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 Golden Gumboot monument was opened in Tully in May 2003 by the Tully Lions and Rotary Clubs, at a project cost of $90,000 including in-kind contributions. It was designed, fabricated and installed by Brian Newell. After Cyclone Yasi closed it in 2011, Acting Premier of Queensland Andrew Fraser reopened it early in 2012, with restoration funded by an insurance claim and a $20,000 donation.

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.

The spiral staircase inside the boot leads to a viewing point at the top, and flood photographs of the district line the inner walls on the way up. The structure was closed after Cyclone Yasi in 2011 and reopened early in 2012, so check locally that it is open before travelling to Tully.

The boot's height of 7.9 metres corresponds to Tully's record annual rainfall of 1950, not to a rain gauge on the sculpture. The structure was designed, fabricated and installed by Brian Newell, and it was reopened in early 2012 by Acting Premier of Queensland Andrew Fraser after closure following Cyclone Yasi in 2011.