Australians crown the best “Big Thing” after a gruelling week of voting
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Australians crown the best “Big Thing” after a gruelling week of voting
A road trip around Australia would never be complete until seeing at least one “Big Thing” erected in a town — the Big Pineapple in Woombye, NSW, the Big Peanut in Kingaroy, Queensland, and the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, NSW, just to name a few!
While each giant mascot symbolises the town where it is located, Aussies have not stopped arguing on which of these Big Things is the country's most elite.
So, to put an end to the age-old debate, ABC Rural's Warwick Long created a poll pitting the large icons against each other on Twitter.
"What is the best 'big thing' in Australia?" he asked in his poll.
Mr Long explained the mechanics, writing: "Each round has a head to head matchup between big things with the winner moving to the next round."
"Google is your friend if you don't know the big thing. Vote in the thread."
And after a week of voting in the poll — which included 64 of the "Big Things" you can find in the country such as Kurri Kurri’s Big Kookaburra and the Big Koala in Dadswells Bridge, Victoria — a winner was finally crowned.
The top two contenders for the title are Larry the Big Lobster — which you can find near Kingston in South Australia — and Goulburn's Rambo the Big Merino.
Larry the Lobby and Rambo the Merino faced at the final round of voting for the best “Big Thing”. Credit: Pedestrian.tv.
Interestingly, the public was divided on which of these two Big Things is better than one another as the race between them was neck and neck.
However, Larry's fans appeared to be much more eager than Rambo's supporters to make their favourite win the poll as they flooded Twitter with calls to vote for their beloved giant crustacean.
After the intense 24-hour battle between the two icons, Larry the Lobster emerged victorious after gaining 52.9% of the vote.
For those who are curious which of the Big Things made it to the semi-final round, the other two giant icons were the Pineapple and the Banana.
Check out this tweet to see how the voting turned out for each round:
We love the Big Banana here at the SDC! Which one is your favourite? Let us know stories from your travels to big things far and wide below!
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