Disappointingly, Glen Innes won’t be the home of the ‘Big Kilt’ after all.
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Instead Chinchilla in Queensland has been announced as the home of the ‘Next Big Thing’ – part of a competition run by travel site Wotif.
Wotif Managing Director, Daniel Finch said, “We kicked off the search for Australia’s ‘Next Big Thing’ to celebrate Wotif’s 18thbirthday in early September and since then, we’ve had widespread involvement from Aussies far and wide.
“While there can be only one winner, we’d like to thank each and every person who nominated, voted and supported the search for Australia’s ‘Next Big Thing’.
“In fact, we received such an overwhelming response at the final shortlisting stage, that the total number of votes equates to 70 per cent of the population in our four finalist towns.
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“It goes to show the significance of ‘Big Things’ in Australia and how sentimental Aussies are about them.”
Australia’s newest ‘Big Thing’ celebrates the region’s rich melon industry and Chinchilla’s legendary event: MelonFest, where every two years, more than 15,000 travellers make the trip to Chinchilla to get their melon on at the world’s biggest melon festival.
The Big Melon stands at almost nine metres wide and over three metres tall - weighing four tonnes it is located at the Chinchilla Visitor Centre.