Interesting place names

[Iain]

Anyone else care to contribute, this one is between Inverloch and Leongatha Vic

[scooter]

No piccies, but you could visit Stringers Knob in East Gippsland.

I grew up in Orbost and at high school we had a auto prac teacher whose nickname was Stringer. You can imagine the subtlety of our humour...


Cheers...........Sean

[DanP]

Red Knob Rd in Nowa Nowa, Vic.

Maccas sign on the hwy near Yass - M Yass (the M being the golden arches)

[Ben from Vic.]

Marry(s) Knowl

More to follow. ;)

[goodwoody]

Marry Smokes Creek

[ptc]

Mary Smokes Creek
used to live there.
ptc

[ozwinner]

"Come by chance", in NSW is always a good'n


Al :confused:

[Rocker]

In America, it is hard to go past Intercourse, PA, or Onancock, VA.

Rocker

[macca2]

Over here in the west we have ..Innaloo and ...Upper Swan

[burn]

How about TumbleDownDick Hill between Terry Hills and Mona Vale in Sydney's northern beaches!

[bsrlee]

You'll go far when you go to Yatta Yattah...........

Used to be a very small town near Bateman's Bay, NSW. Last time I went thru' there was only a sign post.

[Iain]

Cardinia Shire could have been more thoughtful with Packenham Upper, the reverse would have been better, then there's Smoko near Myrtleford.

[BigPop]

What about Goonoo Goonoo up Tamworth way (pronounced 'gunna gunoo) and also another one just north of Tenterfield is Boonoo Boonoo National Park- (pronounced 'bunna bunoo)

[DanP]

Packenham Upper

Iain, You beat me to it. When I used to work on the trains the Station Master at Caulfield used to announce the trains to Packingham (Packenham) and Cran Born (Cranbourne). The Station Master out at Packenham (not Australian) used to announce the buses to Packinem Up-per. LMAO every time I heard it.

Dan

[scooter]

You pagan hordes, it's Pakenham !!! (or Pakenham Upper, as you mentioned).

Careful, this could gestate a Place Name Nazi (PNN) !

My brother lived briefly at Waaia (pron. way-aye) up near Sheppparton in Vic, struck me as being useful in Scrabble (if you could use names) to clear out some vowels (better mind the pron. of that last phrase :eek: )

Cheers.......Sean

[Iain]

:( Sorry, should know better living so close, but how about our dilemma, we live just outside Lang Lang, and I'm sure that the Shire has it back to front :rolleyes:

[Ben from Vic.]

Here's one in Austria, that may or may not get past Admin as it's both the name of a place, and a rude word. :eek:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp

[RETIRED]

Nowhere Else in WA sounds exciting and I think that there is a Somewhere Else and Nowhere in Tassie.

[Barry_White]

How about "Who'ed Thought It" Lookout in Quirindi NSW

[Driver]

In WA we have Coolyanobbing and Whyalkatchem in the Goldfields and Mandogalup (frequently mispronounced Manupadog) near Fremantle.

[DanP]

Careful, this could gestate a Place Name Nazi (PNN) !

My brother lived briefly at Waaia (pron. way-aye)


Seems we all ready have a PNN. :p

I live near Waaia. And Bearii and Wunghnu (One ewe) We have all the great unpronouceables up here. And matching names just to confuse. Cobram and Kyabram. Barmah and Barham. Yarrawonga and Yarroweyah. :rolleyes:

Dan

[ozwinner]

I was up at Dans end of the world today and saw, Katamatite, and Koonoomoo, and the Italian word for thank you, Muckatah. :D


Al :D

[journeyman Mick]

Just down the hill from me there's Yorkey's Knob :p . There's a multimillion dollar resort development starting there and in the advertising they're calling the area "Yorkey's Beach" :mad: There's also a spot on the range road called "Sackley's Knob". Got a friend near Kempsey, lives down Dongdingalong road, Dongdingalong (sp?)

Mick

[vsquizz]

Just down the hill from me there's Yorkey's Knob :p . There's a multimillion dollar resort development starting there and in the advertising they're calling the area "Yorkey's Beach"
Mick, I always liked the T-shirt on the barman at the marina. Its said;

Yorkey's Knob
Bigger than
Mobey's Dick

Those where the days, when I could go to the pub (BK)

Cheers

[tonyjune]

I do have a photo somewhere, but cannot get my hands on it immediately. Its a shop in Knockin, actually called "THE KNOCKIN SHOP"

Tony.

[DanP]

I was up at Dans end of the world today ... Katamatite, and Koonoomoo

Forgot Katandra, Katunga and Congupna.

And leave my end out of this :eek:

Dan

[silentC]

Whakaue Street Rotarua - pronounced fuk-uh-wey. Where the .... are we? Get it?

