261067 Big Gold PannerCategory:Has map markers, Bathurst.  
• -31.127458150.9234428 Big Golden GuitarCategory:Has map markers, Tamworth.  
• -34.745283146.5507239 Big GuitarCategory:Has map markers, Narrandera.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig JointCategory:Has map markers, Nimbin. 

• -34.7726149.69110 Big MerinoCategory:Has map markers, Goulburn (Hume Highway). One of the more impressive Big Things, this giant Merino sheep ram stands 15 meters tall and has a gift shop inside (selling merino wool products, of course), an observatory inside the head, and what are almost certainly Australia's largest testicles behind. Add in the location right off the Hume Highway and the pies at Trappers Bakery next door, and few travelers heading from Sydney to Canberra or Melbourne can escape its woolly charms.  
• -33.480068150.15798711 Big Miners LanternCategory:Has map markers, Lithgow.  (updated Apr 2021)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MosquitoCategory:Has map markers, Hexham. 
• -33.866241151.09418412 Big MotorbikeCategory:Has map markers, Homebush.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Murray CodCategory:Has map markers, Tocumwal. 
• -31.900157152.48901113 Big OysterCategory:Has map markers, Taree. Sadly, what was once a top tier tourist trap is now awkwardly perched atop a car dealership, so you'll have to head into town to get your oyster fix.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig PavlovaCategory:Has map markers, Marulan. 
• -34.589209150.59808314 Big PotatoCategory:Has map markers, Robertson. Also known as the Big Turd, for reasons that are obvious as soon as you cast your eyes on it.  
• -28.86378153.5325815 Big PrawnCategory:Has map markers, Ballina. Another genuinely impressive Big Thing, rendered and painted in exquisite 3D detail. Alas, the prosaic location in a suburban Bunnings parking lot rather detracts from the Prawn's majesty.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig SaddleCategory:Has map markers, Picton, at Saddleworld, 20/15 Henry Street. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig SantaCategory:Has map markers, Macksville. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig SundialCategory:Has map markers, Singleton. 
• -33.908087150.92570916 Big Sydney Harbour BridgeCategory:Has map markers, Warwick Farm.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig TriceratopsCategory:Has map markers, Ballendean. 
• -35.997272148.77453917 Big TroutCategory:Has map markers, Adaminaby.  (updated Aug 2020)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig TroutCategory:Has map markers, Oberon. 
• -32.79308151.6372518 Big Ugg BootsCategory:Has map markers, Thornton.  (updated Aug 2025)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Wine CaskCategory:Has map markers, Wentworth. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesWorlds Biggest Tennis RacquetCategory:Has map markers, Barellan. 

Northern Territory

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Aboriginal HunterCategory:Has map markers.  (updated Apr 2021)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesAnmatjere Woman and ChildCategory:Has map markers.  (updated Apr 2021)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BarramundiCategory:Has map markers.  (updated Apr 2021)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Beer CanCategory:Has map markers.  (updated Apr 2021)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig FrogsCategory:Has map markers.  (updated Apr 2021)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BooksCategory:Has map markers.  (updated Apr 2021)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CrocodileCategory:Has map markers, Jabiru. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig StubbyCategory:Has map markers, Larrimah. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Boxing CrocCategory:Has map markers, Humpty Doo. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig OwlCategory:Has map markers, Darwin.  (updated Apr 2021)
• -12.811812131.06801919 Big StockwhipCategory:Has map markers, Noonamah.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Pink BuffaloCategory:Has map markers, Darwin. 

Queensland

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig AppleCategory:Has map markers, Thulimbah. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BarramundiCategory:Has map markers, Daintree. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BarramundiCategory:Has map markers, Normanton. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BicycleCategory:Has map markers, Southport. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BoomerangCategory:Has map markers, Eumundi. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BoomerangCategory:Has map markers, Surfers Paradise. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BrolgaCategory:Has map markers, Townsville. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BullsCategory:Has map markers, Rockhampton.  (updated Aug 2020)
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Cane ToadCategory:Has map markers, Sarina. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CassowaryCategory:Has map markers, Mission Beach. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CowCategory:Has map markers, Nambour. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CrabCategory:Has map markers, Rockhampton. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CrocodileCategory:Has map markers, Normanton. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CupCategory:Has map markers, Southport. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig DinosaurCategory:Has map markers, Richmond. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig DugongCategory:Has map markers, Rockhampton. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig FishCategory:Has map markers, Caboolture. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig FrogCategory:Has map markers, Brisbane Airport. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig GumbootCategory:Has map markers, Tully. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig GunCategory:Has map markers, Underwood. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Macadamia NutCategory:Has map markers, Nambour. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MandarinCategory:Has map markers, Mundubbera. 

