Australia’s list of ‘Big Things’ could soon have a new addition after Central Coast Council voted in support of Councillor Bruce McLachlan’s motion for a giant pelican for The Entrance, during the ordinary meeting on September 9.
The motion was the final one to be aired after a marathon five-and-a-half hour meeting and attracted snickers and the like from the public gallery and some Councillors.
Cr McLachlan introduced the motion which would see some iteration of a giant pelican erected at The Entrance to replace the existing Percy the Pelican statue which has aged poorly and is virtually unrecognisable, with Cr McLachlan describing it as a “sandstone blob”.
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