Feeling famished on the long trip between Brisbane and the Gold Coast? Then bake a stop in Yatala for the best snacks money can pie. The pastries from world famous Yatala Pies receive g-rave-y reviews and are truly to pie for!

This crust-see attraction is easy to spot – just keep a pie out for the super-sized snack out the front, which sits atop a towering 10 metre pole. This is one pie you just have to meat!

The Big Pie was built in the late ’70s, but was dismantled in 1998 when the old pie shop was knocked down. Thankfully, it returned to display in December 1999. and has been luring in passers-pie ever since.

Sadly, this cultural landmark is in danger of disappearing into a thicket of trees. At this rate, they’ll completely cover him between Four’n Twenty months. And we all know that the only thing that should cover Australia’s national food is a dollop of tomato sauce!

The 4.5-metre-wide Big Pie is also difficult to take a photo with due to his orientation. He faces up towards the freeway, rather than down towards the legion of fans beneath his flaky rump. If the owners don’t do something to fix the situation, I’ll be quite pie-rate.

Despite these failures, Yatala Pies has been operating for over 140 years. They now serve up an un-pie-lievable 3500 treats every day. That’s past-really impressive!

There’s plenty to keep you occu-pied!

Casting my keto diet aside in my pursuit of investigative journalism, I swaggered into Yatala Pies and gasped in awe at the size of the menu. Curried chicken, BBQ pork and mushroom mornay pies overwhelmed me, along with a delicious range of sausage rolls, hot chips, pavlovas and apple pies.

The restaurant also has vegetarian snacks available for pie-chase. The Big Cow will be pleased!

I like a man who can work a tool, so I opted for a big, tough tradie pie. Sadly, a tradie doesn’t come with it, but the sumptuous blend of steak, bacon, cheese, tomato and egg was just what I needed to power my endless quest for Big Things.

This might get me some hate mail, but I thought the ‘dog’s eyes’ were better than the one served at The Big Meat Pie in New South Wales. Queenslander, Queenslander!

Good-pie for now!