Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The Big Bogan is the most Australian thing to happen this week

Bogan

A big bogan statue may be the pride and joy of a country town in Australia if the mayor has his way.


The town of Nyngan, in the Bogan Shire, wants to play up to its namesake and erect a Big Bogan on the Bogan River, the Daily Liberal reported. The plan to build the 3.6-metre, rusted-iron bogan complete with Stubbie shorts, a mullet and a fishing line could be a tourist drawcard for the New South Wales town of less than 3,000 residents.



The Mayor Ray Donald told AAP locals are finally ready to embrace the "bogan" term — essentially a person of low social and economic status — and use it to their advantage. Read more...


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