Green zone: Australian city of Shepparton to grow a huge pear
The three-storey fibreglass fruit is estimated to cost at least $1.3m but historian says regional city in the running to be the ‘capital of big things in Australia’
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Not content with building the world’s largest Murray cod, the city of Shepparton is now planning the construction of the biggest pear on Earth.
The proposal for a three-storey fruit in the heart of the Goulburn Valley has generated headlines in recent weeks after the return of a business case that estimated construction of the fibreglass fruit alone at just over $1.3m.
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