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The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.

A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

This 4.5-meter-tall statue of a native Australian bird marks Hydro Aluminium's 40th year in the area.

Modeled after the big, ferocious Hexham Grey mosquito.

Once an aquarium, this sanctuary now rescues sharks and rays from fishing nets.

Standing in celebration of where the cattle dog was bred.

A fallen bull's legacy lives on in the rural cattle town that is named after him.

6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.

For nearly 50 years this airplane that crashed during World War II remained missing in the remote Australian backcountry.

Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.

A colorful sculpture of an Australian symbol patrols an otherwise ordinary traffic island.

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

An iconic designer dunny inspired by Aboriginal fishing baskets.

Originally made for a fruit festival in the area in 1998 this was then erected outside the railway station and is now one of Australia’s iconic “Big Things” right at the side of the highway.