Matilda, Giant kangaroo mascot sculpture in Kybong, Australia

Matilda is a sculpture of a kangaroo built on top of a forklift, standing over 13 metres tall and weighing six tonnes. Its head could turn, its ears could wriggle, and its eyes could wink and blink. The pouch doubled as a door. It now stands at the Traveston Service Centre on the Bruce Highway, 5.4 km south of Kybong.

Matilda was built as the mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane: a 13-metre kangaroo sculpture on a forklift whose pouch door released 20 children dressed as joeys during the opening ceremony. After the Games it stood at the entrance to Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast in Oxenford. In 2008 Puma Energy bought it and re-erected it at a Matilda petrol station in Tugun, then moved it to Kybong on the Bruce Highway; it now stands at the Traveston Service Centre, 5.4 km south of Kybong.

Matilda takes her name from the song "Waltzing Matilda", and her pouch served as a door: at the 1982 opening ceremony it opened to release 20 children dressed as joeys, who ran out two by two for a trampoline display. The figure now stands beside a Matilda fuel station on the Bruce Highway, where drivers stop to photograph it.

The monument is located directly along the Bruce Highway and is easily accessible for travelers wanting a brief stop. Visit during daytime hours for clear photographs and good visibility of the surroundings.

Matilda's pouch was built as a working door: at the 1982 opening ceremony it opened to release 20 children dressed as joeys, who ran out two by two for a trampoline display. The six-tonne figure could also turn its head, wriggle its ears and wink and blink its eyes.