BIG LIZZIE

"Big Lizzie" is a very very large " Mechanical Monster ' (one description) designed to clear the dense mallee scrub in the Red Cliffs area in 1920 for the Government Soldier Settlement Scheme.
It was 34 ft long, 11 ft wide and weighed 45 tonnes with a speed range from 1/2 to 2 miles per hour and she had a carrying capicity of 10 tons.
Her journey from where she was built in Richmond, Victoria to Red Cliffs took 2 years.
Her work done, in 1924 Big Lizzie was broken up and sold and used for other projects.
With a Golden Jubilee coming up in 1970 she was located and the Big Lizzie Association was formed to oversee the restoration of the "rusty old hulk" and she now stands proudly, together with one of her trailers, in Barcley Square, Red Cliffs.
I was overwhelmed with her size and found the story quite fascinating.