The Big Prawn

2022 On our way home from Queensland, we stayed overnight in Ballina, the home of the Big Prawn.

The Big Prawn's story began in 1989 when it was built without a tail. Its first home was on top of a service station.

Brothers Attila and Louis Mokany, from Hungary, developed service stations around NSW and decided to build big things to help attract road trippers to their business.

The sculptures they built were a tribute to the main industries in each town. Goulburn got a big Merino ram, Taree a big oyster and Ballina got a big prawn.

South Australian sculptor James Martin was the man behind the crustacean's design.
2017 article
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-01/big-prawn-still-celebrates...