The 2025 $1 The Big Galah - Aussie Big Things 2 Coin In Card is a cheeky delight from the Royal Australian Mint, paying homage to Australia's feathered friends and its delightfully eccentric roadside spectacles in this second edition of the Aussie Big Things series. Housed in a soft pink card holder that nods to the galah's rosy plumage, this uncirculated $1 aluminium bronze coin gleams with a reverse design full of outback flair: the majestic Big Galah perches proudly on a signpost marked "Kimba," wings spread amid a sweeping highway landscape dotted with road signs and distant horizons. The obverse proudly displays the effigy of King Charles III, confirming its legal tender credentials. Debuting on September 24, 2025, this coin-in-card format strikes a perfect chord for collectors, merging pristine minting artistry with the lighthearted lore of "Big Things" that have lured wanderers off the beaten path since the 1960s, turning mundane drives into memorable escapades.

Towering 8 meters high along the Eyre Highway in the rural outpost of Kimba, South Australia—smack in the geographic middle of the continent, earning it the moniker "Halfway Across Australia"—The Big Galah has been a fiberglass sentinel since 1992, welcoming weary cross-country drivers with its vibrant pink-and-grey feathers and cheeky grin. Originally crafted as a promotional draw for the adjacent Halfway Across Australia Tourist Shop, this larger-than-life cockatoo (a cheeky native bird known for its raucous calls and acrobatic antics) has undergone a colorful makeover in recent years, complete with patterned paint that sparks debate among fans, yet it remains a free, photogenic icon drawing thousands for selfies, souvenirs, and stretches at the nearby rest area. Amid Kimba's wheat fields and painted silos, it embodies the town's pioneering spirit—home to just over 600 souls on Barngarla lands—while inviting pit stops for local crafts, coffee, and tales of outback resilience, all just 300km west of Port Augusta on the road to the Nullarbor's vast horizons.