The BIG list (Australia & NZ only) Clifton Gardens, New South Wales, Australia
By GeoMonkeys on Sunday 19 May 2002. Waypoint GC3E5F

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We found it on Holiday with Familie in Ostfriesland. I take a Foto on the top of the building.
TFTC
Gruß Snowdream
 

31st

This BIG we found during a holiday in Friesland, Germany

TFTC

Greetings from Germany
Team Goldregen


 

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THE BIG DRILL
This drill is in Dubbo NSW Australia ,we have been past here lots of times
 

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One of the iconic symbols of this small sleepy town is their big pumpkin....even though it is a fruit and vege shop, it prides itself in local produce, hence the pumpkin.

Agsmky
 

23rd

The Gubulla Munda giant carpet snake sculpture which is 53 meters long can be found at Plantation Park, Ayr. It is a totem of the Juru aboriginal people, a local tribe.
It is beautifully painted and worth stopping to have a look at.
 

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Here's , #2 - The Giant Wine Cask, at Stanley / Hardy Winery in Morquong (Buronga) NSW , just 5mins North of Mildura
 

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A Couple I've been meaning to do for a while in our home town - Mildura. The Big Deck Chair - Outside All Seasons Motor Inn Deakin Ave Mildura
 

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The Big Murray Cod is at the entrance gates to the Murray Cod Hatcheries in Wagga Wagga, NSW. Maybe not a big BIG list item, but it's the main around here.
Roostaman
 

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Probably becaus people form anywhere but Aus and NZ cant comprehend the requirments of a cache. if this continues the cache will definitely be archiveed earler than the end oc december. and not moved to waymarking.com
 

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How can all these people be logging a find when none of them are in AUS or NZ [?] geomonkeys you need to delete their logs.  

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I found that big apple near kingston Ontario Canada
 

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Whilst holidaying in Cooper Pedy in Central Australia we stopped by at this Opal shop and could not resist the photo or Locationless cache.
 

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I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS ON THE BIG LIST BUT IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS THE GIANT ELECTRICAL PLUG FOUNF AT OBERLIN COLLEGE..OBERLIN OHIO. I WONDER WHERE THE CORD FOR THIS ONE IS AT.???? THX FOR THE FUN...HAPPY HUNTING...RAGEXN!!!
 

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This giant fruit sculpture was the brainchild of the Rotary Club of Cromwell NZ. It's at the entrance to the town and can be seen from quite a distance. As you can see from the photo the colours are very bright, good enough to eat?

[This entry was edited by Onslow Fisherman on Friday, September 16, 2005 at 2:27:19 AM.]
 

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Another big prawn is in Exmouth Western Australia. It is outside the Kailis family business processing factory about 20 Km S of the township. It is not supposed to be a secret but not many people know you can buy prawns direct from the processing factory front shop (at great prices).
 

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This is a really big banana in Carnarvon in Western Australia. I couldn't find a plaque or anything to tell me any facts but Carnarvon has a long reputation to being a key banana growing centre in our Gasgoyne region.
 

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Found this one at Gumbya Park in Victoria Australia, it looks like a giant peacock
 

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3.00pm. Was doing a bit of a computer clean up and spotted this picture. Took this while out getting GCHF08 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9cf6d550-d912-4cc3-84bc-c566894cb209 it's in the 'Auckland Botanic Gardens' http://www.arc.govt.nz/arc/auckland-regional-parks/botanic-gardens/botanic-gardens_home.cfm carpark.
It's a Huia Bird http://www.kcc.org.nz/birds/extinct/huia.asp now extinct, this is a female as the males beak is very much shorter.

TFTC GeoMonkeys.

Cheers M+S [:O)] (170)
 

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Was heading out towards the Dandenongs along High St Rd (Melbourne, Australia) today when what should I see - a giant piece of watermelon smiling at me . Hope this meets the criteria for the BIG list.

Thanks GeoMonkeys
 

23rd

Found today in my email box... The BIG MOVE!

(www.geocaching.com to www.waymarking.com)



Don't fret... If GeoMonkeys doesn't zap this found log, I will!
 

23rd

THis cache qwill be moving to waymarking.com very soon. get your logs in ASAP.
 

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This was one really big axe and a log roller atop a sign in Darby, Montana
 

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This is a big Garage Door Opener in a Big Hand at a garage door opener shop in Nelson, New Zealand.
 

