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Cobar, Australia

Big Beer Can

Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.
Tocumwal, Australia

Big Murray Cod

Fiberglass fish built in 1968 after months of fundraising.
Broken Hill, Australia

Titanic Bandsmen Memorial

A modest park memorial pays tribute to one of the Titanic's most revered storylines.
Lake Cathie, Australia

Big Bowl

Australian holiday town hosts world's largest bowling ball.
Guyra, Australia

Big Lamb

Monument to the area's potato and lamb industries.
Port Pirie, Australia

Port Pirie Barnacle Bill

Worship at the altar of seafood at this fish-and-chip shop housed inside the town's oldest stone church.
Parramatta, Australia

St. John’s Cemetery

The oldest European burial ground in Australia.
Taree, Australia

Big Oyster

Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.
Canberra, Australia

Phar Lap's Heart

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.
Taranna, Australia

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.
Melbourne, Australia

Larry La Trobe Statue

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.
Young, Australia

Big Cherries

Honoring the annual National Cherry Festival.
Adaminaby, Australia

The Big Trout

This giant trout was made by a singular fisherman who wanted to honor his local trade.
La Perouse, Australia

Coast Cemetery

Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.
Rookwood, Australia

Rookwood Cemetery

The largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere.
Williamstown, Australia

Titanic Theatre Restaurant

Enjoy all the trappings from 1912 aboard this Titanic-themed restaurant.
Melbourne, Australia

Phar Lap

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.
Wagin, Australia

Giant Ram

Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.
Katoomba, Australia

Odd Mountain

A small curiosity shop with items ranging from antique medical supplies to taxidermied animals.
Derby, Australia

Derby Boab 'Prison Tree'

Critics argue this boab tree has been mislabeled for the sake of dark tourism, undermining its spiritual significance.
Kurri Kurri, Australia

Big Kookaburra

This 4.5-meter-tall statue of a native Australian bird marks Hydro Aluminium's 40th year in the area.
Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Banana

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
St Leonards, Australia

Gore Hill Cemetery

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.
Duranbah, Australia

Big Avocado

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.