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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

wiki/Big_Merino

The Big Merino is a 15.2 metres (50 ft) tall concrete statue of a merino ram located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is the tallest statue in Australia and Oceania.

It was modelled after Rambo, a stud ram that lived on a local property.

The Big Merino was built near the Hume Highway in 1985. In 1992 the highway rerouted to bypass the town of Goulburn, which resulted in 40 fewer busloads of tourists visiting the Big Merino each day. On 26 May 2007, the Big Merino was moved to a location closer to the new Hume Highway to increase visitor numbers, and is now located near the freeway interchange at a service station.

Still I wonder, if stacks of coal are taller than 15m ... :/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There is a giant lobster in Kingston, South Australia, that claims to be 17m tall. Personally, having seen both, the lobster is more impressive. The sheep just looks like a pile of concrete.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lobster

That "tallest in Oceania" claim is pretty suspect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

A "Big Things" road trip is the best way to see Australia

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Been there a couple of times.

It’s… whelming.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Looks like Jabba the Hutt. Am I the only one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It looks like a turd in the screen shot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

An evil turd