Amaruu
June 29th, 2004, 04:42 AM
Wank (pic courtesy of Justme) and Fucking. Two legitimate town names.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=113498
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=113498
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View Full Version : Funny town names Amaruu June 29th, 2004, 04:42 AM Wank (pic courtesy of Justme) and Fucking. Two legitimate town names. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=113498 gough June 29th, 2004, 06:46 AM Classic! What about "mooball" (pronounced "Mobil") in Northern NSW? :lol: T-roc June 29th, 2004, 06:49 AM there is a town in Austira called FUCK lol Amaruu June 29th, 2004, 07:10 AM Not Fuck, but Fucking. Btw, I forgot to mention the town called Twatt, also in the above link. Dilaz89 June 29th, 2004, 07:15 AM theres a country town in WA called pissieville!:D Fabian June 29th, 2004, 07:40 AM there is a town in Austira called FUCK lol And there is a Chinese provience known as Fukien. It's located in the southern part of the country. SydneyDude June 29th, 2004, 02:39 PM ive got an even funnier one! There is a town in NSW somewhere between Sydney and Newcastle called... wait for it.... TORONTO! hahahahaa lol just kiddin canucks, ur alrite ;) Macca-GC June 29th, 2004, 02:42 PM Then there's Intercourse, Pennsylvania everywhen June 29th, 2004, 06:41 PM iīve read a couple of names in australia that sound pretty funny indeed like: coolangatta waga waga wollongong kakadu and many more but how bout these ones tarapoto, peru (in spanish would be like butt explosions) babahoyo, ecuador ( saliva hole in spanish) and the all times funniest uagadugu the thing is that some names of cities sound pretty funny in other languages the name i donīt like is hong kong, sounds like king kong JayT June 30th, 2004, 02:48 AM "Burpengary" - suburb north of Brisbane. jt ABS June 30th, 2004, 12:41 PM There's also a Gaythorne in Brisbane. SydneyDude June 30th, 2004, 12:51 PM what about cockburn in WA? Dilaz89 June 30th, 2004, 03:03 PM its pronounced coburn SydneyDude June 30th, 2004, 03:11 PM its pronounced coburn its still funny tho :) Macca-GC June 30th, 2004, 03:27 PM Mooloolaba. Americans pronounce it Moo, Loo, la, ba when it really is Mool, ool, aba smeghead June 30th, 2004, 06:02 PM Places in Australia with the word 'bong' Bedgerebong Bong Bong Bong Bong Waterfall Bong Bong Reservoir Bong Bong Pass Bong Bong Mountain Bong Bong Creek Bongalong Bongongalong Bongonalong Creek Cooranbong Piambong Weabong Woodenbong Wybong Burbong Tombong Little Billabong Bearbong Bung Bong Titybong Humpybong Milbong Bongeen Bongaree Kybong Goomeribong Bullenbong Timbrebongie Billabong Bongan Well Bongaralady Creek Bongil Bongil National Park Bongin Bongin Beach Bongin Bongin Bay Bongmillerer Creek Bongwarra Bongooleeche Bongon Head Bongon Lagoon Bongon Beach Bongo Bongmollow swifty78 July 1st, 2004, 01:50 AM isnt there a place called Wattanobbi ? if thats how its spelt Fabian July 1st, 2004, 06:58 AM There is, just north of Wyong on the NSW Central Coast Also I'm aware of Bong Bong Road, which is in Mittagong. AG July 1st, 2004, 09:14 AM For some reason I have always found the name of Rooty Hill in Sydney's west a little amusing. Amaruu July 1st, 2004, 12:34 PM Lol, Rooty Hill. Adder-Laid July 1st, 2004, 01:19 PM Bongon Head Bongon Lagoon Bongon Beach classy names, those ;) As for another funny one, just south of Adelaide - Myponga Macca-GC July 3rd, 2004, 10:26 AM Here's