How sweet it could be to own world’s biggest lollipop as Ravensthorpe business, home up for sale
A property listed for sale in Ravensthorpe not only includes a business and space for a home, but ownership of the world’s biggest freestanding lollipop.
Built on dreams and sugar, the property includes the Yummylicious Candy Shack and a world record sized 7.5m by 4m lollipop.
The lollipop is so much more than the sum total of its steel and aluminium, becoming to Ravensthorpe what the Big Pineapple is to the Sunshine Coast.
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When an empty shack came up for sale in Ravensthorpe soon afterwards, the Willy Wonka fan and her husband Darrin bought it and spent 18 months renovating it.
Plans for the $25,000 lollipop caused bitter division in the town, but a petition — which got celebrity endorsement from Cold Chisel guitarist Ian Moss — helped get it over the line.
The lollipop has since won over community support and become a testament to hope in a region that has lived through the volatility of the nickel markets and natural disasters.
“It started as a happiness project, as a place for people to let their inner child run wild,” she said.
“That’s why we sell the old choo choo train bars, a 44-unit candy buffet and 15 flavours of ice cream. We believe an imagination makes you happy.”
The shop attracts 50 to 300 customers a day, many coming from Albany or pouring in off the Nullarbor, where, she claims, it is the talk of the desert.
The lollipop missed out of a Guinness World Record because it is made from two materials — rather than one — but it is still believed to be the biggest in size.
Ms McHarg is set for a new career in alternative health. The property includes a party barn on the 1012sqm block, and is selling through Robert Miloseski of LJ Hooker.
