Meet Albert: Canberra's 'Big Fish' tourist attraction

Goulburn has Rambo the Big Merino, South Australia has Larry the Big Lobster and Canberra has the Albert the Big Fish.

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00:00 Canberra has its own share of big things from Big Swoop the magpie in Civic to Alexander the

00:06 bunyip in Gungahlin to of course Bell Connon's much maligned big powerful owl. However the latest

00:14 big thing turning heads in the ACT is the big fish which lives in a dam beside the busy Majura

00:21 Parkway. It began its life almost 30 years ago as a sculpture at Floriade. It was created by Tony

00:30 Steele and some of his friends and then moved to the Bell Connon fresh food markets in the mid-1990s

00:36 but when the markets were given a makeover last year the fish needed a new place. When I say the

00:43 fish the fish is actually called Albert. It ended up here in this dam at Majura Valley Free Range

00:48 Eads where it lay in pieces for a year or so until John Wilson of Liquor Legends decided it would be

00:54 a great idea to feature in one of his marketing promotions. John set about fixing the fish

01:00 actually a carp bolting it back together under guidance from its creator. Then employing some

01:07 of his own artistic license John also added a mannequin with a fishing line to complete the

01:13 fishing scene. Oh and unlike many other big things around the country which are best viewed during

01:19 daylight hours John also hooked up some solar lights which means you can appreciate Canberra's

01:25 big fish at any time of the day or night.

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