one--Melbourne. Funny isn't it. Driving south on the Pacific Highway in Tweed Heads, there's a place called Sexton Hill. On the sign, the t has been scraped off. Fabian July 3rd, 2004, 10:36 AM Curl Curl and Dee Why They are next to each other on Sydney's northern beaches. maybach July 4th, 2004, 06:43 AM Gold Coast was certainly cleverly named to attract the Japanese and the Asians... It worked and it's pretty funny in that sense. Macca-GC July 10th, 2004, 05:50 PM The Gold Coast was named that by early property developers in the 1920's because they were making so much money. Randwicked July 11th, 2004, 02:43 AM Useless Loop, WA Spit Junction, NSW 1770, QLD Unnamed Conservation Park, SA (that's its official name) Macca-GC July 11th, 2004, 05:18 AM hehehe ^Town of 1770. That's a hole. There's The Spit here as well as in Sydney Lake Disappointment, WA North, Middle and South Molle Islands, QLD(Reminds me of GoldMember--Moley, moley, moley, moley) Fabian July 11th, 2004, 05:23 AM And in Sydney, I'm aware of a place called "The Bluff" which is in the Dee Why/Curl Curl Area. schmidt July 11th, 2004, 05:29 AM WOLLONGONG! Orfeo July 11th, 2004, 05:54 AM Oil City (Pennsylvania) Trophy Club The Colony Medical Lake Big Chimmney Hico Junior Mt. Gay Paw Paw Pratt Keezletown Petitcodiac (Canada) Fabian July 11th, 2004, 06:15 AM There is a town called Balaclava ( I don't think the spelling is right). I passed it on the way to school retreats back in yr 11 & 12. It's located on the Old Hume Highway just 5 mins from Mittagong in the Southern Highlands. Dale July 11th, 2004, 07:42 AM Toad Suck Ferry, Arkansas Two Egg, Florida Slapout, Alabama Randwicked July 11th, 2004, 12:37 PM And of course, the all time classic, Dildo, Newfoundland and! South Dildo, Newfoundland (There's also a town called Baie du Ha! Ha! in Quebec, but somehow that just isn't as funny) Oriolus July 11th, 2004, 01:12 PM Curtosy of Bill Bryson, in his book, "Down Under" Burrumbuttock, NSW Suggan Buggan, Vic Tittybong, Vic Poowong, Vic Dilaz89 July 11th, 2004, 03:56 PM theres a regans ford in wa Macca-GC July 15th, 2004, 03:18 AM Toad Suck Ferry, Arkansas When I first started reading that, I thought you were paying me out. JayT July 16th, 2004, 10:32 AM Gold Coast was certainly cleverly named to attract the Japanese and the Asians... It worked and it's pretty funny in that sense. The suburb of "Sunnybank" in Brisbane also attracts Asians, wonder why? Could it be something to do with the sun or something to do with the word bank?. jt Macca-GC July 16th, 2004, 02:19 PM But the Sunshine Coast doesn't seem to. daytonsuburbanite August 1st, 2006, 06:02 PM Town near me called Blue Ball ryan79 August 1st, 2006, 07:47 PM Perth suburbs Innaloo Upper Swan Waneroo (often said with a T on the end for a joke) WA Gin Gin. All I can think of for now. I went to a pub in London the other day call The Greencoat Boy. They have wierd names for their pubs. USAPatriot August 1st, 2006, 08:04 PM Those are some pretty funny names. :) aussiescraperman August 1st, 2006, 09:26 PM i saw a town on a map in NSW called Come By Chance....... Suburb in Krasnodar, Russia pronouced: Bugarofskaya. samsonyuen August 1st, 2006, 10:35 PM I like the aboriginal names like Wooloomooloo or Wollongong. The Olderfleet August 2nd, 2006, 12:44 AM There is A1 Mine Settlement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_Mine_Settlement,_Victoria) in Victoria. It is the first locality in the Australian Post Codes Book. crawf August 