Tiny Tirau proves that Australia isn’t the only place with big things

December 14th, 2007 by Tim Uden

Australia has the big banana, the big lobster, the big koala and several big pineapples. But Australia isn’t alone, and the tiny town of Tirau in the Waikato region of New Zealand’s North Island has the big sheep and the big sheep dog.

Unlike the usual fibreglass used in Australia, Tirau’s big things are done in corrugated iron and Tirau’s big sheep looks a lot better than the big merino in Goulburn, NSW.

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