We have the Big Banana, the Big Prawn, the Big Pineapple and even the Big Spud (seriously, spud?) but is there room in Straya’s tourism for the ‘Big Bogan’?
‘Bloody Oath’ there is!
Yesterday, KarryOn ran a brief story in our ‘10 travel stories you need to know‘ about plans to erect a 3.6 metre statue of a ‘bogan’ to attract tourism to a small regional town in NSW.
The large male figure will sport a singlet, shorts, trucker cap, thongs while holding a fishing rod and an Esky by his feet.
The small town of Nyngan is hoping the statue named ‘The Big Bogan’ will give travellers a reason to visit.
And it may very well do the trick.
Since, the announcement ‘Bogan’ enthusiasts have taken to Twitter to share plane to visit their big steel mate.
One Twitter user dubbed it as “the most Australian thing to happen all week”, while another enthusiastically asked if it would be placed in front of Centrelink,
Here’s what a few more had to say:
Finally… Australia is getting a Big Bogan http://t.co/duldmh4EST
— Jason (@RRRatedRRR) April 9, 2015
Do bogans fish? http://t.co/Xawpt3WqgU via @ConversationEDU #straya
— Michael van Vliet (@vlietman) April 9, 2015
@Studio10au don’t need to go to #Nyngan to see a #big bogan
— sonas (@sonas2013) April 9, 2015
The idea for the big steel statue comes from Reverend Graham McLeod of Nyngan’s St. Mark’s Anglican Church, who sketched the idea and presented it to Shire council members.
And apparently they didn’t laugh it off like we did when we first read about it, because the project is actually being considered.
The Reverend said the statue is about bringing tourism and creating recognition for the Shire.
“Nyngan is a place where you leave Dubbo of a morning and stop for morning tea. This gives people another reason to stop. Actually, I’m even hoping we can attract people from overseas to come and sit with The Big Bogan.”
