Big Merino

The Big Merino is a 15.2 metres (50 ft) tall concrete statue of a merino ram located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It was modelled after Rambo, a stud ram that lived on a local property.^[1]

Big Merino
The Big Merino in 2011
Completion date	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Medium	Concrete
Subject	Merino
Dimensions	15.2 m (50 ft) tall
Weight	97 tonnes (95 long tons; 107 short tons)
Location	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

The Big Merino was built near the Hume Highway in 1985.^[2] In 1992 the highway rerouted to bypass the town of Goulburn, which resulted in 40 fewer busloads of tourists visiting the Big Merino each day.^[3] On 26 May 2007, the Big Merino was moved to a location closer to the new Hume Highway to increase visitor numbers, and is now located near the freeway interchange at a service station.^[4]

Inside the Big Merino is a gift shop, an exhibition on the history of wool in Australia, and an observatory in the ram's eyes.^[5]

See also

• New South Wales portal

• Australia's big things
• List of world's largest roadside attractions