But Wimmera residents have already found the Murra Warra Wind Farm transformer pretty impressive.

The transformer – combined with the trailer carrying it and the three prime movers required to move it –became a Superload weighing 320 tonnes. The Superload made its way through western Victoria on Tuesday.

Near the end of its 40-hour long journey, which began in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley, the massive structure made it to Horsham at 1.45pm.

Stretching nearly 59 metres in length, 4.5 metres wide and 5.5 metres high, it reached a top speed of 20 kilometres an hour. Not the speeds worthy of a Grand Prix, perhaps, but the spectacle nonetheless drew a crowd.

Dozens of people lined McPherson and Baillie streets to watch the convoy make its way through the city, armed with camera phones.

Steve Greer, who lived nearby, said he wasn’t disappointed after all the hype.

“They said it would need a few trucks to get along, and they weren’t lying. It was worth coming out to have a look, not everyday you see that,” he said.

St Brigid’s College Year 12 student Kayetlan Harris was at the Victoria Hotel as part of a project for her small business subject at school when the load passed.

“It had been on Facebook a lot, but we didn’t know what time it was going to come past, so just luck of the draw. It’s just amazing how much it weighs,” she said.