Big and Small

Australia has a fascination for BIG things.
​The big banana, the big sheep, the big guitar and even a big funnel web spider

The Big Lobster - a tourist attraction located in the town of Kingston,  South Australia.
Known locally as "Larry the Lobster,"  the sculpture stands 17 meters tall.

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There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she didn't know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread;
​Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

Anything you can do, we can do bigger 
-   India

But in Robertson we feed them spuds - big spuds

Aussies also like small cuddly critters.
​and the real ones are usually sleeping. 
Port Stephens

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The Big Merino is a 15.2 metres tall concrete merino ram. 
Goulburn, New South Wales

Captain Cook   -   Cairns

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I think that I am my own food.  Botanic Gardens - Sydney

Big Rubik’s Cube -  Maroubra Beach

When I woke up this morning my legs felt like lumps of wood!

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Ned Kelly Junior - outside the shop next door. 
(Low budget Ned - or perhaps the cash for a bigger statue was stolen by Ned's gang?)'

Australia's most infamous gangster, now also Australia's 'biggest' gangster
​Ned Kelly - Gundagai

Dame Edna's loo - Parkes Australia

Small child, small problems.  Big child, big problems.  -  Canberra

The true Aussie meaning of "having the run's"
G.N.

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