MINI: Loose History Of Australia - Big Things

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Music Interviews

4.7 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Christian O'Connell and the team dive into the weird and wonderful world of Australia's giant roadside attractions. From the Big Scotsman to the Big Pineapple, they explore the country's obsession with building massive, often bizarre, structures. They discuss the history behind these giant landmarks, including the Big Banana and the Big Lobster, and how they've become a staple of Australian culture.

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0:00.0	IHart Podcasts.
0:02.3	You can hear more
0:03.1	Gold 104.3 podcast, playlist,
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0:09.2	Got anything good?
0:11.1	Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
0:30.2	Christian, we used to have our wedding video from 1992 VHS, and my husband taped to Rambo.
0:32.0	Oh, my things.
0:33.7	Seriously.
0:39.0	The replacement show is funny, like binkie Bill over your mom and dad's wedding video.
0:42.4	It's the fact that it's a wedding video, which is so cherished.
0:48.4	And I'm guessing for the ones we're talking about here, they didn't realize that VHS was not going to be around forever.
0:52.5	So they didn't transfer it to DVD and now, you know, online.
0:57.7	So the big news has broken this week is announced by Eric Trump.
1:00.2	We're not making this up. It's not fake news.
1:05.6	They're building a 91-story, 340-meter golden tower.
1:07.9	You really know where it is, surface paradise.
1:18.4	Because it's exactly what Australia needs is another random megastructure at the side of a road.
1:23.6	Because what I've learned from living in Australia is you love random.
1:28.3	I mean really, really random things at the side of a freeway or road.
1:29.2	That's true, actually.
1:32.6	So actually, I get where Eric Trump's obviously just been studying the history of Australia.
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