In Margate, on the New Jersey Shore, we have Lucy, a six story high elephant that once served as a hotel. She is said to be the oldest example of zoomorphic architecture:
http://www.lucytheelephant.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting David Mann <[email protected]>: > >> Here's a cellphone snapshot of the big salmon in the town of Rakaia, which >> is on the banks of the Rakaia river about 40 minutes south of Christchurch. >> The Rakaia is one of our largest braided rivers and is very popular with >> fishermen for both salmon and trout. The bridge across the Rakaia is the >> longest in the country at 1757 metres. >> >> http://www.multi.net.nz/big-fish/ > > > > > I'll see your Big Fish and raise you our Big Galah (Kimba, in rural South > Australia). > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Big-Galah.jpg > > > In Australia, the 'big' craze started with the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour > in the 50s and grew from there. So we now have things like the Big > Barramundi at Daintree, the Big Merino at Goulburn, the Big Prawn at Ballina > and the Big Mosquito (Ossie the Mossie) at Hexam. > > Then there's the Big Potato at Robertson (which, to mild amusement of > visitors, looks more like a big turd...) > > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
