They took out the big stump.

The age-old stump at Carrathool has been removed and is now taking up residence at the home of Allan Woods on Tabbita Road, in the round yard arena.

A plaque will be placed with the stump.

The stump had been in Carrathool a very long time, so long people aren’t exactly sure why it was there or how it got there.

The fate of the stump came into question when Sean Mealing of the Carrathool Pub bought the land on which the stump was squatting.

“We knew it was only going to deteriorate further, so we decided to figure out what to do with it,” Sean told The Grazier.

True Aussies can create fun out of anything.

The pub frequenters began to have a weight guessing competition.

Nobody knows how, but district legend and pub regular ‘Froggy’ from Goolgowi guessed the correct weight of the stump.

The behemoth hunk of wood weighed in at an impressive 5680 kilograms.

“Deciding what to do with the stump took a little while, but once it was all sorted, the actual work happened quite fast, which was impressive given the size of the stump,” Sean said.

“Woodcutters on Howlong Station had a loader they brought into town, and someone had a telehandler, and they managed to lift the stump and take it out.”

Sean is just delighted the iconic piece of timber will be put to good use.

Locals are now putting their heads together, and delving into the research, to get to the bottom of the mystery of the Carrathool Stump.