Why did the giant goanna cross the road?

To get to the pub, of course.

The giant goanna heading towards The Mark Hotel in Lambton, Newcastle, on Wednesday. Credit:William Baxter

A resident in the Newcastle suburb of Lambton, in New South Wales, was amazed to discover a giant goanna heading towards his local watering hole on Wednesday evening.

William Baxter was sitting at the traffic lights at the corner of Newcastle Road and Morehead Street when he spotted the large lizard.