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A long-standing oversized banana landmark at 25 Harbour Road in North Mackay, originally associated with a produce store and later Nashy’s Compleat Angler.
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The Big Banana
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Site-level location · 21.1251° S, 149.1919° E
FIELD GUIDE
The story
A giant banana outside a fishing shop is a strange combination, and the explanation is that the fishing shop came second.
When the building went up in the late 1980s, half of it was a fruit shop, and the owner had plans to open more stores around the country. The banana was made by Michael McEvoy, who afterwards tried his luck with a second Big Banana at Carnarvon in Western Australia – a venture that, by the account available, did not come off.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
A genuine local Big Thing dating from the late 1980s. Mackay media still promotes it as a selfie stop, and a July 2026 commercial-property listing continues to market the site explicitly as the “Big Banana”.
ACCESS
Navigate to 25 Harbour Road, North Mackay. The commercial site has off-street parking; use lawful onsite access and do not stop on Harbour Road or Palmer Street solely for a photograph.
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