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Larrimah | BIG N.T Stubbie
So here's me being offered a beer by the friendly Pink Panther of Larrimah! I tried looking into the BIG stubby but like most BIG Things in the NT it was a hot day, the loca…

Elvis ain't dead he's just gone... to Wycliffe Well
If you haven't spent a night at Davenports, Wycliffe Well Holiday Park you need to. Australia doesn't have much in the way of themed venues but Davenport is home to the mo…

Davenport | Pam Armstrong
Pam Armstrong Pam has a few murals littered along the Stuart Highway spanning from Ghan to Davenport. I imagine there's a lot I don't know about but there's no passi…

FACEinHOLE | Wycliffe Abductions
I really can't recommend this place enough as a pit stop while on the road. The whole park was just so quirky and whimsical. At the very back of the store they even had a sl…

Anmatjere | Snake & Lizard
Snake & Lizards So, I did take more photos of these and I suspect they're on my laptop somewhere.  The entrance to the Anmatjere Service Station and the front yard to th…

Burt Plain | Tropic of Capricorn
Burt Plain Roadside Attraction There's nothing overly exciting about the Tropic of Capricorn except this fact unless you're into really nerdy facts. Needless to say it e…

Harrietville - Rainbow Trout
One of seventy-two large aquatic sea creatures created by MotherWorks for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  For every country that competed in the Games an aqu…

Mathoura | BIG Murray Cod
Julie Guinan A lot of people know about the Murray cod but not who made it which is a real shame. Julie Guinan is a local according to my inlaws. She created 'Colin the Cod…

Apollo Bay - BIG Whale Shark
One of seventy-two large aquatic sea creatures created by MotherWorks for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  For every country that competed in the Games an a…

Tooradin - Dolphin Fish
One of seventy-two large aquatic sea creatures created by MotherWorks for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  For every country that competed in the Games an aqu…

Phillip Island - BIG Block of Chocolate
I'm the worst person for address hoping from attraction to attraction and not stopping to smell the roses. I explored Phillip Island with a friend and she wanted to do the t…

Phillip Island - David A Kopelman
Local artist David A Kopelman created this butterfly emerging from it's cocoon as a metaphor for the reserve the sculpture now resides within, Once long forgotten land litte…

Phillip Island - Unknown (2)
This sculpture, after visiting, took me 2 years to find on google maps. I neglected to take note of the street name and it drove me nuts having a photo of something I couldn'…

Phillip Island - Unknown
It took me awhile to figure out how to turn the time stamp off on the camera I brought. My first trip out with it consisted of dates and time which turns out to be a great thing…

Phillip Island - BIG Penguin #3
There's a great many things on my map that really don't belong on my map but I had no idea what to do with them and simply deleting them seemed like such a waste. I'…

Phillip Island - Killer Whale
Tourist Attraction Ahoy. This backpackers retreat is the strangest place. It's littered with everything from whales to skulls. This appeared briefly on the BIG Things of Aus…

Phillip Island - Wave
Wikipedia lists this as a BIG Wave. Sure it's big enough to crouch inside and take a photo but it's not BIG. While I appreciate the idea that any popular roadside item i…

My First Harbor Bridge Photo!
Super excited to be finding old photos to upload. I've been adding to this blog the date of the photo rather than the date of posting and I think this is the oldest so far. I…

Mosman | Python
Python This python decorates the hand rail to the snake and reptile exhibit within Toronga Zoo. I first photographed it in 2016 while on a holiday in Sydney and deeply regretted…

Edenhope - Big-Eyed Scad
One of seventy-two large aquatic sea creatures created by MotherWorks for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  For every country that competed in the Games an aqu…

Warracknabeal | Grant Finck
Grant Finck Warracknabeal has 3 sculptures located at three different roundabouts in town. I wasn't aware there were three so I only managed to visit two.  After 5 years the…

Brim | Guido van Helten
Guido van Helten 2016 Guido van Helten completed this Silo early January and his social media suggests it was the 6th of Jan. Helten is a monochrome artists painting in Black an…

Donald - BIG Nassau Grouper Fish
One of seventy-two large aquatic sea creatures created by MotherWorks for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  For every country that competed in the Games an a…

Lake Charm | Hay Bale Art
The Sign reads ' Cookys Creations '  I don't know who Cooky is but they're my kind of weirdo. This was too funny not to pull over for! 📍 Near Murray Valley Hi…

Cohuna - Nile Perch
One of seventy-two large aquatic sea creatures created by MotherWorks for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  For every country that competed in the Games an a…

Eaglehawk | BIG Pram
BIG Pram | I've visited the BIG Pram twice now. Once in 2016 and again in 2019 after realizing all I had were selfies and really wanted some decent photos to add to my coll…