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New Zealand has giant Weta's - but these are REALLY big. They are mounted on either side of a wall in Te Kuiti 60kms South of Hamilton. The nearby plaque explains why they are there: "Mahoenui giant weta are only found in the King Country. The only place in the world where the Mahoenui giant weta are found is in a 180 ha patch of gorse 30 km South West of Te Kuiti. This gorse reserve is the only legally protected gorse in New Zealand. Every where else gorse is an agricultural plant pest. Giant weta are closely related to grasshoppers and crickets. There are 11 species of gient weta. They are the largest insects in the world weighing up to 70 grams and are up to 8cm long. They are the peaceful giants of the insect world. Giant weta are nocturnal creatures, eating mainly plant material and occasional insects. To defend itself the weta raises its hind legs against its abdomen and makes a rasping sound. The Mahoenui giant weta is one of the world's most endangered species."
 

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This is a BIG golf ball. We found it south of Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, while driving from Christchurch to Blenheim. It advertises for a local golf club.
 

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It's the big Echidnae !!!

Located at the Erldunda roadhouse, at the junction of the Stuart Highway and the road leading to Yulara.

No idea why it is there. Really in the middle of nowhere.
 

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Found this one in Coober Pedy, South Australia.
The Big Winch sits atop a hill and can be see from quite a distance.

 

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This here Big Apple is near Bachus Marsh, when coming back from a camp in the Wombat State Forest I saw this and decide to mark it. The co-ordinates may be out as I was a bit [|)] and marked it as we were driving by.
 

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Found by Team GeoCoopers.
Driving back from the GCN6XC Fourth Festive Frolic Weekend
we spotted a pair of Giant Olives on the side of the Freeway approx 3km south of Tailem Bend, South Australia.
 

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Was passing by on the return trip form Dubbo when I spotted this one... I had seen it previously, but not this far from it's home.....

The Bondi SLSC Big Reel. In a caryard at Orange NSW
 

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The 'Big Whale' located near Emu Park, Queensland, Australia is now retired. He is located at what was 'Coral Life Marineland' but appears to well and truly beached now.
 

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This would have to be the biggest Crayfish,found it in Kaikoura New Zealand.
 

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I thought this was only for Ozzy and NZ.
How can there be a find with a N in the co-ords[?]  

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Found this oversize basket in a park in Lorain, OH, USA.
There is a plaque on it commemorating the man who created the basket for the park.
 

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I'm not from Australia or New Zealand either but I noticed some others that aren't from there either. I have the Worlds Largest Kokopelli.
Kokopelli has been a sacred figure to Native Americans of the Southwestern United States for thousands of years. Found painted and carved on rock walls and boulders throughout this region, Kokopelli is one of the most intriguing and widespread images to have survived from ancient Anasazi Indian mythology, and is a prominent figure in Hopi and Zuni legends. Kokopelli is also revered by current-day descendants including the Hopi, Taos and Acoma pueblo peoples.

He stands in Camp Verde, Az.
 

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Found this huge Red Gum in NSW while camping nr Mallee Cliffs State Park, Christmas/New years'05. It's marked on my Topo maps as "Big Tree" nr Big Tree bend accessed via would you believe, Big tree road. One of the largest of its kind, its thought to be 400-500 yrs old.
 

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I'm not in NZ or Austrailia, so I won't post this as a find. However, I thought the watchers of this cache might find the pictures interesting (I snapped them before I remembered this was a geography-specific cache). This giant Thumb Tack is located in Fort Worth, TX, USA.  

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Found it on our S.E. NSW Caching Holiday!

After staying with friends in Tocumwal overnight, we spent the morning picking grapes with them before getting into caching.

The name of the town derives from 'Tucumiva', an Aboriginal term said to mean 'deep hole'; a reference to what is now known as 'The Blowhole', a bogey some 25-metres deep at its lowest point which is said to be sacred to the Ulupna and Bangarang Aborigines. According to legend a giant Murray cod lived in the waterhole, and was prone to eat young children who fell in. Hence the giant fibreglass Murray cod in the town square at Tocumwal. Furthermore it is said that a young boy, who presumably escaped the clutches of the rapacious cod, was chased into the crevice and emerged in the Murray where the old bridge now stands. Both legends point to an underground stream connecting the two. Whether this is true or not water has been known to flow from the Blowhole in times of drought.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Tocumwal/2005/02/17/1108500199570.html
 

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The big Apple on State Highway 3 south of Otorohanga, New Zealand. It is outside a fruit and vege shop and cafe. In the second photo you can see the kids waving out of the viewing area which is in the "bite" out of the apple
 

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Saw Big Lizzie just out of Mildura at Redcliffs. She is a big tractor and has been restored as a tribute to the pioneers of the area.
 

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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Thw Worlds longest placename, this is huge at 85 letters long.
It is in the Guinness Book of Records.
A great day out in the Coastal area today

Now try to pronounce it
 

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This big cow is outside 'The Big Cow Country Pub' in Te Poi, New Zealand. They also have a golf course, and there are large models of birds at each tee off point.
 

