An Australian Icon

And here it is...the quintessential Australian Big Thing; a paragon of antipodean architecture; an inspirational landmark to tourists throughout the Ozzie East Coast...THE BIG PRAWN!! Notice the intricate design; the pincers faithfully reproduced, the probing antennae; the massive, all seeing eyes. Fair dinkum, a thing of beauty!

Another view of this formidable crustacean. It's located in Ballina, a river/beach town about 200 km S of Brisbane. The coast between Sydney and Brisbane has several versatile resort towns that are located at the mouths of large rivers. Thus you can do all the freshwater and saltwater ocean sports. Go surfing and water skiing in the same afternoon? No problem.

And here's The Lizard posing with The Prawn. I think Lizard was impressed...the Prawn is even larger than the gators he saw in Florida!