Video: Architectural hyperbolism: monuments of enormous size in Australia
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
If Gulliver traveled to real countries of the world, one would assume that Australia - This is the heiress of the country of giants Brobdingneg. Amazingly, there are so many "scattered" monuments of enormous sizethat seems to be the legacy of a civilization of giants. The 11-meter miracle banana was the first to appear on the mainland in 1964. Since then, many giant sights have been built throughout the country, today there are 150 of them!
The idea to create a giant fruit came from John Landl, a citrus fruit dealer. He wanted to draw attention to his product, so he built such an unusual sculpture on the Pacific Highway in Coffs Harbor. Over the years, the banana has become one of the main tourist attractions, as well as provoked the emergence of a number of other unusual statues, some of which even made it into the Guinness Book of Records due to their size.
Similar "in spirit" to a banana and a giant 16-meter pineapple, established in 1971 in the southeast of Queensland. It is noteworthy that even the crowned persons came to see him - Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1983. The sculpture is installed next to a pineapple plantation; tourists can take an impromptu journey through it in a small train, which will also take them to the zoo.
Another landmark of impressive size is the Golden Guitar, installed in 1988 opposite the famous Longyard Hotel on the road to Sydney. The creator of the sculpture is Slim Dusty, a renowned country performer. The Golden Guitar is traditionally considered the symbol of the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
However, one of the funnier sculptures can rightfully be called the 8-meter Boxing Crocodile. It is installed in the city with the no less funny name Humpty Doo.
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