[johnmc]

I once drove through a town called "Wank" (pronounce vank) in southern Germany. No photo unfortunately - too cold to get my telescopic lens out.

[jackiew]

there is a place in the uk called "lost". their sign post keeps getting stolen.

[Grunt]

In Melbourne's South East Suburbs there is "High Street Road". It seems that someone in the past couldn't make up their minds whether it should be Street or Road so they used both.

There is also Ernst Wank road somewhere out that way as well.

[AlexS]

Somewhere in France there is a town called Condom.

[Slavo]

On the Central Coast of NSW there is a suburb called Watanobbi

[Caliban]

Casino, NSW has several outlying areas called
1. Doubtful creek
2. Fairy Hill
3. Gays Hill
4. Bent creek

Makes you wonder about them.

[Coldamus]

Have would you like to explain to your friends that you live in Dum Dum (neer Murwillumbah) or in Wonglepong (near Mt Tamborine) ?

[Tonyz]

In New Zealand there is a place aussies call 'whykickamoocow' b....cant even remember its natural name

[DanP]

Whykickamoocow was also race horse. It was spelt something like Whykikamukau.

Dan

[Peter R]

Dondingalong (Kempsey NSW) But I loved 'Wombat' down south, somewhere.
Peter R.

[journeyman Mick]

Just down the road (literally, about 1.5km) there's an area known as "Fairyland". There was a racecourse there known as the Fairyland Racecourse between the two world wars. Years ago, long before the Fitzgerald inquiry and the resulting clean up of the Qld police force there was a local seargent who beat up a bloke when he gave his address as Fairyland road, Fairyland. :eek:

Mick

[craigb]

Whykickamoocow was also race horse. It was spelt something like Whykikamukau.

Dan

I looked for Waikikamukau when I was over there last week.
It must be in the North Island 'cause I couldn't find it down south. :D

[LineLefty]

I still reckon Wijimooltha (Widgy-Multha) is the coolest town name in the country, follow by Wyalkatchem.

When we first moved to canberra, I thought people were having me on when they said Ulludulla was pronounced phontetically (that is, with all short u sounds). Surely its Yoolladalla? Nope.

Also, in NZ we werent allowed to leave the back packers until we could pronounce "Te Anau" correctly. Seems like such a simple name but getting the pronunciation of he maori names is a pain the ass. Hell us aussies dont even pronounce Maori correct!

[ozwinner]

I looked for Waikikamukau when I was over there last week.
It must be in the North Island 'cause I couldn't find it down south. :D
Did you check out Middle Earth, maybe thats where it is??

Al :D

[oges]

near Nyngan is a place called Nevertire

also some creeks near where I grew up .. Frying Pan Creek and Dead Bird Lead Creek

[jackiew]

england has some great place names

steeple bumpstead is one of my favourites.

regional pronounciation can result in much head scratching amongst the locals when a foreigner attempts it.... styvechall in Coventry is pronounced stychal ... the v disappears entirely ... the y is pronounced as eye ...

tourists ask if a tube train goes to Gloukester Road rather than gloster Road..... beacontree is pronounced bekontree ... woodward is pronounced woodwood, Dagenham becomes dagnam, East Ham loses its H to become East 'am, and Barking its g to become Barkin', ilford and romford become ilf'd and romf'd respectively.

[Driver]

Cholmondely is pronounced "Chumley".

In Cheshire there's a village called Lower Peover (pronounced Peever). To my mates and I it was forever Upper Legover.

[craigb]

Cholmondely is pronounced "Chumley".



And Mainwaring is pronounced "Mannering". I know 'cause I've seen Dad's Army :cool:

[silentC]

And "British Rugby League Team" is pronounced "Loosers" :D:D

[Driver]

And Mainwaring is pronounced "Mannering". I know 'cause I've seen Dad's Army :cool:


Is this a precursor to another rich vein of dubious characters to be introduced into the variegated crews of the Good Ship Venus and the Very Little Gravitas Indeed? :D

[Dendot]

When I was in England some years ago, we were just driving around and came across a most beautiful little village, real picture-postcard stuff. My wife said, "What a beautiful place; what is it called?" I looked at the name sign and burst out laughing.
It was the village of UGLEY!
True.

[WISE]

How, bout

IRON KNOB

near Pt Augusta in SA, bound to be rusty knob after all the winter rain!!!!

[fxst]

Rain????? what rain

[Baz]

How about "Kuntz St" Hickham Air Force Base Hawaii.

[Little Festo]

In Darwin we have Fannie Bay, Nakara, and Humpty Doo. (Fannie Bay is one of the posh areas in Darwin)

Peter