2nd, 2006, 02:52 AM Poo-raka (suburb of Adelaide) Loveday (SA) Cockburn (SA) Heywood (VIC) Hay (NSW) Wagga Wagga (NSW) dsfenasni August 2nd, 2006, 09:17 AM places in England: Wetwang, Love Clough, Appleby Parva, Luddenden Foot, The Lizard and Great Snoring. Red Nut August 2nd, 2006, 09:30 AM Moonie - In western Qld. Stopped through there for a chicko roll once lol... dallas August 2nd, 2006, 10:11 AM In England there is also the 'The Vale of Beaver'! Never fails to get a laugh. Others: WA - Grass Patch, California - Weed New Mexico - Truth or Consequences and in Massachusetts there's a town called Dennis, which doesn't sound like much until you're driving along and you see a sign that says "You're now entering Dennis". Had tears in my eyes from that one! vishalt August 2nd, 2006, 10:20 AM no-ones mentioned wooloomooloo yet :p? dsfenasni August 2nd, 2006, 11:15 AM I like the aboriginal names like Wooloomooloo or Wollongong. except for this guy ryan79 August 2nd, 2006, 12:17 PM places in England: Wetwang :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Oohhh wetwang, thats hilarious. Maroon Grown August 2nd, 2006, 12:33 PM Brisbane - New Chum, Yeebropilly, Indooroopilly, Yerongpilly, Dakabin, Wooloongabba, Doolandella These in the Gold Coast Hinterland alone- Wongawallon, Guanaba, Tabragalba, Biddaddaba, Wonglepong, Benobble, Nindooinbah, Clagiraba, Natural Bridge, Illinbah, Numinbah Valley Sunshine Coast Hinterland - Federal, Tuchekoi, Tinbeerwah, Brooloo, Bridges, Hunchy, BALD KNOB!!!!!!!!!!, Ilkley, Mons, Booroobin, Obi Obi vishalt August 2nd, 2006, 01:22 PM whoops, mustve slipped by! guess Wombat was a funny name for a country town, and unironically the town was actually really slow, the primary school only had 25 kids in total lol samurai beach is funny! Drunkill August 2nd, 2006, 02:15 PM wycheproof, home to the 'worlds smallest mountain' in northern victoria. Favco750 August 2nd, 2006, 02:49 PM Wyche, great place for a mount.... My mail used to get addressed to ^$%^& Station, Girilambone, NSW, 2831...... I thought this was hilarious seeing though it was a sheep station. I love grilling lamb... Plus there is two Alligator Creek's in Qld, 4740 & 4816.. Two West End's in Qld, 4101 & 4810.. Two Summer Hill's in NSW, 2130 & 2287.. Two Swan Bay's in NSW, 2324 & 2471.. Two Tennyson's in NSW, 2111 & 2754.. Two The Gap's in Qld, 4061 & 4825.. Two Stony Creeks in Vic, 3371 & 3957.. Two St Clairs in NSW, Two Silverwater's in NSW, Two Newtown's in Qld, Two Mount Pleasant's in Qld, Two Mount Pleasant's in NSW, Two Mayfield's in NSW, Two Lilli Pilli's in NSW, Two Kingswood's in NSW, Two Hillside's in Vic, Two Hillsborough's in NSW, Two Happy Valley's in Qld (well three really ha ha), Two Green Point's in NSW, Two Greenmount's in QLD, Two Greenhills in NSW, Three Enmore's in NSW, Two Elderslie's in NSW, Two Dural's in NSW, Two Dalwood's in NSW, Two Cedar Creek's in Qld, Two Boat Harbour's in NSW, Two Beauty Point's in NSW, Two Balmoral's in NSW. From Sep '01 Postcode book. Anton August 2nd, 2006, 04:01 PM I've been to Fak Fak in Papua (yes, it is pronounced that way). As for these... :rofl: -------------------- Arsoli (Lazio, Italy) Assawoman (VA, USA) * Badgers Mount (Kent, UK) * Bastard (Norway) Batman (S.E. Turkey) * Bald Knob (Arkansas, US) * Beaver (Oklahoma, USA) Beaver Crossing (Nebraska) * Beaver Head (Idaho, USA) Bell End near Lickey End (Wales, UK) * Benewah (Idaho, US) * Binges (Cote-D'Or, Bourgogne, France) * Bird-in-Hand (Pennsylvania, USA) * Big Bogue Homo Creek. (Mississippi, US) * Big Bone Lick (State Park, Ohio, US) * Big Knob (Kentucky, USA) * Big Ugly (West Virginia) * Bird-In-The-Hand, near Blue Ball & Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA) * Bitter End (Tennessee, US) * Black Charlie's Opening (Australia) * Bloody Dick (Montana, USA) * Blue Ball, near Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA) * Brest (France) * Bobbin Head (Australia) * Booze Moor (Nth Moor, UK) * Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK) Buck Snort (TN. USA) * Bullock (GA, USA) * Bumpass, (VA. USA)* Butte (Idaho, US) * Cape Cockburn (NT, Australia, near Croker Island)* Chorlton Cum Hardy ( Lancs, UK) * Chinaman's Knob (Australia) Climax (Colorado, USA) Climax (NC, USA) * Climax (Pennsylvania, USA) * Climax (Saskatchewan) * Climax Springs (Missouri, USA) Cockermouth (West Lake District, Cumbria. UK) Cockermouth (Cornwall, UK) Cockland (Ohio, USA) * Cocksgag (Ohio, USA) * Cocktown (Wexford, Ireland) * Cockup (Lake District, Cumbria. UK) Come by Chance (Newfoundland) * Conception Junction (Missouri, USA) * Conception Bay (Newfoundland) * Condom (Sth. West France) * Cooter (Missouri, USA) * Coxsackie (New York, US) * Crappo (Maryland, USA) * Crapstone (Devon, UK) * Crotch Lake (Ontario, Canada) * Cumming (GA. USA) * Cunt (Spain) Cunter (Switzerland) Dikshit (India) Ding Dong (Texas, USA) * Dirty Devil River (southern Utah, feeds into the Colorado River, US)* Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border) Dongo (Congo - Democratic Republic) Dorking (Surrey, UK) * Due West (South Carolina, USA) * Dunnydoo (NSW, Australia) Dyckesville (Wisconsin, USA) * Effin (Limerick, Ireland) Elephant Butte (New Mexico, USA) * Erect (NC, USA) * Fleatown (OH, USA) * Fockbury in the Parish of Catshill (Worcestershire, UK) * Frog Suck (Wyoming) * Fucking, (Austria) * Fuku (Shensi, China) Fukue (Honshu, Japan) Fukui (Honshu, Japan) Fukum (Yemen) Fukumama (Fukuoka Japan) * Gaysport (Ohio, USA) * Glasscock (Texas, USA) * Goose Pimple Junction (VA, USA) * Goosey (Oxfords, UK) * Great Cockup & Little Cockup (2 hills in The Lake District, UK ) Great Snoring (Norfolk, UK) * Gurney Slade (Avon, UK) * Hackballscross (Dundalk, Ireland) * Ham, near Sandwich (Kent, UK) * Hardhorn (Lancs, UK) * Hardscrabble (Delaware, USA) * Head Of Grassy (Kentucky) * Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump (Alberta, Canada) * Hell (Texas)* Herpes (village in France) * Hicksville (New York, USA) * Hicksville (Ohio, USA) * High Point, Climax, With Intercourse (3 neighbouring US towns, PA) * Homerville (Georga, US) * Hookersville (West Virginia) * Hope Point (Greenland) Horneyman (Kent, UK) * Hornytown (North Carolina, USA) * Humptulips, (Washington, USA) * Lord Hereford's Knob, nr. Hay-on-Wye, UK Innaloo (Western Australia) * Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA) Iron Knob (Qld., Australia) Lickey End (West Midlands, UK) Jim Thorpe (formerly Monkchunk, Pennsylvania, USA) * Knob Lick (Kentucky, USA) * Knob Lick (Missouri, USA) * Kooylanobbing (cool-ya-nobbing, Western Australia) * Knob Noster (Missouri, USA) * Lake Minnewanka (Canada) * Lake Poopo (Peru / Bolivia) * Lake Titicaca (Peru / Bolivia) * (which flows into Lake Poopo) Lickey End (Wales, UK) * Little Dix Village (West Indies) Lizard Lick, North Carolina * Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Wales, uk) * Long BentonLong (Newcastle UK) * Long Dong (Guangxi, China) * Looe (Cornwall, US) * Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland) Lord Hereford's Knob (near Hay-on-Wye, UK) * Lost (uk) * Lower Piddle on the Marsh (Gloucestershire, UK) * Lovejoy (GA. USA) * Loyalsockville (PA, USA) * Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada) Dildo is a small seaside town in Newfoundland, Canada Maidenhead (uk) * Meeteesee (Wyoming, US) * Meeteetse (Wyoming, US) * Mianus, (Ct. USA.) * Middle Intercourse Island (Australia) Monkey's Eyebrow (Kentucky) * Moosejaw (Saskatchewan, Canada) * Morehead City (NC, USA) * Mount Mee (Qld., Australia) Mount Ringwood (NT, Australia, SE of Darwin)* Mount Titlis (Switzerland) * Muff (Northern Ireland) Nob End (South Lancashire, UK) * Nobber (Donegal, Ireland) Northeast (Pennsylvania, USA) * North Piddle (Hereford & Worcester, UK) * Noxapater, Mississippi, US * Onacock (Virginia, USA) * Once Brewed & Twice Brewed, both near Corbridge, UK * Panic (Pennsylvania, US) * Pecker's Point (Newfoundland, Canada) Pee Pee in Pike County (Ohio) * Penny (B.C., Canada) * Petting (Germany) * Phuket (Thailand) * Piddle - North (Hereford & Worcester, UK) * Piddle - Wyre (Hereford & Worcester, UK) * Piddle River (Dorset, UK) * Piles (Costa Blanca, Spain ) * Pis Pis River (Nicaragua) * Poor Town (North Carolina, USA) * Pound and Beaver (5 miles apart in NE Wisconsin, USA) * Poverty, Kentucky, USA Pratts Bottom in Orpington, Kent, UK * Prickwillow (England) * Pu Ping Palace (Doi Suthep, Thailand) * Pu-Ping River (Chang Mai, Thailand) * Pussy Creak (Ireland) * Pratts Bottom is a Kentish Village in the UK Pratts Bottom is a Kentish Village in the UK Rattlesnake Bend, Florida, US * Satans Kingdom (Vermont, US) * Seaman (Ohio, USA) * Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines) Seymen (Turkey) Shafter (California, USA) Shag Harbour (Nova Scotia) * Shag Island (Indian Ocean) Shitagoo Lake (Quebec, Canada) * Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK) Six Mile Bottom (Cambridge, UK) Slackbottom (Yorkshire, UK) Sleepy Eye (Minnesota, US) * Smelley (Alabama, US) * Soddy-Daisy (Tennessee, US) * Staines (uk) * Stinking Bay (Arkansas, US) * Sugar Tit (Kentucky, USA) * Sugar Tit (South Carolina, USA) * Sweet Lips (TN, USA) * Twatt is in village in Orkney, Scotland, UK Takeshita Street (Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan) * The Blue Ball (Tullamore, Ireland) * The Wee House, Piddletrentide, Dorset/Hants, England * Three Cocks (Wales, UK) * Titless (Switzerland) * Titley (Herefordshire, UK) * Titting (Germany) * Tittybong (Australia) Titty Ho (England) Titz (Germany) * Tokers Green (Berkshire, UK) * Tong Fuk (Japan) Tosu (pronounced Toss)(Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) * Tosa (Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) * Turdo (Romania) Triangle (New York, USA) * Turkey City (Pennsylvania) * Turnip Hole (Pennsylvania) * Twatt (Orkney, UK) Ugly (uk) * Upper Dicker & Lower Dicker (East Sussex, U.K.) * Vulcan (Alberta Canada) * WANKER'S CORNER Wanker's Corner a village in Oregon, USA Walley (Alabama, US) * Wank (Germany) Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Wankener (India) Wanker's Corner (Oregon, USA) * Wankie (Zimbabwe) Wanks River (Nicaragua) Wankum (Germany) Watanobbi (NSW, Australia) * Weed (California, USA) * Weed Patch (California, USA) * Welch (Oklahoma, USA) * Wet Beaver Creek (Coconino National Park, Arizona, USA) Wetwang (East Yorkshire, UK) * What Cheer (Iowa, US. people cheer to leave the state, says