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Ballandean railway station

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Owned by
  
Line(s)
  
Southern

Tracks
  
1

Operated by
  
Traveltrain

Structure type
  
Ground

Platforms in use
  
1

Ballandean railway station

Location
  
New England Highway, BallandeanAustralia

Distance
  
340 kilometres from Brisbane

Address
  
Ballandean QLD 4382, Australia

Similar
  
Bulimba Memorial Park, Hayman Island, Wet Tropics of Queensland

Ballandean railway station is located on the Southern line in Queensland, Australia. It services the town of Ballandean, a rural district in the Granite Belt.

Big Dinosaur

The station is a well-known landmark on the New England Highway due to the big dinosaur in front of it, nicknamed the Fruitisforus (Fruit-is-for-us). The dinosaur was originally constructed for a float in the 1998 Apple and Grape Festival. After the festival, the community placed it in front of the railway station to get passing traffic to stop and buy fruit for a community fundraiser. It proved so popular that it was reinforced with fibregrass and painted and made a permanent roadside feature. It is 6.7 metres (22 ft) long and 2.1 metres (6 ft 11 in) high.

References

Ballandean railway station Wikipedia


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