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Our first locationless cache and what a ripper. Check out the size of this kiwi!!!! It is located on Moana Road, just on the Nelson side of Motueka. It can be clearly seen from State Highway 60 if you look over the estuary.
A sign in front declares it to be the largest, permanently fixed kiwi in the world.
It is approximately 7 metres above sea level.
 

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Found by Team GeoCoopers.
Another one for the BIG List, the Big Seahorse at Port Lincoln, South Australia. While on a tour of the Seahorse farm we snapped this shot and grabbed the coords. There was also another BIG Leafy Seadragon inside the farm but was a little too cluttered to get a good photo of.
 

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This is the Big Chook at Moonbi NSW (near Tamworth). We were in the area and we remembered this cache, so we stopped by to take a photo.
 

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Another of the fish variety, this is the Large(Big)COD - I found in Swan Hill, i reckon its approx 15m long and 3.5m high. 500 Lbs maybe? right across(down)the road from the Big FIG....but thats another story.
 

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Another Big Prawn. This one is between Munmorah and Catherine Hill Bay on the NSW Central Coast. By the way the Big Prawn is not holding the GPS, it's on the pole.
 

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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 our wide, brown land. A local bird expert has said that the Big Galah looks like it needs a good feed. Bring on the Big Wheat Bag.

clear skies, TeamAstro
 

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"Eagle, by Meblourne artist Bruce Armstrong, marks the southern entry to Docklands and is made of timber, aluminium and glass. It was commissioned to commemorate the naming of Wurundjen Way."

According to the artist he wanted to create something that would watch over the area - I think he succeeded. Anyone coming down to the Batman Hill / Docklands area in Melbourne can't miss it. In my opinion this would be one of the better pieces of art around Melbourne.
 

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The Big Pink Buffalo
Stuart Highway, Darwin, NT, Australia

We hadn't thought about the Pink Buff but its mentioned in David Clark's 'Big Things: Australia's Amazing Roadside Attractions'.
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ContentDynamic/Full_Details.asp?ISBN=0143002007

 

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THE BIG CHOOK!

Come on... Surely everybody has been to the big chook! No? Well, now, with the co-ords above, you can all go and visit this massive monument to the humble chook. He stands 30+ feet tall and is in someones paddock, he does look like he has seen better days, but, he's the biggest darn chook we have ever seen!
 

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The Big Spud at Robertson. NSW. well it can also be used as advertising [?] it doesn't look much like a spud to me. it looks more like a ...... have a look at the pics and you be the judge.
 

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This is a giant KIWIFRUIT with a viewing platform inside it, unfortunatly it was closed today.
The kiwifruit was brought to New Zealand in the form of a Chinese Gooseberry and us kiwi's have improved it over the years into a valuable export medium including exporting it back to the country of origin.
Te Puke is about 30km's from my home town of Tauranga in the Bay of plenty, New Zealand & and this part of New Zealand has the perfect growing climate for this fruit.
The large fruit is in the entrance to a visitor center called kiwifruit country and you can take tours of this kiwifruit orchard, and there are things for the kids as well as the grown ups.
 

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I would have thought someone else had logged this already, but a search for fork came up empty. So it is mine. :) The fork is situated next to a cafe near the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney.
 

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Tania and I found THE BIG AVOCADO while travelling down from the Gold Coast to visit the infamous Tropical Fruit World.
The place ended up ranking about as high as the big pineapple in nambour that we visited tongue in cheek last year however we did pick up some souvenirs for maccamum as she wanted something 'tropical' from our trip to QLD...

We were actually thinking of making a locationless ourselves when we did this as we hadn't heard about this one!!! Great minds must think alike!!!

Cheers
Justin
 

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I grew up near Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, so I was aware of the cheese factory in nearby Allansford. I visited today to log "It's the Cheese!" locationless cache, and saw this giant milk shake outside the business next door: Sungold Dairy. Sungold is synonymous with milk around the Warrnambool area, but little did I know that it would also enable me to log a locationless cache.

Sungold Dairy is actually across the road from the Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory, and next door to the Allansford Cheese World', a local tourist attraction.
 

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During our trip into the Pilbara we stopped in Marble Bar for a few days. Marble Bar's BIG claim to fame is that it is Australias hottest town. This sign can be found beside the only restaurant in town (not bad either), at the east end of town.
 

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Tasmania's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes, the BIG SPUD at Sassafras Northern Tassie.

Its big(ish), and kind of resembles a potato, except it is wearing a Hat and has Arms and Lips

I hope you accept this one, as I would hate the world to be deprived of it's majesty.

 

26th

Found this big chicken advertising cheap cheap carpet on Ingra St. in Anchorage, Alaska.

 

26th

Found this big ice cream in Palmer, Alaska on Evergreen St. It was next to a coffee shop.

