Rex Australis: The King is dead, long live the King, will be more than 7m tall and 14m wide. Source: Supplied




  • Giant sheep skull to sit alongside freeway
  • Hopefully "will be inspiring rather than distracting"
  • Is "monument to passing greatness of sheep industry"


A GIGANTIC sculpture of a sheep's skull will greet motorists hurtling along Victoria's $1.3 billion Frankston bypass.

The confronting steel art installation, Rex Australis: The King is dead, long live the King, will be more than 7m tall and 14m wide beside the yet-to-be-completed freeway.