Has anyone else noticed Australia has the coolest names for their cities?

Question

Townsville and Adelaide are two of my favs.

Answer 1

There are some great names for places in Australia. Some of my favourites are:

Northern Territory has:

Rum Jungle

Humpty Doo

Fannie Bay

Boing Boing

Queensland:

Caboolture

Maloolaba

Surfers Paradise

Beaudesert

Woolloongabba (known to cricket fans as "the Gabba")

Indooroopilly

Kaimkillembun

Burpengary

Eagle Farm

Karumba

Seventeen Seventy

Western Australia:

Monkey Mia

Walkaway

Marble Bar

Southern Cross

Coral Bay

Denmark

Tom Price

Innaloo

Christmas Island

Naval Base

Roleystone

Wanneroo

Cocklebiddy

New South Wales:

Nords Wharf (teenagers often grafitti the signs there to say "Nerds Wharf")

Tumbi Umbi

Bulahdelah (said as BewLAH-deLAH - not bulladulla)

Uki

Mt Panorama

Wooloomoolloo

Crows Nest

Come By Chance

Lightning Ridge

Punchbowl

Curl Curl (famous beach mentioned in the song "Surfin' USA")

Tumbarumba

Spit Junction

Dunedoo

Manly (another famous beach in Sydney).

Kangy Angy

Merrywinebone

Perisher (ski resort in the Snowy mts).

Diehard

Jerrabomberra

Scone (now do they say Scone or Sc-owe-ne?)

Victoria:  

Loy Yang

Kilsyth

Bacchus Marsh

Moonee Ponds (of Dame Edna Everage fame)

Diapur

Ozenkadnook

Tasmania:  

The end of the world (western most point of Tasmania).

Penguin

Zeehan

Nowhere Else

Eggs & Bacon Bay

South Australia:

Streaky Bay

Port Fairy.

Iron k**b (ahem no comment).

Glenelg (this one is a palindrome name)

Tailem Bend

Eagle on the Hill

Answer 2

you obviously havent been to the v****a reservoir in north dakota

Answer 3

Not to mention that we think some cities are so great we named them twice (just think of Wagga Wagga, Walla Walla, Book Book, Grong Grong)

Answer 4

Yes they're all based on British place names. The aboriginal names are interesting though like Wooloomaloo!.

Answer 5

I never noticed that. I will have to look some up.

Answer 6

Alice is another