 

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The biggest coffee cup in alaska on top of a coffee hut.
Located off Gambell St. in Anchorage, Alaska.
Akwhodini

 

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We found a big bananna. What would a monkey think of that baby. Location is Carnarvon Western Australia just on the outskirts of town. the construction seems a bit dodgey with a few lumps and bumps but it is a reasonable size, perhaps 8 metres high.

 

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The Big Crocodile, Wyndham, Western Australia! Certainly is the biggest croc that I've ever seen.

At the entrance to Wyndham Three Mile there is a huge 20 metre long concrete crocodile in the middle of the road. It is hard to avoid it. This tourist attraction is an interesting example of computer technology. Designed and built by sculptor Andrew Hickson the students from the Halls Creek TAFE it consists of 5.5 km of steel rod, 10 rolls of bird mesh and 6 cubic metres of concrete. It was created by photographing a crocodile and having a computer at Curtin University plot 2400 mathematical coordinates of the crocodile's shape.

 

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Went by this museum in Mesa, Az. and found the biggest propeller. It is from a B-29 Bomber. It is only one of four that was on Fifi.

 

21st

Heres one that is definitely big, being the big sun dial in Singleton NSW, it is the largest of its type in the southern hemisphere. It was donated to the town to celebrate the bicentenary by Lemington mine

 

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THE BIG RIG is in ROMA in South West Queensland. It is a big drilling rig which is ROMA's main tourist attraction. It celebrates the fact that at ROMA in 1900, a drilling crew drilling for artesian water, encountered natural gas for the first time in Australia. Australias oil and gas industry started from there.

You can find out more from:
http://www.thebigrig.com.au

Logged by SWEATY of HOTANDSWEATY.
S26.34.454
E148.48.012

 

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I forgot about logging this find till the other day. This huge park bench is just outside the local mine at Broken Hill. It needs a step ladder just to get up on it.

 

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Yet another BIG ORANGE. This is a well known land mark at Gatton on the Warrego Highway in South East Queensland. The Big Orange is a fresh fruit market. Found by SWEATY of HOTANDSWEATY at 0730 hrs 31/3/2004.

 

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The Big Appenzeller drink! Its located in the skiarea of Flumserberge in Swizzerland. A big bottle with the typical drink of skiing :-)))

 

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Hope this meets the guidelines for the big list. This is a big chair that I found in front of a furniture store in Greenville, South Carolina. The chair had to be at least 8 foot high.

 

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Up your Kilt!!! Ever since I was a small tacker this has been a local landmark on northern approaches into Adelaide's CBD. Other members within R4R are from the NT so they don't understand the fancination with this landmark. Scotty stands about 8 metres tall, perched on a ledge at the front of your classic 1960's motel. So, what's up his kilt you ask? Can't tell you!

Cheers, R4R

[This entry was edited by Rav 4 Raiders on Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 4:38:13 AM.]

 

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Palmetto, Florida. The Hanger Restaurant located on US 301 and 7th Ave. in Palmetto, Florida. We stop here on occation while exiting town for breakfast. There is a large helicopter on top of the sign.

 

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The link to the big lists don't seem to work, so I couldn't see what was on the list. I found this big muffler in Hendersonville, North Carolina while driving through.

 

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You have to be right there before you realise it is indeed a BIG PEACH. Found at Anna Bay, Port Stephens, NSW, at a roadside fruit stall. There's nothing much to say about this one except that we passed it a few times before realising its inherent attraction as a cache. The peaches were quite nice, too! We can't open the list on the web page, so hope this is the right way to log the find. Left money, took fruit.

 

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Team Raider (Mike & Emma) along with GeoDean and Richary were continuing our trip to Robe & decided to log this one!

We've been here many, many times before but were only muggles back then but now we are 'elite' members of society (hey Geocachers are the elite arent they?) we figured we'd log it in!

The big Crayfish is located on the northern side of Kingston SE, a town reknown for its Crayfishing industry.

I've never tried the restaurant below the lobster but then crayfish isnt really my thing! I prefer oysters!

Cheers


 

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How about this for a BIG MACK. This statue of a bulldog is at the Mack Truck Centre just north of the end of the F3.

 

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Oh, I saw too late that this reverse cache is only for the Oceania region. I make use of the 'write note'-function so my search wasn't for nothing .
I found a big table (~5 feet) & chair (~ 6.5 feet) at a german 'montessori'-kindergarten. They were built for parents to imagine themselves into the world of the children and take for a moment their perspective.

Many greetings from Germany (and sorry for bad english), Thomas
 

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This is a BIG Lemon and Paeroa Bottle. The soft drink is famous in New Zealand.It was first made from a natual spring in Paeroa. It has a subtle lemon flavour, very refreshing.

 

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Found this large bull in the town Bulls in the North Island of New Zealand.

