Western Australia's 'Big' Ram
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325759)
Rockingham, Australia
March 13, 2017 1:04am CST
Wagin, Western Australia, is another Australian country town that has a 'giant' as a tourist attraction. Recently I wrote about the giant galah that stands in Kimba, South Australia.
The Big Ram stands in an attractive park in the Great Southern town. Wagin is about 225km south-east of our capital, Perth. The ram was 'opened' in 1985 and is an imposing structure commemorating the reliance of the area on wool and sheep.
The ram stand seven metres high and is 15 metres long. Wool is an important industry for Australia. In its early history it was often said that 'Australia rode on the sheep's back'. No wonder Herc is a bit arrogant at times.
The photo is from Wikimedia Commons.
By Nachoman-au [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
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Herc is not arrogant, but he surely knows to be "important". This is a huge statue.
@allknowing (130066)
• India
13 Mar 17
We were taken to a shearing place in Cairn and attached to that place there was a store where they were selling lanolin cream. Since I do not use any cream I did not buy but others did.
What about Herc? Is he sheared as well and if so do you use that wool?
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
13 Mar 17
@JudyEv Lanolin did the trick to your father's hands I bet (lol)
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Mar 17
I wonder how big a sweater that wool could make.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
13 Mar 17
This is something we should be doing here in the UK. I'd love to see massive statues of historical significance as i entered every town. Certainly more interesting than a McDonald's or an abandoned warehouse which is what we normally get as we approach towns and cities.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
13 Mar 17
I need to check around here, I am sure there must be some of these giants as well. You have done a great job of introducing the ones you saw on your travels.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Mar 17
A ton of wool could be sheared from that big boy!
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Mar 17
You should put an even bigger statue of Herc at the entrance to your property! 
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
14 Mar 17
Another big one.. Hope i can visit these places oneday
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 17
@amandajay Yes, some of those are really big aren't they?
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
14 Mar 17
@JudyEv mmm this much big things... Mmm i dont think so.. But we do have huge lord budhdha satutes...
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 17
Yes, he should, shouldn't he? He's pretty much just a smaller version. :)
@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 17
Yes, they are taking something that is relevant to the area and using that as a focus.
