'Big Pear' showdown: the juicy rivalry growing in regional Australia

Australian Community Media

A fresh fruit fight has broken out over who really owns the title of Australia’s Big Pear, as Shepparton unveils plans for a $1.3 million mega-fruit that could rival Canberra’s famed pear sculptures. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.

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00:00We made it the banana.

00:02Australia's obsession with oversized roadside attractions has taken a juicy new turn

00:07as a battle of the big pears brews between Victoria and the ACT.

00:13The regional city of Shepparton has announced plans to construct the world's largest pear,

00:18a three-storey fiberglass fruit estimated to cost $1.3 million

00:23as part of a push to become the country's capital of big things.

00:29Locals say it would honour the Goulburn Valley's rich fruit-growing history

00:33and offer an exceptional interactive visitor experience.

00:38But those plans might be going pear-shaped, says Canberra.

00:41Its suburb of Parks already hosts a cluster of oversized pear sculptures

00:46outside the National Gallery, a work by artist George Balderson dating back to the 1960s.

00:53Australia is already home to over 150 big things,

00:57from the Big Pineapple to the Big Merino,

01:00which draw hundreds of thousands of tourists each year

01:03and form a quirky backbone of regional tourism.

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