SYDNEY, Australia — They are a collection of oversized, sometimes bizarre, objects that draw roadtrippers to country towns, known as Australia’s “Big Things” — the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple, the Big Lobster, to name a few.

Now, a resident of the New South Wales town of Woodenbong wants to add another: a big wooden bong.

“Hundreds and thousands of people share the same dream as soon as they hear the town’s name,” the resident, Paul Pearson, said on Tuesday, a day before he planned to pitch the idea at a meeting of a local tourism council.

He’s not sure how tall he wants the potential landmark to be, but he envisions it being “bigger than the ‘Big Merino,’” a 50-foot concrete merino ram located elsewhere in the state.

Others in Woodenbong, population 381, aren’t exactly thrilled by the concept.

“I haven’t spoken to one person that thinks it’s a good idea,” said Chris Reid, the president of the Progress Association, an influential local group that raises money for town projects. “We don’t want to promote drug use.”