The Big Apple

Donnybrook / Beelerup, Western Australia, Australia

Roadside giants

Current – limited access

Checked by Project Big Things · Sep 2026

This Big Thing is still here, but public access is limited. Check the access notes for details before visiting.

A 7.5-metre fibreglass Lady Williams apple associated with the Big Apple Farmstay near Donnybrook.

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The Big Apple

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Approximate location · 33.577° S, 115.825° E

FIELD GUIDE

The story

It is a Lady Williams, which is a considerably more specific claim than most giant fruit makes.

The 7.5-metre fibreglass apple near Donnybrook depicts a named cultivar rather than a generic apple, and the choice is exactly right. Lady Williams was discovered as a chance seedling near Donnybrook in the 1930s – a Western Australian original that became commercially significant in its own right and, crossed with Golden Delicious, produced Pink Lady, one of the most successful apple varieties ever bred anywhere.

So a district that gave the world Pink Lady's parent has put up a giant Lady Williams. That is a genuine local claim, and considerably better than a generic red apple would have been.

Donnybrook has been Western Australia's principal apple district for well over a century, and the country around Beelerup and the Preston Valley is orchard land.

The object is associated with the Big Apple Farmstay. Current 2026 Donnybrook-Balingup Chamber mapping still identifies the farmstay, accommodation listings show it operating, and the current WA specialist census places the apple at 186 Grist Road.

One clear caution the record carries: this is private farmstay property, and access should not be assumed. A giant apple visible from a road is not an invitation to drive up a farm track.

Australia now has Big Apples at Bacchus Marsh, Tallong, Spreyton, Yerrinbool and here, plus one at Waitomo in New Zealand – a crowded field.

Not documented anywhere: any date at all.

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PRACTICAL

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WHAT TO EXPECT

The Big Apple is historically associated with the former Big Apple Tourist and Wildlife Park / Big Apple Farmstay at 186 Grist Road. Current September 2026 property marketing describes the 40.6 ha property as being used for cattle breeding and offered for sale, so PBT no longer describes the farmstay as an operating visitor business. Current evidence does not establish whether the Big Apple itself has been removed.

ACCESS

Treat this as a private-property attraction with uncertain current visitor status. The property at 186 Grist Road is currently marketed for sale and is not treated as an operating public attraction. Do not enter or navigate onto the property unless current lawful visitor access is independently established.

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TRANSPARENCY

Sources & research

2026 Donnybrook-Balingup Chamber Directory

Donnybrook-Balingup Chamber of Commerce & Industry · recorded 2026-08-22

Official

BIG Things WA current checklist

My Rig Adventures · recorded 2026-08-22

Community

What we're still checking

Open-licence image search completed 24 August 2026. No defensible reusable image with file-level commercial-use provenance was verified in the completed Commons, government/open-licence and archival/open-collection sweep.

The Big Apple is on private farmstay property; public visitor access and parking should not be assumed.

The exact current sculpture pin has not yet been independently map-checked.

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