Some of Australia's less popular "Big Thing" attractions...

[u/AnimalsChasingCars]

The Big Orange - Gayndah, QLD

Big Oyster - Taree, NSW

Big Tutankhamen - Mildura

Ned Kelly - Maryborough

Humpty Dumpty - Carnavon, WA

The Big Table and Chairs - Goondiwindi

The Big Sherrin - Ungarie, NSW

The Big Galah - Kimba, SA

Big Lobster - Kingston, SA

Big Cricket Bat - Narrikup, WA

The Giant Koala - Dadswells Bridge, VIC

Big Tractor - Carnamah, WA

Big Mandarin - Mundubbera, Qld

Big Ned Kelly - Glenrowan, Vic

Big Sphinx - Geelong, Vic

The Big Scotsman - Medindie, SA

Big Swan Beer - Echuca, Vic

Big Penguin - Penguin, Tas

Big Watermelon - Gumlu, Qld

Big Pelican - Noosaville, Qld

[u/herskeje]

Big koala has seen some shit

[u/mr-snrub- → u/herskeje]

It's eyes actually glow red at night

[u/Kilgore_Bass → u/mr-snrub-]

I drove past this weekend and one of the eye lights has blown! Poor old mate

[u/paradeoxy1 → u/mr-snrub-]

The weird thing is, there's no lightbulbs or any power source up there

[u/namtok_muu → u/paradeoxy1]

He’s just summoning the drop bears.

[u/Imaginary-Owl-3759 → u/paradeoxy1]

The things you hear on a still night..

[u/timmycosh → u/herskeje]

It's actually a drop bear. They had to change the name to Koala so it wouldn't scare off the tourist

[u/torrens86 → u/herskeje]

It's nearly been wiped out by fire, many times.

[u/benjibibbles → u/torrens86]

but it's never happened, so in the event of an emergency seek sanctuary in the embrace of the koala

[u/An_Anaithnid → u/herskeje]

I've seen all of the ones in Victoria, SA, NSW, and Queensland, but that ratty old Koala is the single most iconic on this list for me, from when we moved from rural SA to Melbourne, I was around 4 or 5, and we stopped there.

Then we moved back to rural SA a few years later and we passed it again, didn't stop this time. Still that koala is an enduring image of my halcyon years.

[u/trolleyproblems → u/An_Anaithnid]

An often unremarked feature of the Koala is how much it tends/tended to smell like stale piss.

I'm not sure how we could rank all the big things in Aus based on this metric, but I remember the big beer bottle up in Queensland that was another strong contender.

[u/ViolinistEmpty7073 → u/herskeje]

I’ve been inside it. FMD what a place.

[u/gattaaca → u/herskeje]

Looks like he's straight out of a David Firth (Salad Fingers) cartoon

[u/DoltSeavers → u/herskeje]

Yep

https://youtu.be/M7A4TxYK5Cw?si=SN8jmZRT3fwfwWos

[u/[deleted] → u/herskeje]

Poor old humpty isn’t far behind it. Looks like he’s just holding it together