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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…

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…

It's really ironic being in a camera store taking a selfie with a giant camera and a little embarrassing! Needs to be done though. One does no simply hunt BIG Things in Melb…

I don't see too many of these old BIG Film cartridges these days. I collected one in Young, NSW but this is the only Victorian one I've come across so far. The Melbourne C…

So here's one you may not have noticed before or have seen too much of. I'm my early days of BIG Thing Hunting and creating my map I looked for EVERYTHING I could find t…

Despite it being called the BIG Petition by most of us BIG Thing enthusiasts it's actually called 'The Great Petition' and was created by Susan Hewitt and Penelope Lee…

BIG Dung Beetles I was excited to see these. This is one of two larger than life wood sculptures found within Mckenzie Reserve, the other being large slaters. The park was creat…

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…

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…

I arrived in Fish Creek rather late in the evening and slept in my car as I so often do on public art road trips. That night was one of the most uncomfortable sleeps I had ever …

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…

Not an official BIG Thing of Aus but a BIG Thing non-the-less this BIG Teapot is a creative use of, I'm guessing, a water tank and various other materials. You can find this…

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…

Admittedly I went and photographed these javelins and didn't even notice the giant shiny silver balls. Another adventurer posted her photos and I had to find these photos to c…

One of seventy-two (technically seventy one) large aquatic sea creatures created by MotherWorks for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  For every country that co…

BIG Golf Ball There's two golf balls in Melbourne worth visiting. This is not the one I recommend but upon discovering it added it to my list to visit anyway as i's one of…

BIG Golf Ball So.. there's a lot of BIG Golf balls out there but this is the biggest I've come across so far.  If planning to add a golf ball to your collection I would st…

Proof! You don't need to travel all the way to Marysville just to capture the BIG Blue Tongued Lizard. There's one right here, in Tarneit, Melbourne. Another staple sculpt…

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…

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…

BIG Leaf I've tried googling this artist and sadly not a great deal comes up. I'm not sure who Chris Rack is but his 'Fallen Leaf' sculpture is really pretty. Rack…

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…

For the longest time I referred to this sculpture as the BIG Superhero but have just discovered he’s in fact called the Millennium Man.  The Sunshine Village cinema commissioned B…