 

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This Chicken stands about 12 feet tall. It is located on top of Chubby Chicken Carpets building on Gambell St. in Anchorage Alaska.

 

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Talk about BIG! Texas size shovel! This shovel is way taller than the surrounding houses!

 

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THE BIG FISH. Outside the Big Fish Cafe in Manilla NSW. Manilla is known as a fishermans paradise, at the junction of the Manilla and Namoi Rivers, and is also close to Split Rock Dam, and Lake Keepit.
http://www.manilla-info.net/vist_inf.htm
http://www.stateparks.nsw.gov.au/keepit.html
http://www.nnsw.com.au/splitrockdam/


 

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Found this big chair outside an antique shop in Mandurah WA. Alot of fun watching them move it out in the mornings........

 

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We were on holiday in the Daintree when we stumbled across the BIG Barramundi, and we remembered the Big List. Lo-and-behold we found it wasn't taken when we got back!

Very nice morning tee across the road.

EcoTeam :)

 

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Here we are at what could be called the BIG Windchimes. Infact it's an art piece just outside of Wellington (NSW: Aust).

Designed by a local artist and pieced together by community groups it is certianly a strange structure that causes more than a tourist at a time to hang on the brake lever when going past.

I dare not tell you to much about it as it is our regions most recent Virtual Cache thanks to the efforts of TEAM '80'.

Cheers.

 

16th

Here is the Big Mandarin!

Situated in the town of Mundubbera - proclaimed to be the citrus capital of Queensland.
Interestingly, just down the road in Gayndah is the competing Big Orange - waiting for somebody to log it

Cheers

Paul

 

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The Big Gumboot is a relatively new feature of the town of Tully in North Queensland - it was only erected in May 2003. They must've heard about the Big List. We just stumbled on this on holiday. Tully is officially the wettest town in Australia, and the height of the gumboot represents the amount of rain they received in 1950, their wettest year on record, 7,900 millimetres! The average is about 4,000 millimetres, and last year was in the drought was the driest on record, a mere 2,200! You can climb the gumboot and inside are some pictures of the Tully river in flood, which are quite interesting. You can also do tours of the huge sugar mill across the road.

 

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A 15 metre inflatable rotty!, Whangarei, NZ

A promotional item on the roof of a car sales yard, this thing is Huge! I want one :)

Worth the 300km round trip to nab this one.
Cheers
HLD

 

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S 26° 46.522 E 152° 53.933
The Big Barrel, located in the quiet layed back township of Malany in the Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland. Here is a photo of the barrel and a photo of me with GPS and barrel in the background.

Steve B
 

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S 36° 49.410 E 139° 51.797

Located 297 km south east of Adelaide, Kingston South East is a substantial port famous for its lobsters. It also happens to be the home of the Big Lobster, one of those wonderfully quirky 'bigs' that Australians seem to love to build.

The Big Lobster stands 18.2 metres high and is made out of fibreglass. This is a seriously big object which can be justified by the fact that Kingston SE is one of Australia's best lobster/crayfish fishing areas. There is a restaurant and gift shop underneath the lobster.

Clear Skies,
TeamAstro
 

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S 37° 22.983 E 175° 40.471
This is the giant 'World Famous in New Zealand' L&P bottle at Paeroa, New Zealand. 'Lemon & Paeroa' (L&P) is NZ's original soft drink, made from mineral water from a spring at Paeroa. L&P is Paeroa's claim to fame and you will find L&P banners on every street lamp and L&P signs on every food store in this small town.

[last edit: 2/26/2003 1:03:00 AM PST]
 

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S 38° 18.803 E 146° 25.188
The Big Cigar, Churchill Victoria.
Churchill is named after Sir Winston, whose love of Cigars is well known. This monument is in honour of his favourite tobacco based product, and it is BIG! The photo also shows a small fire on the hill in the background (not related to the big bushfires further north). Maybe I could've got the angle right, and made it look like the cigar was smoking, but that would just've been tacky....
 

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S 28° 44.971 W 153° 32.097
found another item for the list...
the Big Knight Out! he he

This is Mac the Knight, at the Macadamia Castle just north of Ballina.
funny though, you think they'd have a Macadamia farm here, but no!, its mainly socked with re-labled product from othe Australian macadamia farms. but the Fresh nuts are local at any rate.


[last edit: 2/12/2003 10:06:02 PM PST]

[last edit: 3/1/2003 11:05:04 PM PST]
 

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uhh.. I'm getting 404s on the big list?  

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S 20° 22.797 E 118° 35.829
The Big Wheelbarrow. North West of WA style! Situated in Port Hedland - WA. The tray and wheel are from a haulpak truck.
 

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S 34° 21.241 E 138° 54.292

The Cornish Miner was erected in 1988 in Kapunda South Australia. He is known as MAP Kernow or Son of Cornwell.

