A well photographed carrot , most visitors to NZ might have seen this .

Initially this carrot was built for a T V add for The ANZ Bank once filming complete it was donated to the town .
2/3 S of North Island’s carrots come from Ohakune
The Carrot is 7.5 metres in height.
The first market gardens were started by Chinese 1920

[katy]

What an unusual subject! Is there some significance to it being a carrot? Fabulous photo of it

[John]

That’s a colorful landmark, for sure!

[Mags]

That's one big carrot! Cool shot.

[Dawn]

@grammyn Hello Katy , Carrots were one of the first vegetables grown by the Chinese back in 1920 in the first market gardens however the 7.5 metre carrot originally was built for a TV spot advertising for the ANZ Bank once filming finished was donated to the Town ,2/3 of NI carrots are grown there .

[gloria jones]

Great shot :)

[Babs]

Wow if this is the size of the carrot how big is the rabbit, ha ha.

We have lots of Big Things here in Australia, but I don't think we have a big carrot.

[Dawn]

@congaree Thanking you John
@marlboromaam Thanking Mags @seattlite Thanking you Gloria and for fav so much appreciated

[Dawn]

@onewing Thanking you Babs mmm the rabbit must be at least double the carrot lol , yes Australia certainly does .

[katy]

@Dawn how interesting dawn. Thanks for the information

[Heather]

A great shot of that huge carrot! And great background info too!

[Dawn]

@grammyn you are so welcome actually I should have put all that in when I uploaded the photo will have to remember for future .

[Dawn]

@365projectorgheatherb Thanking you Heather

[KWind]

What a fun carrot!!

[Dawn]

@kwind Thanking you Kwind

[Kathy]

Quite a tourist landmark.

[Dawn]

@randystreat Hi Kathy yes it is

[Jane Pittenger]

How fun. Celebration of carrots

[Dawn]

@jgpittenger Hello Jane thanking you, it’s certainly well known here .

[Diana]

Great shot of this famous carrot!

[Dawn]

@ludwigsdiana Thanking you Diana

[Kathy A]

Thats some carrot!

[Christina]

Great shot - I love Ohakune, a little town with character!

[Issi Bannerman]

Nice image - though I've never seen it in real life!

[Faye Turner]

Great capture of it

[Renee Salamon]

That’s some carrot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, very cool.

[Fisher Family]

That's a very impressive carrot!

Ian

[carol white]

Very impressive carrot

[Margaret Brown]

Well that’s an attention grabber!!

[Dawn]

@kjarn Thanking you Kathy

@christinav Hello Christina yes it certainly is with character, thanking you

@jamibann Thanking you Izzi , maybe if you get out to NZ again eh


@fayefaye Thanking you Faye

@rensala Thanking you Renee
@mittens Thanking you Marilyn
@fishers Thanking you Ian yes it is indeed
@carolmw Thanking you Carol
@craftymeg Haha you certainly can’t miss it , thanking you Margaret

[Lois]

Huge carrot!