The Big Milkshake

Western Victoria's volcanic plains carry some of the most productive dairy pasture in the country, and Allansford has a long association with cheese and milk processing. A milkshake rather than a wheel of cheese is the more interesting choice, because it advertises what you can buy and drink on the spot rather than the district's export commodity.

One small correction the record carries. Older material labels this the Warrnambool milkshake; the object is actually at Allansford, a separate locality, and the catalogue has normalised the naming to match. That matters for anyone navigating: Warrnambool is a city of thirty-odd thousand and searching there will not find it.

The Great Ocean Road is one of the busiest tourist drives in Australia, though this eastern end sees far less traffic than the Twelve Apostles stretch – so the milkshake is catching a real but thinner flow.

Because it stands at the entrance of an operating attraction, access follows the venue's hours.

No record survives of the date or the name of whoever built it.