10-metre high mango missing in northern QLD

It's not every day a giant mango goes missing, but that's exactly what happened to a a 10 metre high replica of the fruit in the Queensland town of Bowen.

The 10 metre high fibreglass Big Mango went missing in Bowen yesterday (photo courtesy of the Big Mango Facebook page).

Staff at the local information centre noticed the baffling disappearance this morning when the fibreglass structure was not on its concrete stand.

According to security footage, the mango was taken around two am Monday morning. 

The footage shows a mobile crane passing Bowen's tourist information centre in the direction of the giant mango. 

Unfortunately, the mango itself is not under surveillance so the actual theft was not caught on camera.

In a press briefing released by Bowen's tourist centre, the chairman of Bowen tourism says the mango's safety was never a concern.

“No one in their right mind considered for a second that someone would take a giant three storey high, 10 tonne Mango. It’s not like it’s something that can be easily hidden,”

The "Big Mango", as it's called, was erected in 2002 to celebrate the thriving mango growing industry in the region.