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Jake The Cake

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2022

I'm a 26 year old from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 who loves to travel and can't wait to see more of the world!

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Big Golden Guitar in Tamworth, Australia.

Hillvue, Australia

Big Golden Guitar

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

The Australian Standing Stones

Glen Innes, Australia

Australian Standing Stones

A tribute to the Celtic nations that helped settle Australia.

The Big Bunch of Bananas in Coffs Harbour. (Wikimedia Commons)

Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Bunch of Bananas

Roadside display for a popular fruit and vegetable stand.

The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour. (Wikimedia Commons)

Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Banana

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

Castrinium

Kenilworth, Australia

Canistrum Toilets

An iconic designer dunny inspired by Aboriginal fishing baskets.

Famous marker of a Queensland farm (Flickr/marj k)

Woombye, Australia

The Big Pineapple

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

The whale carving at Balls Head, Waverton.

Sydney, Australia

Aboriginal Carving of a Whale

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace

Myers Flat, Australia

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace

Largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade in the world, on a world tour through 2011.

Bunjil's Shelter

Black Range, Australia

Bunjil's Shelter

This ancient rock shelter features cave art and is one of the most culturally important sites in the country.

The Indooroopilly Pillar.

Indooroopilly, Australia

Walter Taylor Bridge

The pillar of this bridge contains a small home and underneath, a ballroom.

Streets Beach

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

SS Maheno

Fraser Island, Australia

SS Maheno

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

Lake McKenzie

Fraser Island, Australia

Lake McKenzie / Boorangoora

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

Sovereign Hill

Golden Point, Australia

Sovereign Hill

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

Centenary of Gold Discovery Monument

Ballarat, Australia

Centenary of Gold Discovery Monument

To commemorate a century of gold mining, this Australian city built a monument that features a replica of a 150-pound gold nugget found there in 1858.

The bust of Malcolm Turnbull on Prime Ministers Avenue.

Lake Wendouree, Australia

Prime Ministers Avenue

A collection of busts honor the first 29 prime ministers of Australia.

Staircase and entry to the haunted Governor's Bathroom.

Ararat, Australia

J Ward Museum

Now a museum, this was once a prison facility and a hospital for the “criminally insane.”

Daylesford Convent

Daylesford, Australia

Daylesford Convent

This former convent has been reimagined as a community center for artists.

The wooden front beacon and a ship leaving port

Port Melbourne, Australia

Port Melbourne Lighthouses

A pair of beacons from the 1920s guide ships steering a course to Melbourne.

Polly Woodside

South Wharf, Australia

Polly Woodside

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

Flinders Street Railway Station Photo Booth

Melbourne, Australia

Flinders Street Railway Station Photo Booth

This classic photo booth was saved from destruction by the local community.

Larry La Trobe

Melbourne, Australia

Larry La Trobe Statue

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

Ned Kellys Armour

Melbourne, Australia

Ned Kelly's Armour

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

The Organ Pipes are aptly named.

Keilor North, Australia

Organ Pipes

Cooled, fractured lava formed this geometric rock feature.

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