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New South Wales

The Big Playable Guitar, Narrandera, NSW

For more than a decade, the far-flung village of Narrandera was the centre of the Big Thing universe. As home to the World’s Largest Playable Guitar – a 5.82m-long acoustic axe that fascinated music lovers and Thing-o-philes alike – the region’s economy boomed. Then the unthinkable happened, and it all came crashing down. This is the story of how the music almost died. Looking to … Continue reading The Big Playable Guitar, Narrandera, NSW

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Big Fish, New South Wales

The Big Murray Cod, Tocumwal, NSW

“Oh my cod, isn’t he big!” Visitors to the river village of Tocumwal have been exclaiming this for almost six decades, and this water-dwelling dreamboat has lived a life most of us would be en-fish-ious of. This bulky baby boomer’s story starts in the swingin’ 60s, when three of the more rebellious members of the local Chamber of Commerce decided the town needed something exciting … Continue reading The Big Murray Cod, Tocumwal, NSW

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