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The Big Merino is a 15.2 metres (50 ft) tall concrete merino ram, located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. Nicknamed "Rambo" by locals, the Big Merino contains a gift shop on the ground floor and a wool display on the second floor. Visitors can climb to the top and look out through the Merino's eyes to view the local area.

Big Merino
Completion date	1985; 37 years ago (1985)
Subject	Merino
Dimensions	15.2 m (50 ft) tall
Weight	97 tonnes (95 long tons; 107 short tons)
Location	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

The Big Merino was officially opened on 20 September 1985 at No.98 Hume St, Goulburn, approximately 800 metres north-east of its current location.

In 1992, the Hume Highway bypassed Goulburn, which resulted in a loss of 40 busloads of tourists to the Big Merino complex per day.[1] On 26 May 2007, the Big Merino was moved to a location closer to the Hume Highway to increase visitor numbers, and is now located near the freeway interchange at a service station. Today, a drive-through car wash occupies Rambo's original location.

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  The Big Merino
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  After the 2007 relocation
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  Rambo's new home
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  In April 2009.

See also

• Australia's big things
• List of world's largest roadside attractions

References

External links

• www.bigmerino.com.au

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