On our trek north we stopped for a toilet break one day at a small country town in Qld called Augathella. In the park is a sculpture known as the big meat ant. Seriously impressive. I am gathering quite a collection of "big" things.
On the wall of the old picture theatre is a mural dedicated to A Boy Called Smiley. I was a very young child when the Smiley movies came out in the 1950's. They were about a young boy from Augathella and they contain several references to the district. The signature tune from the movies was a smash hit in its day and my younger sibling uses it as the lead in to his regular Sunday programme on the local radio station where he volunteers. Seeing the murals and knowing where the story originated was very special.
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