Kapunda was a copper mining town and many cornish people worked in the mines,which operated in 1844. This statue was erected by Ben Van Zettan for the local Rotary Club.

Map Kernow faces east, where Mars will be seen rising later in the year. Mars will be at its closest to Earth in 2003 for 73,000 years. Map will get a good view!

Clear skies
TeamAstro
 

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S 27° 36.485 E 153° 06.728
Hi GeoMonkeys, I hope you will accept this big object into your list of advertising gimmics. The Big Gun (I can hear AC/DC's Big Gun cranking and Arnie storming the place) is actually above a fruit store on the south side of Brisbane. Alot of the stores in the area use it in their names. Dunno where it came from but I know its been there for a while cause I used to drive past it heading south along the old highway.
 

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S 30° 58.809 E 150° 15.440
User's web page
Alas, another BIG to add to the list. The BIG TOMATO. Its situated in Gunnedah and sits in the RSL carpark.
The big tomato is used to publise the annual biggest Tomato event which the township of Gunnedah comes alive for. The event which was held on the 11.1.03 was unfortunately too exciting for us to hang around for.

The Rats

[last edit: 1/12/2003 5:23:10 PM PST]
 

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Hi,

Just wanted to add the Big Guitar to the list.. it's even playable!!

Its in a town called Narrandera and we found it somewhere on our way from Sydney to Adelaide.

Here are some shots:
(visit link)

Cheers
Batty! :)
(Brand new to geocaching as of today!)  

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S 26° 11.581 E 152° 39.503
The Medium Sized Pineapple. Not as big as the pineapple in Nambour, this one is on the side of a service station in Gympie. I filled up there on my way to Bundaberg for Christmas.

Jaws aka Sharky visited too.
 

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S 26° 51.764 E 152° 57.733
The Big Mower, Sunshine Coast, Qld. Not too far from Crocodile Steve's Australia Zoo.


[last edit: 1/4/2003 12:17:04 AM PST]
 

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S 34° 12.156 E 142° 05.484
Don't you think the world could use more big things? They obviously do in Mildura, where they're about to build The Big Grape. The best part it is used to be The Big Egg in Meredith, and has been shipped in pieces to an extremly whacky place called Snakes and Ladders at Cabarita near Mildura - well worth a visit, if only for the rocking giraffe, but that's another story. It's not actually made up so I'll post it as a note and leave it for someone else to log once it's built!  

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S 34° 18.485 E 142° 11.230
This is the Big Lizzie, in Red Cliffs, Victoria. It's a huge tractor, sitting in a park just off the Calder Highway. So I guess it would go in the list under Tractor. Unlike other big things, this one actually works! Or it did once...Does it qualify?
 

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S 33° 08.508 E 136° 25.304
As if on cue, this is the Big Galah, at Kimba, South Australia. It's outside a shop that says it's halfway across Australia, but we're a bit skeptical about that...I suppose it depends where you start from.
 

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There is a big Galah at Kimba, South Australia.

The locale is supposed to be half way across Australia.

It looks like a bit fun for someone else.  

2nd

found a big Stick ( piece of wood) while away last month, only just found the photo.
 

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S 31° 53.999 E 152° 29.318
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The Big Oyster, Taree NSW

The Big Oyster has had a mixed bag of uses since it's construction. I think it originally was the local tourist info center. Later it was a craft gallery then it lay dormant (perhaps creating a pearl within) before being resurrected as, wait for it, a car yard!! Yes folks you can get all sorts of deals down here at Big Oyster Quality Cars!!! Test drive the new Nissan Naturale, the Mazda Mornay or the Kia Kilpatrick today...
 

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The Rock, Karuah NSW

This is probably the saddest of all the Big Things. The little Ayres Rock was originally part of Leyland Bros World, the dream of TVs adventuring brothers Mike & Mal Leyland. They invested $4,000,000 into the venture but it never really took off. Bad business deals and crippling debt forced the Leylands to close the doors and sell off the park for a paltry $800,000. The Rock is now part of a roadhouse that sells fuel and not much else. Another part of Leyland Bros World operates as The Great Aussie Bush Camp. The flying fox was operating the day we were there, but I don't know any details about it.

 

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The Big Prawn, Ballina

It was bucketting down with rain when we (The Ginger Loon, Mrs Loon & the Loonette) arrived at the Big Prawn (BP), but it was one on my list of big things so like any good geocacher I crossed the road, hit Mark on the Garmin, posed for a photo and bolted back to the car. The BP is the local tourist info & souvenir centre and is made from fibreglass. Luckily the BP is portrayed cooked rather than raw as the smell of raw prawns can be quite overpowering.