the sender!!) * Wideopen (Newcastle UK) * Willey (Herefordshire, UK) * Withers (Georgia, USA ) * Wookey Hole Caves (Cheddar, Somerset, UK) * Worms (Nebraska, USA) * Wyalkatchem (while-catch-em, Western Austrlia) * Wyre Piddle (Worcestershire, UK) * Yorkey's Knob (Queensland, Australia) * Daffy August 3rd, 2006, 06:02 AM Just a few from Victoria: Daffy August 3rd, 2006, 06:09 AM Just a few from Victoria: Balrootan North Beetoomba Bland Bogolong Boonoonar Break O'Day Bringalbert Bringyadogalong Bumbang Burrumbuttock Diapur Galore Howlong Iraak Kongwak Little Hard Hills Minyip Mumblin Mystic Park Nar Nar Goon Naringaringalook Nug Nug Ozenkadnook Rifle Butts Corner Speed Roaring Camp Smoko Snobs Creek Ten Foot Hill Titty Bong Tooleybuc Upotipotpon Watchem Weatherboard Wee Wee rup Woohlpooer Wymah Cariad August 3rd, 2006, 06:38 AM There is also the Village of Pity Me, in County Durham, England And an odd one, Bethlehem, is a village in Wales, very popular during the Christmas period, people go there to post their Christmas cards, so it gets stamped with Bethlehem. I have also stopped for petrol in Wankum in Germany. Avatar August 3rd, 2006, 06:58 AM ^^ Anton what were you on when you made that list??????????????? I still think one of the most stupid names is 'Garden Suburb' in Newcastle. Cockburn, Dunnedoo and Watanobbi are also up there with crazy names. crawf August 3rd, 2006, 08:03 AM heres more... Yarrawonga (VIC) Iron Knob (SA) Mandurah (WA) Anton August 5th, 2006, 07:40 AM ^^ Anton what were you on when you made that list??????????????? My fat arse??? Seriously though, all though i didn't check each one, a few spot checks for verification were all positive. Avatar August 5th, 2006, 08:57 AM ^^ you went to some trouble. The Olderfleet August 5th, 2006, 09:19 AM Just a few from Victoria: Titty Bong And where is this place? Doesn't appear in the post code book! Anton August 5th, 2006, 09:29 AM ^^ you went to some trouble. Yeah heaps of trouble: www.google.com => type "funny town names". Then, select, copy, paste ;) Daffy August 7th, 2006, 03:17 AM And where is this place? Doesn't appear in the post code book! Tittybong is west of Kerang near Quambatook. Post code 3542. Yardmaster August 13th, 2006, 04:44 PM Does anyone ever say they're going to "Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump" ? ^^ I wonder. This thread seems to have got out of town names, or at least inhabited towns, so ... When I bought some land a few decades back, I found myself with two named creeks and many unnamed creeks, spurs, waterfalls and other topographical features. They needed names. They got them. At the risk of either derailing this thread, or told to Phuket, here's a few of them: Gutbuster Spur (named by a friend) Blue Moon Creek (it seldom flowed) Tricklebrook (it didn't either) Noonshadow Creek (deep in a gully) Faraway Creek (a long way away) Pot of Gold Creek (where the rainbows ended) Peaking Hill (ask my neighbour about that one) Pass of All Winds Goat Island (where the goats were kept) Gander Flat (where the geese landed, and set up home) Peace Sign Spur (where the sign was made) Comet Flat (from which Hayley's was sited, 1986) Tumbledown Falls Whitewater Falls Well-I-Never Fall (who'd have expected it?) Whatever-Next Falls (that was a good day!) Naked Rock (it was very exposed at the time, but hasn't been seen for decades) Lorelei Rock (yes, I had a partner with a name like that) Villa Culla Cottage: a cubby-house, named by my