9Travel and Today 's Aussie Travel Trends Index surveyed Nine audiences across TV, digital, print and radio, to find out your favourite travel destinations. Here are the results. Aussies love a road trip and a stop at a famous 'Big Thing' will most certainly put a smile on anyone's face, even after hours spent in the car.
Australia is home to plenty of Big Things across the country - from bananas, lobsters, prawns, rocks, and the big bogan. But which one is the most iconic? We asked our Nine audience to vote in our 9Travel survey the Aussie Travel Trends Index. READ MORE: The best places you can visit on a cruise from Australia Built in 1964, the Big Banana was one of Australia's first Big Things, and as such holds firmly onto the title of Australia's most iconic one, according to our readers.
With almost a quarter of the votes it landed in the top spot. The must-visit spot in Coffs Harbour, NSW started as nothing more than a typical banana plantation, but has since grown into a fun park that also offers waterslides, bumper cars, escape rooms and more. READ MORE: 'Endlessly useful' hotel room freebie travel expert always takes before leaving Coming in second place, receiving 20 per cent of the votes, was the Big Pineapple.
The Big Pineapple is a heritage-listed tourist attraction and big thing at Nambour Connection Road, Woombye, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. The 16-metre fibreglass pineapple is a favourite photo spot for travellers passing by, and now there is also .