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The Big Bull was a large (14 metres × 21 metres)
Australian Big Things
Big things in New South Wales Animal sculptures in Australia Cattle in art Concrete sculptures in Australia 2007 disestablishments in Australia {{public-art-stub
The Big Bull was a large (14 metres × 21 metres) Holstein
Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of German ...
bull
A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species ''Bos taurus'' (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species (i.e., cows), bulls have long been an important symbol in many religions,
includin ...
fibreglass model located near Wauchope, New South Wales
Wauchope () is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is within the boundaries of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area. Wauchope is inland on the Hastings River and the Oxley Highway west of Port Macquar ...
, Australia. When open, it contained a gift shop on the ground floor and a beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus'').
In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantit ...
display.
It was located just off the Oxley Highway
Oxley Highway is a rural highway in New South Wales, Australia, linking Nevertire, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Tamworth, and Walcha to Port Macquarie, on the coast of the Tasman Sea. It was named to commemorate John Oxley, the first European t ...
between Wauchope and the Pacific Highway. The structure was torn down in October 2007.
The Big Bull notably had a swinging set of testicles.
See also
*Australia's big things
The big things of Australia are large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures. There are estimated to be over 230 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in Australi ...
*List of world's largest roadside attractions
This is a list of verifiably notable roadside attractions.
Asia
Thailand
* Great Buddha of Thailand
Europe
North America Canada
Alberta
* World's Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller, Alberta
* Vegreville egg (Ukrainian Easter egg), Vegrevil ...
*Timbertown
Timbertown is a popular attraction, depicting the colonial era of a sawmiller's village in northern New South Wales. It is located on 39 hectares (87 acres) of coastal blackbutt (''Eucalyptus pilularis'') forest on the Oxley Highway at Wauchop ...
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Australian Big Things
Big things in New South Wales Animal sculptures in Australia Cattle in art Concrete sculptures in Australia 2007 disestablishments in Australia {{public-art-stub