Heading north for the Big Things in life

 We've just come back from a road trip up to Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. I wasn't primarily seeking out the Big Things, but they do seem to catch the eye (and camera).

Coffs Harbour's Big Banana was one of the first of Australia's iconic Big Things, and one of the best known. It's also known for being a bit smaller than you expect it to be, and a (Big?) disappointment.



I did rather like the Big Prawn at Ballina, opposite the Big Bunnings store there. I just read that a few years ago Ballina Council voted to allow its demolition, but Bunnings bought it and saved it. Good for them!

The Big Pineapple at Nambour is another old stalwart, and here's a Big Golf Ball, found lurking in the grounds of the Big Banana.

What else did we find? Well here's that Big Bunnings, and not far to the north of there, at the Macadamia Castle at Knockrow, we came across the Big Knight. I'd never heard of him.

Surfers Paradise had a rather big residential tower block, Q1.





And Australia Zoo, at Landsborough, Queensland, was big in lots of ways. Here are its big tortoises and a big (prehistoric) crocodile.

And here's Wikipedia's piece about Australia's 150 or so 'official' Big Things:  
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia's_big_things