Funny place names

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Yes, you can tell it's the off-season.

I'll kick things off.

There's two places in Vic called Mount Buggery. What on earth were people thinking when naming it.

go.

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Walla Walla. Keokuk. Cucamonga. Seattle.

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Essendon.

 

[Egga]

I lived in Perth for three years and always laughed when people told me they lived Upper Swan.

IschenkoUBeauty, when I was a kid, I got a book for Christmas called the Meaning of Liff (correct spelling). In it, the author had ascribed dictionary meanings to all the towns in England with odd names. It's funny if you're into this sort of thing.

 

[ShinbonerBaz]

I live not too far from a place called Nowhere Else. Other places close to that are Promised Land and Paradise (where my late grandmother was born).

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[chugginon]

Woy Woy
Useless Inlet W A

 

[Bell End]

Mianus is in Connecticut

 

[Mr Reliable]

Walla Walla. Keokuk. Cucamonga. Seattle.

Walla Walla (just north of Albury - aboriginal for place of many rocks) and Walla Walla (USA Washington State - Red Indian for place of many waters).

Go figure!

Walla Walla USA was also the place where one pretty famous US serial killer kicked things off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lee_Yates

 

[Mr Reliable]

I lived in Perth for three years and always laughed when people told me they lived Upper Swan.

IschenkoUBeauty, when I was a kid, I got a book for Christmas called the Meaning of Liff (correct spelling). In it, the author had ascribed dictionary meanings to all the towns in England with odd names. It's funny if you're into this sort of thing.

Callers to SEN ring in and say they're Bill or Tom and they're in Doreen at the moment. The announcers love repeating it, followed by "how's it going, Tom?" followed by "not bad" or "it's nice."

Doreen is a northern outer suburb of Melbourne.

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

There's a restaurant in the city called The New Kum Den. I wonder what happened to the old one.

 

[Sheezel2Wardlaw]

Koolyanobbing & Innaloo

 

[Grogg]

When I was moving to Kalgoorlie back in the 90's I remember going through a place called Iron Knob.

Yep

 

[Mr Reliable]

How about the beachside family holiday spot, Safety Beach?

Was originally called Shark Bay until the local traders realised the name was discouraging tourists.

 

[COOL-A-ROO]

Cockburn, Western Australia.

Ouch!

I had to send stuff there once for work. Thought it was a prank. Who seriously thought that would be a nice name for a suburb?

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Wee-Jasper is one I always remember laughing at in nsw on the pacific highway.

 

[muttley45]

Coolaroo is acceptable for a lifelong North Supporter

 

[goalieboy82]

Intercourse, Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania

 

[goalieboy82]

Melbourne Australia is a funny name for a city.

 

[ShinbonerBaz]

A few more from down my way...

Snug
Nook
Penguin
Flower Pot
Eggs and Bacon Bay
Sea Elephant
Devils Gullet
Doo Town

 

[ShinbonerBaz]

Not a place, but this road name made me smile..

 

[goalieboy82]

Canada.

 

[fool]

Boing boing, NT
Bong bong, NSW
Diapur, VIC
Poowong, VIC
**** wash, SA

 

[Mr Reliable]

Boing boing, NT
Bong bong, NSW
Diapur, VIC
Poowong, VIC
**** wash, SA

Victoria's also got a Towong (Northern Vic - they've even got a racecourse) and Toowong is a suburb of Brisbane. Not far from Albury there's a Howlong.

In the Riverina there's a Grong Grong, a Matong and a Ganmain. I think their combined footy and netball teams are called "Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong" (alphabetical order?).

 

[fool]

Victoria's also got a Towong (Northern Vic - they've even got a racecourse) and Toowong is a suburb of Brisbane. Not far from Albury there's a Howlong.

In the Riverina there's a Grong Grong, a Matong and a Ganmain. I think their combined footy and netball teams are called "Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong" (alphabetical order?).

I wanna play for grong grong now

 

[Mr Reliable]

I wanna play for grong grong now

Give the Lions a call!

http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/GGGMFC