
These huge green edifices have permeated the Australian suburban landscape as if cathedrals of a new-found religion.
Sunday mornings at traditional Christian churches with steeples that once dominated the skyline, see ever dwindling and ageing congregations.
But the magnetism of the DIY epicentres attracts teems of devotees on the Sabbath.
The DIY hardware phenomenon is indeed heaven for anyone even remotely handy, even those looking for left-handed screwdrivers.
With all this religious fervour, one wonders whether they are building stairways to their own heaven, with personalised versions of the pearly gates.
Saint Peter is reportedly not amused by the heresy of Bunningsgate.
Meanwhile, mosques and temples, the houses of worship for Islam, Hindu and Sikh faiths, with their distinctive towers, proliferate as popular religious, cultural and social hubs.
The Australian religious landscape appears to be a work-in-progress.