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Cities listed below are those as defined by the states in which they are located. Cities listed below are those as defined by the states in which they are located.
Places such as Lovely Bottom Bullst Hill Pisspot Creek and Peculiar Knob are.
Australia weird city names. Clearly Australia is a weird and wonderful place. Its not only home to the most unique animals in the world extreme temperatures and diverse landscapeswe have the funniest town names and places on the planet. And some surprisignly weird Australian town names The Funniest Town Names In Australia 1.
Funny Tasmanian Town Names. Strange Australian places. The town of Cowaramup in WA is strange but it doesnt quite make this list Ive spent a fair amount of time travelling around Australia whether locally or in other states whilst on holiday and its fair to say that Australia has some very strange place names.
A list of some of the bizarre unusual and funny Australian city and place names. QLD - Google Map Located south of Rockhampton its well known for. Marvel Loch WA Never has Australias love of a punt been so obvious.
Marvel Loch is a small outback-dwelling town located nowhere near a lake river or a body of water of any significance let alone a Scottish Loch of the marvellous variety. Instead Marvel Loch a mining town began life in 1906 and was named after the winning horse of the 1905 Caulfield Cup. Ive been everywhere man.
Ive been to Wollongong Geelong Kurrajong Mullumbimby Mittagong Molong Grong Grong Goondiwindi Cabramatta Parramatta Wangaratta Coolangatta. Whats it matter Luckily for us Scott found a few more and even went to the effort of delving into the background of these weird and wacky Australian names for NineMSN s travel channel. 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 1000 of the funniest rudest and quirkiest Aussie towns streets mountains lakes and all manner of geographic features. In the Goulburn Valley 200km north of Melbourne is a tiny town with a great sense of humour. A mural on a water tower welcomes visitors to the worlds smallest sheep station riffing on the towns name pronounced one ewe.
Wunghnu MattinbgnWikimedia Commons. Kagar Germany The name of this city literally means to poop in Spanish. Maybe it is not funny for Germans but for Latin or Spanish people it is hilarious.
This small place is part of Rheinsberg which is just 100 km from Berlin. The name itself isnt so unusual but the city is on the beach of Lake Erie in Erie County in Ohio making it unusually confusing. A small community in Herkimer County New York that could have been well-drenched by the 2011 tropical cyclone named Irene.
There is also a Hurricane West Virginia pronounced HER-ick-in. So I did some research with some maps and came up with plenty of weird names for cities bodies of water and mountains. The more interesting results are below.
Just keep in mind that these are in fact -real- places in the world although not all of them are cities. The definition of a city in Australia varies between the statesState capital cities may include multiple local government areas LGAs within their boundaries and these LGAs may be cities in their own right. Cities listed below are those as defined by the states in which they are located.
NSW is home apparently to Mount Great Groaner Flirtation Hill Boozer Creek and The Boobs along with Sydney locations Rooty Hill Balls Head and Pleasure Point. Meanwhile Queensland has Two Mile Knob Mount Blowhard Mount Breast Mount Mistake and the cheerfully blunt Ugly Creek. Victorias entries seem a bit more whimsical with Teddy Bears Gap the Whipstick Scrub Ding-A.
Near Ballarats Goldfields is the delightfully named Whipstick Scrub where you can explore the forest and try your hand at panning for gold. According to the National Library of Australia the first gold was found in the area in 1884. Elsewhere in Victoria you will find Titwobble Lane Teddy Bears Gap Ding-A-Ding and Sausage Gully.
Surrounded by Shark Bay World Heritage Area the regions highlights include the dolphins and dugongs of Monkey Mia Shell Beach and Denham Australias westernmost town. Not to be confused with. Success also in Western Australia or Never Fail Dam in the Northern Territory.
The Worlds Most Funny City Names. I suppose its possible that weve forgotten one or two of the worlds most funny city names. If you know this to be true please leave a hint at what were missing in the comments below.
And if you see one or many funny city names that are just dying for a tank top design let us know that too. Originally called Artesia the town changed its name in 1966 in an attempt to capitalize on its proximity to the Dinosaur National Monument. Willing to go all the way they also renamed many streets to things like Tyrannosaurus Trail or Antrodemus Alley.
In the grand scheme of weirdest city names this is where I want to spend my retirement years. Top 120 Cities in the World with Funny Names Learn more about the most amusing city names around the world Our customers usually need to find the cheapest rates on cars trucks vans or RVs for big cities all across the globe. You can go to Nowhere ElseWatch more from the Did You Know.
More than 1000 of Australias rudest quirkiest and strangest place names have been plotted on a hilarious map. Places such as Lovely Bottom Bullst Hill Pisspot Creek and Peculiar Knob are.