Best Aussie Place Names

[opinionated ow]

So as to not hijack another thread...the list of real place names in Australia.:rofl: please add you favourites


In no particular order:
-Kurri Kurri
-Wogamia (Wog is crude slang for someone of Mediterranean or Arabic appearance)
-Wagga Wagga (don't you dare call it Wagga)
-Woy Woy (To quote Spike Milligan: "Woy Woy is Aboriginal for deep water, but which Woy means deep and which Woy means water?")
-Woolloomoolloo
-Wattamolla
-Coolangatta
-Goonoo Goonoo
-Uluru Katatjuta
-Woolloongabba
-Indooroopilly
-Humpty Doo
-Dunedoo (said as Dunny-Doo. yes that would be aussie slang for toilet poo)
-Come by Chance
-Town of 1770
-Ettamogah
-Coonabarabran
-Boggabri
-Ulladulla
-Grong Grong
-Narrandera
-Bagdad (which, believe it or not, isn't far from launceston, perth or hobart)
-Wattanobe (what a knobby)
-Chinaman's Knob
-Tibooburra
-Cockburn
-Curl Curl
-Dee Why
-Bordertown (yep, cause its on a border)
-Borroloola
-Tumbarumba
-Gundagai (famous for the dog on the tuckerbox)
-Mt Surprise
-Mt Buggery
-Toowoomba
-Burpengary
-Bong Bong
-Iron Knob
-Nambucca
-Woolgoolga
-Wauchope (that would be war-hope...)
-Tuggeranong
-Mt Pleasant
-Mt Warning
-Mt Disappointment
-Mt White (which is about 800km away from snow)
-Tittybong
-Sealake (in rural victoria, at least 500km from any form of sea)
-The End of the World
-Gulgong
-Gilgandra
-Bob's Farm
-Marrangaroo
-Yarrangobilly
-Wombeyan

[Sean Malone]

A few of those were are very familiar to spocoli.

[G.]

A few of those were are very familiar to spocoli.Chinaman's Knob??

[TravelGal]

I've always liked the way Kalgoorlie rolls off the tongue.

Broken Hill fascinates me. How could a hill be broken? Mining??

Then there is always Rottenest Island. Which is the Rotten Island? And the Rottener Island?

[opinionated ow]

Then there is always Rottenest Island. Which is the Rotten Island? And the Rottener Island?

dutch for rat nest. iirc it was abel tasman who thought he saw rats on the island (they were actually some sort of native mouse)

[oddlycalm]

Nice list. :thumbup: I'll add Oywyhee (bastardization of Hawaii), Stinkwater Pass, Bloody Basin and Walla Walla, Washington home of sweet onions and a big prison.

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[anait]

I'm scared to say some of those out loud. :p

Newfoundland has a Come By Chance, as well. :)

[Cam]

I've always liked the way Kalgoorlie rolls off the tongue.

Broken Hill fascinates me. How could a hill be broken? Mining??

Then there is always Rottenest Island. Which is the Rotten Island? And the Rottener Island?

Rats-nest actually. Wilhelm Vlaming discovered the island when the Dutch were eying the great south land as a possible colony. When he saw the islands native quokkas he thought they were huge rats. God knows what he thought on first sight of a wallaby or a big red. Ultimately the Dutch decided that, as arid, hot and devoid of vital water, the west coast was unsuitable for colonization and named it Van Diemen's Land.

[eiregosod]

I was going to add Wagga wagga.

[TravelGal]

Rats-nest actually. Wilhelm Vlaming discovered the island when the Dutch were eying the great south land as a possible colony. When he saw the islands native quokkas he thought they were huge rats. God knows what he thought on first sight of a wallaby or a big red. Ultimately the Dutch decided that, as arid, hot and devoid of vital water, the west coast was unsuitable for colonization and named it Van Diemen's Land.

You're hired. With an honorary mention to OOW.

I think the quokkas are cute but a friend mine thinks they are awful. Naturally, ;) I sent him a postcard with two huge quokkas on it when I visited Rottenest Island about 10 years ago. I had completely forgotten the history.

Edit: I've always sort of like Kissimmee, FL