Golden Gumboot, Tourist monument in Tully, Australia
The Golden Gumboot is a large fiberglass rubber boot sculpture built over a steel frame, standing in the town of Tully in Queensland, Australia. Inside the structure, a spiral staircase leads up to an observation platform at the top of the boot.
The monument opened in 2003 to mark Tully's record rainfall of 7.93 meters recorded in 1950, which remains the highest annual precipitation ever measured in Australia. The height of the boot was designed to match that exact figure, making the record something you can see in person.
The Golden Gumboot sits at the center of a friendly rivalry between towns in Far North Queensland, each claiming bragging rights over rainfall records. Tully has turned its famously wet weather into a source of local pride rather than something to complain about.
You can enter the structure and climb to the top for a view over the surrounding area. A visit during the drier months tends to be more comfortable, as the roads and access around Tully can be very wet during the peak rainy season.
A carved white-lipped green tree frog climbs the outside of the boot, a species that lives in the rainforests nearby. A working rain gauge runs along the side of the boot from the heel to the calf, so you can read the local rainfall directly on the sculpture itself.
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