 

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The first find for our (the Loon family) caching holidays, The Big Golden Guitar (BGG) is an exact replica of the statue awarded at the Australasian Country Music Awards which have been held in Tamworth since 1973. The real Golden Guitar is made of bronze and stands 22cm tall. The BGG however is made of fibregalss and stands 12 metres tall. This poses some problems when trying to tune the guiter, the most notable problem being the lack of stings! Behind the BGG is the tourist infromation centre which includes the usual souvenirs as well as a wax museum dedicated to Australasias country & western legends, including the very scary Chad Morgan.

More info on the BGG can be found at The Big Golden Guitar.com.au


 

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S 36° 22.689 E 141° 14.269
The Big wind mill;
located in Kaniva, has a blade diameter of 7.62 m which is attached to a motor mounted 18.3m above the ground and pumps water from 45m below ground level at a rate of up to 4.5 kiloliters per hour.
 

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S 41° 06.802 E 146° 04.358
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We found The Big Penguin a few years ago when we first moved to Tasmania, but only recently visited him again. He's not huge, but he's bigger than that little thing in Victor Harbour, S.A. :-)

Edited 16/12/2004 to add the Xmas photo of Penguin - Photo By CraigRat

[This entry was edited by Caching Kid on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 6:24:30 PM.]
 

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S 34° 30.139 E 038° 24.239
The big Roach.

Just north of Adelaide there is this guy who has set up a protest against the new dump starting next door.

He has the big cockroach, a big fly and a pretty big rat.

I choose the roach on the day. Now admittly you while NS Welshmen would think this was probably about normal size, it is actually 4m long.

That equates to a scale factor of around 200 times depending on our original critter.

On this basis the big banana would be 30m long and the pineapple would be a 10 storey building.

Big, I said big roach.

[last edit: 12/6/2002 11:58:27 PM PST]
 

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S 41° 33.351 E 146° 27.148
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This is the big Tasmanian Devil, situated outside the Trowunna Wildlife Park near Mole Creek in Tasmania. It's actually a memorial to 'Mickey', the world's first tame Tasmanian Devil - who is meant to be buried under the statue. The second photo shows a plaque explaining the story, it was badly worn so some of it is unreadable.

[last edit: 11/11/2002 12:31:28 AM PST]
 

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S 35° 33.413 E 138° 37.486
On a recent trip to victor Harbor we found the Big Penguin. He was hiding in a mini golf course, watching the golfers as they attempted the 18th hole. There is also a Big Penguin in Tasmania.

[last edit: 10/15/2002 11:15:22 PM PST]
 

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S 37° 43.672 E 142° 00.217
The Big WoolBales - Hamilton Victoria
Found by Kevin & Meredith on a trip to SA
Thanks for the cache.
 

29th

Found this one on our way back to Adelaide from Melbourne - we had a little more daylight this time than our last visit, so the photos turned out a bit better.

The Giant Koala is made from cast bronze (and we thought it was sprayed concrete!), and his maker also created Map Kernow, the Big Cornish Miner in Kapunda, SA (another one for the list!!)

Another outstanding example of Australian art at its finest

 

11th

The big prawn (I always thought it was the big lobster) is in Ballina, NSW isnt it?  

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As well as the other BIG items we have recently logged or noted, we also saw the following on our recent trip to Townsville and back:

Big Crab - Cardwell, NQ.
Big Didgeridoo - Tomingley, NSW

And from various trips around Victoria:

Big Woolbales - Hamilton VIC
Big Koala - Dadswells Bridge VIC
 

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The Big Pineapple. Mary & David called in on our way back south from Townsville. This is the official Big Pineapple near Nambour, but we saw an almost identical one at a service station on the highway at the southern outskirts of Gympie, a bit further north.

[last edit: 6/20/2002 1:46:34 AM PST]
 

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The Big Brahmin. Rockhampton claims to be the beef capital of Australia, and this prize example welcomes you as you enter the city limits from the south. There are other, somewhat smaller examples and breeds around the city, standing in various median strips.

[last edit: 6/20/2002 1:44:34 AM PST]
 

9th

S 36° 04.855 E 150° 02.899
Bodalla. The home of the Big Cheese.
We went to Bega but could not find it. We knew that there was another one at Bodalla at the old cheese factory so back we went to get some snaps, including me with a big cheesey grin.
On a side note I remember when this factory was still running, I even went through it on a tour when I was a kid.

[last edit: 6/10/2002 6:52:20 PM PST]
 

9th

We passed this big racehorse while on the way to The Furphy. Not being one to lose an opportunity we stopped and took the photos.
It is located near the Western end of the Suburb of Box Hill, on Boundary Road.
 