• -20.045658148.22861820 Big MangoCategory:Has map markers, Bowen.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MarlinCategory:Has map markers, Cairns. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Meat PieCategory:Has map markers, Yatala. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MerinoCategory:Has map markers, Blackall. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MinerCategory:Has map markers, Rubyvale. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MowerCategory:Has map markers, Beerwah. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MufflerCategory:Has map markers, Southport. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig OrangeCategory:Has map markers, Gayndah. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig PeanutCategory:Has map markers, Tolga. 
• -26.6727152.99121 Big PineappleCategory:Has map markers, Woombye.  
• -26.39801153.0604322 Big PelicanCategory:Has map markers, Noosa.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig PumpkinCategory:Has map markers, Beaudesert. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Redback SpiderCategory:Has map markers, Eight Mile Plains. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig RigCategory:Has map markers, Roma. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Rum BottleCategory:Has map markers, Bundaberg. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig SapphireCategory:Has map markers, Anakie. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig ShellCategory:Has map markers, Tewantin. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig SticksCategory:Has map markers, Eumundi. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig StrawberryCategory:Has map markers, Sunshine Coast. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig StubbyCategory:Has map markers, Tewantin. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig TruckCategory:Has map markers, Dysart. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig TurtleCategory:Has map markers, Bundaberg. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig EaselCategory:Has map markers, Emerald. 

South Australia

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig ClockCategory:Has map markers, Murray Bridge. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig GalahCategory:Has map markers, Kimba. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig KangarooCategory:Has map markers, Border Village. 

• -36.823778139.86319423 Big LobsterCategory:Has map markers, Kingston.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MinerCategory:Has map markers, Kapunda. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig OliveCategory:Has map markers, Tailem Bend. 
• -34.246389140.62086124 Big OrangeCategory:Has map markers, Berri.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig OysterCategory:Has map markers, Ceduna. 
• -34.821138.89225 Big Rocking HorseCategory:Has map markers, Gumeracha.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig ScotsmanCategory:Has map markers, Adelaide. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig WinchCategory:Has map markers, Coober Pedy. 

Tasmania

• -41.521821146.61383226 Big Coffee PotCategory:Has map markers, Deloraine.  
• -41.113287146.07271727 Big PenguinCategory:Has map markers, Penguin.  
• -42.903944147.32448528 Big Slide RuleCategory:Has map markers, University of Tasmania.  
• -41.557674146.40854229 Big Tasmanian DevilCategory:Has map markers, Mole Creek.  

Victoria

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig AbaloneCategory:Has map markers, Laverton North. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig AppleCategory:Has map markers, Bacchus Marsh. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BottleCategory:Has map markers, Rutherglen. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CigarCategory:Has map markers, Churchill. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CigaretteCategory:Has map markers, Myrtleford. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CowCategory:Has map markers, Phillip Island. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig EggCategory:Has map markers, Lake Boga. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig KoalaCategory:Has map markers, Dadswell Bridge. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig KoalaCategory:Has map markers, Phillip Island. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MilkshakeCategory:Has map markers, Warrnambool. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig MilkshakeCategory:Has map markers, Tongala. 
• -36.464146.221230 Big Ned KellyCategory:Has map markers, Glenrowan. Commemorating Australia's outlaw antihero.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Rolling PinCategory:Has map markers, Wodonga. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig TapCategory:Has map markers, A Maze'n'things, Phillip Island.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig WaveCategory:Has map markers, Phillip Island. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Wool BalesCategory:Has map markers, Hamilton. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig WormCategory:Has map markers, Bass. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig YabbyCategory:Has map markers, Wandin North. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig LizzieCategory:Has map markers, Red Cliffs. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig Murray CodCategory:Has map markers, Swan Hill. 

Western Australia

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig AppleCategory:Has map markers, Donnybrook. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig BananaCategory:Has map markers, Carnarvon. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CameraCategory:Has map markers, Meckering. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CowCategory:Has map markers, Brunswick Junction. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig CrocodileCategory:Has map markers, Wyndham. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig DNA StaircaseCategory:Has map markers, Perth. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig NeptuneCategory:Has map markers, Yanchep. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig OrangeCategory:Has map markers, Harvey. 
• -31.751942115.77218131 Big Periodic TableCategory:Has map markers, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup.  
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig RamCategory:Has map markers, Wagin. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesBig DrayCategory:Has map markers, Kojonup.  Category:Cultural attractions Category:Topics in AustraliaCategory:Topic articles