Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Oct 26th 2005, 7:02 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Originally Posted by kitty4
I seem to remember there is a place called Bald Knob in QLD.
I always thought that if I ever lived there I would name my house "I've got a big". Then the postman would have to deliver to -
Buzzy--Bee
I've got a big
Bald Knob
Queensland
AUS
Oct 26th 2005, 7:28 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Yes there is. It is in the bald hills.
I always thought that if I ever lived there I would name my house "I've got a big". Then the postman would have to deliver to -
Buzzy--Bee
I've got a big
Bald Knob
Queensland
AUS
I always thought that if I ever lived there I would name my house "I've got a big". Then the postman would have to deliver to -
Buzzy--Bee
I've got a big
Bald Knob
Queensland
AUS
Oct 26th 2005, 9:35 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
I always thought that if I ever lived there I would name my house "I've got a big". Then the postman would have to deliver to -
Buzzy--Bee
I've got a big
Bald Knob
Queensland
AUS
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LOL Like it, but imagine if you lived in DILDO in Canada and your house was called the same
it'd be
Ive got a big
Dildo
Newfoundland
Canada
:scared:
Buzzy--Bee
I've got a big
Bald Knob
Queensland
AUS
[/QUOTE]LOL
Like it, but imagine if you lived in DILDO in Canada and your house was called the same it'd be
Ive got a big
Dildo
Newfoundland
Canada
:scared:
Oct 26th 2005, 9:56 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
This thread is super funny, wish I had something to contribute to it 
I'm off to study an atlas now....
I'm off to study an atlas now....
Oct 26th 2005, 10:01 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Originally Posted by Fiona&malc
I love some of the mad names you see in this country, my favourites so far have to be....
1. Wooloomooloomooloo (cant never say properly )
2. Bungle Bungles
3. Humpty Doo
4. Chinkapook
5. Naringaralong
6. Gol Gol
there are others, will need to strat writing them down when im out in the car, some of them are brill
1. Wooloomooloomooloo (cant never say properly
)2. Bungle Bungles
3. Humpty Doo
4. Chinkapook
5. Naringaralong
6. Gol Gol
there are others, will need to strat writing them down when im out in the car, some of them are brill
Oct 26th 2005, 10:07 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Originally Posted by Fiona&malc
What about the one in wales... Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
As for Oz, I love Packenham Upper
Oct 26th 2005, 10:09 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Originally Posted by arkon
Theres also a woo woo.
how bout this:
Blow Me Down, Newfoundland, Canada
According to local legends, this towns name was given by Captain Messervay. Messervey was an unusually small captain who only stood at 4’2’ and upon his ships arrival into the Bay of Islands, which is surrounded by huge mountains, he prayed that they wouldn't "Blow-me-Down".
(just to lighten it up a little)
Oct 26th 2005, 10:09 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
I recently had a patient called Mrs E. Coli from Inaloo!! ( E.Coli is a bacteria that lives in your colon!) That made me chuckle!
Oct 26th 2005, 10:18 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Originally Posted by Fiona&malc
I love some of the mad names you see in this country, my favourites so far have to be....
1. Wooloomooloomooloo (cant never say properly )
2. Bungle Bungles
3. Humpty Doo
4. Chinkapook
5. Naringaralong
6. Gol Gol
there are others, will need to strat writing them down when im out in the car, some of them are brill
1. Wooloomooloomooloo (cant never say properly
)2. Bungle Bungles
3. Humpty Doo
4. Chinkapook
5. Naringaralong
6. Gol Gol
there are others, will need to strat writing them down when im out in the car, some of them are brill
peover, cheshire, uk...
boomie
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Oct 26th 2005, 10:35 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Never mind australia, America has some pretty strange names too, like
Mudd Butt , South Dakota
Nankipoo , Tennisee
Moist Knick , Utah
Wankers Corner , Oregan
Come by chance , Labrador (which is apparently close to Dildo
)
Shamokin , PA
Mudd Butt , South Dakota
Nankipoo , Tennisee
Moist Knick , Utah
Wankers Corner , Oregan
Come by chance , Labrador (which is apparently close to Dildo
)Shamokin , PA
Oct 26th 2005, 10:41 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Originally Posted by Fiona&malc
Come by chance , Labrador (which is apparently close to Dildo )
)and for the other poster who mentioned the village of peover: I am sure when I passed that sign, a few miles down the road was the village of peunder
Oct 26th 2005, 11:29 pm
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
There is of course f**king in Austria. Oh whoops I thought you said Austria, not Australia 
And the lovely sounding 'Wank by the lake'.
As for Australia places, I love the literal names. Lake Disappointment, Deception bay, 80 mile beach. The funniest one was about Burke (the first bloke to almost walk north-south across australia). As he was staggering back, he had a choice of two routes, a) the correct one or b) A path to a place called Mount Hopeless...
Guess which one he took.
Yes he died.
I thought you said Austria, not Australia And the lovely sounding 'Wank by the lake'.
As for Australia places, I love the literal names. Lake Disappointment, Deception bay, 80 mile beach. The funniest one was about Burke (the first bloke to almost walk north-south across australia). As he was staggering back, he had a choice of two routes, a) the correct one or b) A path to a place called Mount Hopeless...
Guess which one he took. Yes he died.
Oct 27th 2005, 12:04 am
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
There is of course Yorkie's Knob, mentioned a few times for some reason when Jordan was in "I'm a celeb" down under!
I love the fact that there are familiar place names from the settlers and names that I presume originate from aboriginal and names made up since white settlement like 80 mile beach.
I tell you what though, even though it's probably a lot nicer than the one we have here, I am NOT going to live in Doncaster !
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I love the fact that there are familiar place names from the settlers and names that I presume originate from aboriginal and names made up since white settlement like 80 mile beach.
I tell you what though, even though it's probably a lot nicer than the one we have here, I am NOT going to live in Doncaster !
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Oct 27th 2005, 12:29 am
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Winkleberry in Basingstoke (UK)
Oct 27th 2005, 6:40 am
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Re: Wierdest/Funniest/Strangest place names youve seen/heard in Australia..
Best place I know of england is Catbrain Hill, Bristol.
What were they thinking of when naming this !!!
What were they thinking of when naming this !!!
