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Humpybong Located in southeast Queensland, the name Humpybong is derived from the Indigenous word for shelter. The town has come a long way from the simple huts it was named after. It now features a yacht club. Eggs and Bacon Bay
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Here's how to make the most of a long weekend at the festival. 3. Yaraka. Sounds like: Yarh-a-kah. Where is it: 200km south of Longreach. How'd it get the name: Yaraka was named after the indigenous word for white spear grass - the town was provided its name when its rail line and station were established in 1917.
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Humpybong, Margate The name of this town, in south-east Queensland, was derived from the Indigenous word for 'shelter'. But Humpybong has come a long way from the simple huts it describes and now has a yacht club, which hosts an annual regatta called Humpybash. Yorkeys Knob, Far North Queensland
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30 Hilarious (and Real) Place & Town Names in Australia By Emily McArthur | Staff Writer Last Updated: October 24, 2023 Funny Australian Town Names Australia is known for being the home to some of the world's cutest marsupials as well as some of the deadliest creatures on the planet.
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Eamon Evans's 280-page Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else: the stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names lists hundreds of place names — colonial, Aboriginal, German, and other — that adorn our country. It is an entertaining, non-academic read with a playful manner, which charts place names from the serious - the many.
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The town's big event each year are the Picnic Races (horse races) that draw thousands to the area. Poowong, VIC. Poowong happens to be the unfortunate place name for a small town of around 600 in the South Gippsland Shire of Victoria. It is located around 111 kilometers from Melbourne and has no real claim to fame besides the funny name.
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1. FOUL BAY Sounds like: A pungent, weed-infested coast where old seals go to die. But in fact: A beautiful and isolated 16km beach where the fishing is great and your campsite has guaranteed water views.
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20 Mar If you've ever visited Australia or at least did a bit of searching for city names there, you know they like to add all sorts of weird and funny names to their locations. We've rounded the following list with weird city names in Australia that are bound to make you smile and/or wonder what they were thinking when they named these places.
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Boulia (Bool-eya) - Queensland Home to THE major event on the camel racing circuit (yep, it's really a thing), Boulia even plays host to its very own phenomena— the Min Min lights. Coober Pedy (Kooh-BAH Pee-di) - South Australia
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For the slick movie buffs out there, Silverton is a groovy town located at the very far west of NSW—around 25km from Broken Hill. The unusual Aussie town isn't shy of a former movie set or two and has been dubbed the "Outback Hollywood" of Australia, Silverton sports a quintessential Aussie landscape (think roaring, red dirt and.
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The name of that cave? ' Well It Wasn't There Last Year Cave '. Yes, really, no kidding. Strange Australian places The town of Cowaramup in WA is strange, but it doesn't quite make this list…
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16 funny Australian place names Australia is home to some of the strangest and most rib-tickling place names. Writer Daniel Scott set off to discover some of the best. Here's a few of his favourites. by Australian Times 21-03-2017 16:09 in Entertainment
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Banana. Located south of Rockhampton lies the town that is today known as Banana. It was established in 1860 and, despite the name's suggestion, there are no bananas grown here; rather the town was named after the 'banana-coloured' bullock that was responsible for herding wild cattle for the local stockman. Upon his death the town was.
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Sometimes politically incorrect, always hilarious, our country really is 'chockas' with weird and funny place names. The Marvellous Map of Actual Australian Place Names is a large wall map identifying and locating over 1,000 of the funniest, rudest and quirkiest Aussie towns, streets, mountains, lakes and all manner of geographic features.
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02/02/18 | StarsInsider. TRAVEL Australia. Australia has some spectacularly strange place names strewn around the country. Some are downright rude, while others may make you blush. Take a look at the weirdest names out there. SHARE THIS ARTICLE.