Life is literally a tall order for Kewal Shiels.
The 30-year-old former car salesman from Victoria is impossible to miss as he towers over every other person in the country.
Shiels stands at 7ft 3ins or 223 centimetres on the old scale- roughly the same height as a female Asian elephant - making him officially the tallest man in Australia.
Kewal Shiels, 30, is the tallest man in Australia. Mr Shiels stands at seven foot-three or 223 centimetres - making him around the same size a female Asian elephant
Shiels (pictured left) chatting to reporter Charles Wooley from the kitchen of his Melbourne home
Speaking on 60 Minutes on Sunday night, Shiels said he doesn't want to be defined by his height.
'It's certainly given me opportunities,' he said. 'But there's definitely a side to it that sits a little uncomfortably with me sometimes. It can almost get a little bit exploitative.'
Despite his imposing height, people still talk often about Shiels like he's invisible.
He recently told Good Weekend Magazine he often overhears strangers standing around guessing his height and taking bets on his shoe size.
He wears size 11 shoes, the same size as Ian Thorpe and has a custom-made bed eight metre long bed to ensure a comfortable sleep.
Shiels also has to order custom-made clothes online because regular stores don't stock his sizes.
Shiels was always going to be a tall man, height is in his genes.
His mother, who is of Swedish-Irish heritage, is 6ft. His late father, of Tanzanian and Punjabi Sikh background, was 6ft 4ins.
Being tall does have its
