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A family and a big pumpkin in the back of a bright red ute

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Man crouching next to a massive pumpkin.
Mark Peacock took out the giant pumpkin category at this year's Tumut Show.(Supplied: Grant Hardwick)

Aerial view of a man rowing a giant pumpkin down a river.
Growing a pumpkin isn't nearly as leisurely as rowing a pumpkin.(Supplied: Grant Hardwick)

pumpkin early stages
Growing a giant pumpkin starts small.(Supplied: Mark Peacock)

a green crop of leaves in a backyard
Mark's kids named the pumpkin Te Fiti, from the movie Moana.(Supplied: Mark Peacock)

A fruit next to a tennis ball in a tent.
Te Fiti continues to grow. At seven days after fruiting.(Supplied: Mark Peacock)

a fruit next to a football with gilbert written on it.
Te Fiti is a 10th of the way to its full giant potential.(Supplied: Mark Peacock)

Large yellow fruit with a hand on it sitting in a vegetable patch.
Te Fiti at 22 days of growth since fruiting.(Supplied: Mark Peacock)

A giant orange pumpkin.
Te Fiti at 72 days of growth, not quite ready to be harvested.(Supplied: Mark Peacock)

A crowd looking on at a big pumpkin with two people in the foreground talking.
Emma Peacock admiring her brothers' pumpkin at the Tumut show.(Supplied: Grant Hardwick)

Boy with a life vest on standing in a pumpkin in the river
Ethan Buckley has caught the giant pumpkin bug.(ABC Riverina: Jess Scully)

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