7th

The Big Cassowary logged by Mary & David at 1215. We drove from Melbourne to Townsville over a two week period (visting friends, relatives and caches along the way) to attend a RAAF reunion. A great time it was too. Having most of a day free when we first arrived, the temptation to travel the extra distance to Mission Beach proved irresistable. We had visited the area 30 years earlier, but there was no Big Cassowary then. On our way in from the Bruce Highway turnoff, we passed through a long stretch of road signposted as a cassowary conservation area and limited to 80 km/h. We were soon delighted to see an adult cassowary, presumably female, with three brown chicks cross the road right in front of us. A quick grab for the new digital camera and we recorded the adult and one of the chicks. We had thought cassowaries were bigger, but this adult stood only a little over 1m tall. Setting off again, we soon found the Big Cassowary, and more photos followed. (Here we must beg Geomonkeys' indulgence, as some finger trouble with the camera somehow lost the photo with the GPSr showing). A superb lunch of fresh Spanish Mackerel by the beach followed, then we set off back to Townsville. On the way back, we bought 10 huge, delicious bananas at a roadside farm stall for just $1, then detoured inland at Ingham to revisit the lovely Wallaman Falls (S18 35.351, E145 48.341). At 305m, I understand they are Australia's highest single sheer drop. The Wollomombi Falls near Armidale are higher in total at 470m, but only include a 220m sheer drop. All in all a wonderful day!

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The Big Mango. Mary & David noticed this delicious structure at the visitors centre on the southern approach to Bowen on the Bruce Highway in North Queensland.

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S 36° 27.645 E 146° 13.185
I hope I can log this as a 'find' since no one has actually logged it. Big Ned Kelly stands proud in the main street of Glenrowan. The town where he finally come a cropper. Ned, who wrote many pages in Australian history and was Oz's most famous bushranger was finally laid to rest or met his death in the old Melbounre Gaol in ..... (a long time ago)

SES RATS
 

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S 34° 14.802 E 140° 37.296
Found By Team Piggy.

The Big Orange, Berri SA.
Found on Team Piggy's whirlwing cache tour of the riverland (6 hours, 250 kms, 10 caches found, 3 placed).


[last edit: 5/24/2002 12:06:22 AM PST]
 

21st

S 34° 46.014 E 149° 41.937
The Big Merino
It was a sad day when they opened the Goulburn by-pass, no longer could you drive by the Big Merino.
Now you have to make a detour to visit this icon to all things big, however people are still doing it, you even have to wait in line to get a photo. The Big Merino is not only big it is also practical with its tourist shop and displays about sheep and wool plus the lookout. Now if there was only something to look at.
 

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S 35° 59.834 E 148° 46.483
This ~10m high Trout can be found near the Snowy Mountains.
Adaminaby is situated within 7 kilometers of the largest trout fishery in the Southern hemisphere. Near Lake Eucumbene it has a shore line of aproximately 240 Km. The Lake is generously stocked with both Brown and Rainbow Trout and fish to 7 kg. The near by rivers are also stocked and offer great sport for the enthusiast.
 

20th

S 34° 49.267 E 138° 53.524
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The Big Rocking Horse at Gumeracha, South Australia was found by Team GeoCoopers.
On a day out caching back in April we took the photo for the GeoMonkeys Big List.
Now finally we can log it as a locationless cache.
 

19th

S 34° 35.353 E 150° 35.895
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THE BIG XXXX

This is a fabulous tourist attraction near Fitzroy Falls. There are many interactive exhibits for the kids and adults will appreciate the themed coffee shop nearby. We enjoyed the many souvenier shops and came back with a bag full of goodies ready for future cache swaps! Good one, Anyone who finds one!
 

19th

S 33° 17.378 E 151° 14.008
Hick!, found the little boddle Hick. 'Sempty now!
hick!  

19th

THE BIG DINOSAUR is now painted pink not yellow. Must be his winter coat.  

19th

S 33° 53.542 E 151° 02.462
THE BIG BICYCLE
This bicycle is at the entrance to a waste management site and is made of recycled materials.
It is just near the RSPCA.
 

19th

S 33° 25.218 E 149° 37.548
The BIG GOLDPANNER
This giant of a man and his gold pan is near the city of Bathurst NSW. He is in the grounds of a motel by the same name but I wonder if he has ever struck any gold.Keep trying Mate!!
 

18th

S 36° 27.828 E 146° 13.250
We also found Ned kelly, but as this is our own cache, we'll only log him as a note. someone else can have the find for this one... ( hint hint,tangles?}

[last edit: 5/19/2002 8:19:35 PM PST]  

18th

S 36° 26.591 E 146° 14.380
found this cheery cherry guy on the way back from the BIG Ned Kelly, and Big Snowman.

say Cheese!  

18th

S 36° 51.873 E 147° 16.887
Here we are at the BIg snow man at Falls Creek VIC. I'm saying, It's verry very cold!. Mummy says
Brrr!
Samuel.
GeoMonkey Jnr.