Big Things in Australia

Australians have an unhealthy obsession with 'big things'. Well that's what you would think if you took a look at all the 'big things' that have been built as tourist attractions around the country. We seem to have a lot of big things per capita. Bill Bryson also noticed the large number of big things we have. The usual theme is:

1. a big thing (usually a primary product of some sort),
2. surrounded by the production (usually a big farm) and processing plant for the big thing (that you can have a tour of for a 'small' fee - *cough*)
3. and finally a series of big thing shops that sells small replica's of the big thing, small rocks that have eyes glued onto them and coconut shells that have been fashioned into musical instruments, dancing bird like animals and kitchen utensils.
4. a family restaurant that sells big dishes that are also small replicas of the big thing (and use the big thing as the main ingredient). These can also be had for a small fee - *cough*, and are so very fresh
5. and finally leech on activities such as photographs of the whole family and a baby animal zoo complete with the unseen baby animal slaughtering facility that feeds back into the family restaurant.

I leave it to the many Australians who have had their parents drive them to these outstanding locations to write small informative nodes about the delightful experiences they've had.

Queensland

• The Big Apple Stanthorpe
• The Big Cane Toad
• The Big Cow Nambour
• The Big Fish Caboolture
• The Big Gun Kingston, Brisbane
• The Big Lawnmower Glass House Mountains
• The Big Macadamia Nambour
• The Big Peanut Kingaroy
• The Big Pineapple Nambour
• The Big Shell Tewantin
• The Big Strawberry Beerburrum
• The Big Bottle Tewantin

New South Wales

• Dog On The Tucker Box Gundagai
• The Big Avocado Byron Bay
• The Big Banana Coffs Harbour
• The Big Bottle Mangrove Mountain
• The Big Bull Wauchope
• The Big Cheese Bega
• The Big Guitar Tamworth
• The Big Merino Goulburn
• The Big Orange Tenterfield
• The Big Oyster Taree
• The Big Potato Robertson
• The Big Prawn Ballina
• The Big Rock Barrington Tops
• The Big Sapphire Anakie Gemfields
• The Big Trout Adaminaby
• The Big Windmill Coffs Harbour
• The Big Yabby - that's a fresh water crayfish.

Northern Territory

• The Big Boxing Crocodile Humpty Doo
• The Big Pink Buffalo Darwin
• The Big Red Rock Alice Springs

Victoria

• Giant Worm Bass - not just big it's fucking GIANT! Features in Bill Bryson's travel book about Australia.
• Big Apple Tourist Orchard Bacchus March
• The Big Berry Hoddles Creek
• The Big Koala Ararat
• The Big Lobster Kingston
• The Big Murray Cod Swan Hill
• The Big Wool Bales Hamilton

South Australia

• The Big Galah Kimba
• The Big Lobster Kingston
• The Big Rocking Horse Gumeracha
• The Big Winch Cooper Pedy
• The Big Yabby - Goolwa (not that big from all accounts)

West Australia

• The Big Camera Meckering

Tasmania

• Nothing at all big here

ACT

• John Howard's Eyebrows

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I'm wondering why we don't have any big kangaroos or big koalas.