On the world’s longest golf course, the fairways are rough and the dog-legs might be dingoes’
Stretching 1,365km across remote South Australia and Western Australia, the unique challenge of the Nullarbor Links takes a week to complete and inspires devotion among the players
July 2025
Green zone: Australian city of Shepparton to grow a huge pear
The three-storey fibreglass fruit is estimated to cost at least $1.3m but historian says regional city in the running to be the ‘capital of big things in Australia’
December 2024
Roadside colossi: the global allure of a really Big Thing and the Queensland expert plotting their rise
Traditionally considered a US, Canadian and Australian phenomenon, a new survey shows Big Things are far more universal than previously thought
October 2024
The rural network
‘Where’d you find tyres that size?’ Giant red tractor is Australia’s newest Big Thing
The world’s biggest tractor statue stands 11.5 metres tall and dominates the skyline of Carnamah in the country’s west
August 2024
Best reads of 2024
Sweet dreams are made of this: Queensland’s Big Pineapple is back. Is it still a big deal?
Touting itself in the 1970s as Australia’s No 1 tourist attraction, the country’s biggest ‘big thing’ is back in business
March 2024
Big Trout’s ‘hideous’ pink makeover leaves NSW town seeing red
Adaminaby residents decry Snowy Mountains landmark’s colour scheme, with new design set to go to community consultation
September 2022
I am no longer the Big Potato Heiress – I hope the new owners realise how special it is
Melanie Tait
Melanie Tait grew up in the imposing shadow of the much-loved and much-mocked landmark in the NSW town of Robertson. Now the family is selling up
December 2016
In defence of the Big Potato: a robust retort to galloping gentrification
