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Mundaring, Australia

Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

An engineering masterpiece, or “Scheme of Madness?”
Derwent Bridge, Australia

The Wall In The Wilderness

Carved panels tell the complete history of the harsh Central Highlands region.
Dumbleyung, Australia

Site of 1964 World Water Speed Record

See the lake and replica where a daredevil broke both world land and water speed records in the same year.
Taroona, Australia

Taroona Shot Tower

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.
Glenelg North, Australia

The Old Gum Tree

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.
Sydney, Australia

Aboriginal Carving of a Whale

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.
Broken Hill, Australia

Big Ant

Designed by artist Pro Hart, built elsewhere in 1980.
Ghan, Australia

Lambert Centre of Australia

Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.
Bodalla, Australia

Big Cheese

Giant wheel of cheese marks a dairying village.
Yerrinbool, Australia

Big Apple

Entrance to a famous orchard with nine types of apples.
Moonbi, Australia

Big Chook

Fiberglas monument to Moonbi's poultry industry.
Clifton Hill, Australia

Clifton Hill Shot Tower

The largest shot tower in Australia is a unique reminder of industrial ammunitions history.
Cobar, Australia

Big Beer Can

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

'Savior of a Friend'

On Keriri/Hammond Island, a marker shares the story of an imprisoned woman and the island she saved and that eventually saved her—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
Lake Cathie, Australia

Big Bowl

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

Big Gold Panner

Hopefully inspecting his tin pan for little nuggets of gold.
Hexham, Australia

Big Mosquito

Modeled after the big, ferocious Hexham Grey mosquito.
Tocumwal, Australia

Big Murray Cod

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

Big Miner's Lamp

Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.
Blinman, Australia

'Harsh Pasture'

In the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, this marker marks the severe haven of War Kangaroos that once roamed here in the fictional parallel world of Kcymaerxthaere.
Wauchope, Australia

Big Bull

Large enough to house an internal gift shop.
Young, Australia

Big Cherries

Honoring the annual National Cherry Festival.
Diwan, Australia

Daintree Entomological Museum

Australia's largest collection of rare and bizarre insects.
Tenterfield, Australia

Big Orange

Just one of many oranges on this citrus-happy continent.