25 June 2004 - The "Big Merino" (aka "Big Ram" or "Rambo") at it's original site in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

IMAGE INFO

- Looking west-north-west towards the "Big Merino" interactive sculpture located in it's original position on the north side of Hume Street in Goulburn (Hume Street used to be the old Hume Highway before the Hume Freeway bypassed Goulburn).

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HISTORICAL INFO

- From Wikipedia:-

"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.

 

The Big Merino was officially opened on 20 September 1985. In 1992, the Hume Highway bypassed Goulburn, which resulted in a loss of 40 busloads of tourists to the Big Merino complex per day. 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."

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SOURCE INFO

- Original image was captured using a CANON A75 PowerShot 3.2 MP digital compact point & shoot camera (medium resolution 1.75 MP setting).

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PROCESS INFO

- Post-processed using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows (enlarge, sharpen, enhance levels).

- Latest version re-processed using AI enlargement & enhancement software.

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