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The suburbs where ultra-rare Stikeez have been found

There are only 100 Coles Golden Avocado Stikeez in Australia and more are being claimed each day with winners getting a new fridge and a $100 gift card. Is your suburb one of them?

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MOVE over Billy Banana, a new ultra-rare Stikeez collectable is in circulation and this year Coles are offering more than just the $100 reward for finding one.

Shoppers who find one of the 100 Golden Abby Avocados will not only receive the $100 gift card offered with last year’s Golden Banana promotion, they will win a SMEG FAB28 fridge, worth $1990.

Harrison Keen, 6, with his Golden Avocado. Picture: Jaimi Joy/Getty
Harrison Keen, 6, with his Golden Avocado. Picture: Jaimi Joy/Getty

With one of the Golden Bananas reportedly selling on eBay for $20,100 last year, it’s hard to predict the real worth of these mini collectables.

Nationally, there are still 54 Golden Avocados to be found.

Ferny Grove’s Maureen Bailey and her granddaughters Peyton and Willow with one of 100 Golden Avocados. Picture: Steve Pohlner
Ferny Grove’s Maureen Bailey and her granddaughters Peyton and Willow with one of 100 Golden Avocados. Picture: Steve Pohlner

In Queensland, 13 have been claimed from Coolangatta, Rosenthal Heights, Clayfield, Gatton, Carrara, Toowoomba, Annandale, Ferny Grove, Ipswich, Mermaid Waters, Wynnum West, Gold Coast and Gordon Park.

The Keen family from Glenmore Park in NSW – Mitchell, Harrison, Lisa and Matilda were “ecstatic” to find the Golden Avocado. Picture: Jaimi Joy/Getty
The Keen family from Glenmore Park in NSW – Mitchell, Harrison, Lisa and Matilda were “ecstatic” to find the Golden Avocado. Picture: Jaimi Joy/Getty

Ten have been found in the New South Wales suburbs of Manly, Glen Innes, Broken Hill, Glenmore Park, Oyster Bay, Coal Point, Wagga Wagga, Wangi Wangi, Goulburn and Kembla Grange.

Only three have been found in South Australia with winners in Blackwood, Clearview and Adelaide.

Tasmania and the ACT have each had one reported winner in Taroona and Nicholls.

Eleven-year-old Mason Peatling from Point Cook had collected 23 of the 24 regular Stikeez with his family when he unwrapped the Golden Avocado. Picture: Jay Town
Eleven-year-old Mason Peatling from Point Cook had collected 23 of the 24 regular Stikeez with his family when he unwrapped the Golden Avocado. Picture: Jay Town

There have been 12 reported Victorian Golden Avocado findings in Keysborough, Torquay, Point Cook, Roxburgh Park, Emerald, Warranwood, Melbourne, Burwood East, Kew, Hillside and Clyde North.

And the five winners in Western Australia are from Tapping, Eden Hill, Broadwater, Caversham and Bayswater.

There are 24 figurines in the Coles Stikeez Fresh Friends set, with five rare Special Effects Stikeez and the ultra-rare Golden Avocado, with the aim to encourage children to eat a well-balanced diet.

Originally published as The suburbs where ultra-rare Stikeez have been found

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