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96 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017PHOTOGRAPHS: LISA MAREE WILLIAMS/GETTY, ISTIMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK, WILLIAM WEST/AFP/GETTY IMAGES, JOHN W BANAGAN/GETTY``````BIG PINEAPPLEAustralia has a plethora of over-sized attractionsdesigned to draw passing traffic. Sure, they’rekitsch, but that’s part of the fun. The Big Pineapplehas even been visited by the British royal family.Obigpineapple.com.au``````BIG GOLDEN GUITARIn Tamworth, Australia’s country music capital,the Big Golden Guitar fronts a tourist centre witha wax museum and music shop.Obiggoldenguitar.com.au``````BIG ROCKING HORSEEver wished your toys were bigger? The world’sbiggest rocking horse opened in 1981 to attractvisitors to the onsite toy factory.Othetoyfactory.com.au``````BIG LOBSTERDespite some cracks showing, ‘Larry’ has beenenticing folk to a seafood restaurant since 1979.If only they had a super-sized saucepan.OPrinces Hwy, Kingston, South Australia``````GOLDEN GUMBOOTThree Queensland towns compete to see who hasthe highest annual rainfall. The prize is a rubberboot, commemorated with this outsize replica.Otullychamber.com.au``````BIG MERINOThis 97-tonne ‘Rambo’ houses an exhibition onwool – a source of Australian prosperity – witha viewing platform and shop. Not baaad at all.Obigmerino.com.au``````BIG NED KELLYIf you do the crime, you pay the time. If you’reAustralia’s most infamous outlaw, however, youget immortalised by a 6m fibreglass figure.OGlenrowan, near Wangaratta, Victoria``````GIANT KOALAThis towering, slightly scary-looking critter wasrecently renamed Sam in memory of a koala thatsuffered burns in a bush fire and later died ofchlamydia. Only in Australia...Ogrampianspoint.com.au## BIGAUSTRALIA’SROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS