Get your oversized pineapples here!
If you've spent any time driving around Australia then you'll know about Australia's “Big Things”, a collection of man made monuments homage-ing a variety of local flora, fauna or speciality. The beauty of these constructions is their varied quality, some of them are quite good renderings and some of them are really, really poor. Though even the worst ones aren't without their strange charms. If you're a fan of these modern tributes then you'll be interested to hear that one of the best known big things, the Big Pineapple, is currently up for sale.
It's on the Sunshine Coast, 15mins from Maroochydore, and the agents selling it, Ray White, say its features include: a macadamia nut factory, a confectionary factory, nine residential properties, parking for over 700 cars, a shop and a restaurant. It doesn't list the pineapple itself as an asset, but there are lots of photos of it on the site, so the assumption is that while business operation isn't included in the sale, the pineapple itself is.
It's a good way to start your collection of oversized local produce. I'd personally go for the Big Merino next to diversify into fauna.
P.S. From Nomsa: apparently Australia isn't the only country where people like to experiment with supersizing things. In Newark, Ohio, someone has designed an office block that looks like a picnic basket:
Nice.