daughter. King Tree: (enormous, but hollow & rotten, now felled and consumed in the fire) Queen Tree: (enormous, hollow, but still standing) Jack Tree: Not hollow yet. Ghoul Tree: Enormous and very hollow. Methusalah Tree: Enormous, very hollow, and close to the house: suggested by a friend. Randwicked August 14th, 2006, 04:17 AM Yardmaster, can you actually submit those names to the Geographical Names Board? If so there's a ditch or two in my yard I'd like to name. Jimmy James August 19th, 2006, 02:56 PM @Anton - that's the best laugh I've had all day! I don't know to many rude place names but some of the weirder ones I know of Turvey Park - Wagga Gumly Gumly - Wagga Table Top - Albury Geebung - Brisbane Glen Dhu - Launceston Camira - Ipswich (only because I knew it as a car!) Gaylong - Sth NSW Pymble - Sydney (has always struck me as a cross between pinball and thimble) Skyline Art February 28th, 2012, 07:39 AM Just browsing on nearmap and came across a place in NSW just south of Sydney called Cockwhy (http://www.nearmap.com/?q=strange%20locality%20name@-35.538093,150.306358&ll=-35.506239,150.315113&z=13&t=h&nmd=20120101) Was googling the thread so i could post in the appropriate thread but found this went into the News thread???????????????? :bash: so by the way why is this thread in the NEWS thread???? shouldn't it be in the skybar,. Choko February 29th, 2012, 02:51 AM ^^ It's a locality (no discernable settlement) between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay on NSW's South Coast. The Princes Hwy crosses Cockwhy Creek but the signage leading to the crossing goes walkabout every now and again... Jews Creek on the Castlereagh Hwy between Lithgow and Mudgee suffers the same fate! NZer February 29th, 2012, 11:29 AM Rerewhakaaitu (re-re-fuck-a-I-tu) tuanhung March 1st, 2012, 04:29 AM why do we need to name new suburbs/estates/towns after aboriginal people? Mornnb March 1st, 2012, 04:46 AM I don't know, same reason we need to name them after English people and English towns. asdfg March 3rd, 2012, 02:33 AM So if you don't name your places after Aboriginal or English names.... what will you name them after? RDSA March 3rd, 2012, 02:50 AM Dead politicians of course. hornetfig March 3rd, 2012, 07:49 AM Sometimes living ones. "Sporting Heros" seem to be valid sources of road, park and other civic names. Why not whole estates or suburbs? SydneyCity March 4th, 2012, 01:22 AM Pen Island, Louisiana, USA: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?ll=30.54158,-89.841459&spn=0.025614,0.052314&t=h&z=15 Not a town, but here's Wanker Road in Monroe, Pennsylvania: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Wanker+Road,+Monroe,+PA,+United+States&hl=en&sll=51.313678,-0.732895&sspn=0.009295,0.026157&oq=Wanker&hnear=Wanker+Rd,+Monroe,+Bedford,+Pennsylvania+15535,+United+States&t=h&z=15 Rua De Penis, Vigo, Spain: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=R%C3%BAa+de+Penis,+Vigo,+Espa%C3%B1a&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=45.305629,7.748427&sspn=0.010459,0.026157&oq=Penis+a&hnear=Calle+de+Penis,+Vigo,+Pontevedra,+Galicia,+Spain&t=h&z=16 BSD March 4th, 2012, 09:23 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania Dimethyltryptamine March 4th, 2012, 09:41 AM ^^A city BSD will never visit :colgate: SydneyCity March 5th, 2012, 12:01 PM I remember one of my aunts went to Intercourse a few years ago and sent me a postcard which said "Greetings, we're in the middle of Intercourse" :lol: |