Galah Location Kimba, SA About Kimba is a little town with a big thing going for it - the Big Galah. It's perched out the front of the tourist gift shop called "Half Way Across Australia". That's because Kimba is midway between the east and west coasts of this wide, brown land. Our local bird expert has said that the Big Galah looks like it needs a good feed. Bring on the Big Wheat Bag. Pic from Rod Pinna Text from © 2002 Travelmate Type Other Glasses Location Kogarah, NSW About I know nothing about this big thing apart from its existence. Chris sent the picture to me. Pic from Chris Text from © 2004 Australian Big Things Type Advertising Gold Panner Location Bathurst, NSW About The Big Gold Panner can be found in front of the motel of the same name, rather hopefully inspecting his tin pan for nuggets of gold. You can find it on the Great Western Highway in Bathurst. A big man for a big job. Pic from Rod Pinna Text from © 2002 Travelmate Type Other Guitar (Narrandera) Location Narrandera, NSW About The biggest playable guitar in world when built in 1991 (5.8m long) can be found outside the visitors' centre. Pic from Mike Not Text from © 2004 Australian Big Things Type Other Guitar (Tamworth) Location Tamworth, NSW About Standing prominently on the New England Highway on the southern approach to Tamworth, Australia's Home of Country Music, is the Big Golden Guitar. A striking tribute to Tamworth's country music reputation, the Big Golden Guitar is a replica of the famous Golden Guitar trophy used for Australia's annual Country Music Awards. The Big Golden Guitar was unveiled by Australia's "king of country music" Slim Dusty in 1988 (Australia's bicentennial year). Slim has won more Golden Guitars (33 at last count!) than any other Australian country music recording artist. The guitar was commissioned by original owners of the Golden Guitar complex, Warwick Bennet and Max Ellis and made by Tamworth fibreglass manufacturer Len Surtees. Max also had a hand in the design of the original "Golden Guitar" trophy... he and John Minson, then working with Radio 2TM, commissioned Barraba artist Harry Frost to come up with a design for the unique Awards trophy. Details for the Big Golden Guitar project were finalised through July-August, 1987 and built by Len in the following two months. The guitar form is a steel frame, covered in foam and fibreglass and painted to finish. Standing 12 metres high, the Big Golden Guitar weighs in a half a ton. When completed, the guitar was taken by truck and trailer to the New England Highway site and erected with the assistance of two huge cranes. Pic from Golden Guitar Text from © 2002 Golden Guitar Type Advertising Gumboot Location Tully, QLD About Tully's new eight-metre golden gumboot has been completed. It was erected on March 3, 2003 in Tully, north Queensland, which in 1950 clinched the record for the country's highest annual rainfall with 7.93 metres. The struggling sugar town came up with the idea to attract tourists and cement its status as the rain capital, a title hotly debated by neighbours. The golden gumboot was originally a rubber boot awarded to one of Australia's three wettest towns - Tully, Babinda or Innisfail - depending on which had the most yearly rainfall. According to legend it became a two-horse race when Innisfail's rainfall dropped out of contention around the time the rain gauge was moved from the vicinity of the public toilets. When Tully's Rotary Club decided to claim the gumboot permanently, Babinda, which has had more rainfall in recent years, responded with plans to build a giant umbrella. The $30,000+ boot was built on the Atherton Tablelands but the finish date was delayed by more than a month by heavy rain, said local councillor Ron Hunt. Pic from Nath et Fred Text from © 2004 Australian Big Things Type Other