Isisford builds third big yellowbelly statue to reel in tourists

Isisford builds third big yellowbelly statue to reel in tourists

Source: ABC Western Qld

8/1/2022

Credit: BC Western Qld: Dan Prosser

Henry 'Cocky' Bignell has spent most of his 89 years in the small outback town of Isisford in central west Queensland.

I was born and bred here, I put a lot of years away," Mr Bignell said.

But 12 years ago, when he and his late wife Veronica planned to return home after a stint in Rockhampton, he could not shake the feeling that the town he loved was missing something.