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Yanco - Just outside Leeton in the MIA, where they row surf boats on the Murrumbidgee.
Aussie Towns Trivia
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Yarrahapinni - town on the North Coastof NSW near Stuarts Point. X Yourmatesam pipped me at the post.
Ourimbah - town on the NSW Central Coast. Where AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) played his junior rugby for the Razorbacks. The original Eurpoean settlement was called Blue Gum Flats but reverted back to the indiginous name.
Ourimbah - town on the NSW Central Coast. Where AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) played his junior rugby for the Razorbacks. The original Eurpoean settlement was called Blue Gum Flats but reverted back to the indiginous name.
Harden - This Southern NSW town would be a very rude place if it had an "o".
Nimmitabel - south of Cooma in the Cooma-Monaro region.
Home of an absolutely cracking bakery.
Home of an absolutely cracking bakery.
My Dad spent the first few years of his life living on a farm in Yanco.
Which segues to another NSW town where he moved next.
Walcha - in the Northern Tablelands of NSW near Armidale.
Former Wallaby, Waratah and Eastern Suburbs stalwart Sam Payne grew up in Walcha. My Dad's sisters used to babysit him when he was a kid.
I actually had read the thread rules on page 1. It is entirely coincidental that Nimmitabel was a correct answer. I just picked it because it has an interesting sounding name.
Walcha - in the Northern Tablelands of NSW near Armidale.
Former Wallaby, Waratah and Eastern Suburbs stalwart Sam Payne grew up in Walcha. My Dad's sisters used to babysit him when he was a kid.
Amphitheatre - A little gold mining town in Central West Victoria. Population bugger all. Blink and it is gone.
Esk - a small town in South East Queensland that services the rich farming land in the surrounding area.
It's not far from the Wivenhoe Dam which became infamous during the Queensland Floods of 2011.
It's not far from the Wivenhoe Dam which became infamous during the Queensland Floods of 2011.
Kurri Kurri - Not sure about the quality and variety of South Asian Cousine available in this Central Coast/Hunter Region NSW town.
Ipswich, Qld - famous for Pauline Hanson, bogans, and racism. Actually that's just Pauline Hanson.
Berrick Barnes, Shane Watson, and Allan Langer are all famous sportsmen from the town. Izzie Folau went to school there too.
Berrick Barnes, Shane Watson, and Allan Langer are all famous sportsmen from the town. Izzie Folau went to school there too.
Humpty Doo - One of my favourite NT Place names and they have plenty of neat names in the Top End.
On the Arnhem Highway south of Darwin, it is the home of the Big Boxing Crocodile "tourist attraction".
EDIT:
Humpty Doo is withdrawn. Oops. Already used on Page 1 of the thread, as has Ipswitch.
The TMO has ruled that "I" is still the live town.
On the Arnhem Highway south of Darwin, it is the home of the Big Boxing Crocodile "tourist attraction".
EDIT:
Humpty Doo is withdrawn. Oops. Already used on Page 1 of the thread, as has Ipswitch.
The TMO has ruled that "I" is still the live town.
Oodnadatta, South Australia.
It's the hottest place in Australia. I never want to go there and find that out for myself.
It's the hottest place in Australia. I never want to go there and find that out for myself.
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There's a boganville in Victoria
There's also a place called bobs knob in Victoria if I remember correctly
There's also a place called bobs knob in Victoria if I remember correctly
Quiet day in the Salt mines.
The Game so far. - Several breaks in the chain.
SIMPLE RULES.
Next town in the chain starts with the last letter of the previous town. No previous entries.
Use of resource material is discouraged but not against rules.
Wagga Wagga - Home of the Chiko Roll
Adaminaby - Home of the big trout
Yeppoon - Cyclo may have chundered on rugby trip here in 1985
Narrabri- Australia's sportiest town (according to the Today show) and the land of Chris Latham
Noosa Heads - Great wave, nice little town last time I was there (20 years ago ) (Disqualified)
Ipswich - Land of the first red headed terror of politics.
Humpty Doo - home of the Swap Dogs junior rugby team. And the big boxing crocodile
Osborne - Home of the Mighty Osborne Cats (and that's about it!)
Erskenville - smells a bit like fish
Eden, smells like a better class of fish though.
(Disqualified) South West Rocks - There are rocks off the town's main beach but they're not south-west of anything, nor is the town south-west of them
Nowra (to get it back on track from where it derailed) - home of the saying NFN (= Normal for Nowra), and the one time world oyster shucking champion, Jim Wild
Asquith - Where in 1997 two midgets stabbed a shopkeep in retaliation to accused discrimination
Henty - Where the locals wait around all year watching grass grow and counting down the seconds until the next field days
Yamba - Kane Douglas is from Yamba
Armidale - named after Armadale in the Isle of Skye. Where Joe Roff went to school (the NSW town not the Scottish one)
Ejanding was established in 1930
Goulburn - home to a fruit company that made our dual olympic winning rowing team do this
Nambour - the big pineapple is near there.
Rooty Hill - famous for its hilarious name and proximity to also topographically significant Mount Druitt
Longreach - the original home of Qantas and The Flying Doctor service.
Holbrook - 300 kms from the coast and yet has a submarine smack bang in the center of the town. Also once named Germanton (German Town). no points as to guessing why they changed the name
Kempsey, home of the worst traffic jams in NSW plus home to the akubra
Yarraman - Most people are unlikely to know where it is.
Neutral Bay - Not actually neutral, full of dickheads
Iron Knob South Australia. No further comment.
There's also a Bald Knob, in queensland maybe?
Yarra Valley - Home to Domain Chandon in Aust (Don't knock it until you have been to Sunday School.)
Yamba - unfortunate subject of a John Williamson song. (Repeated)
Yatalah - famous for its pies.
Helidon - Was flooded last year.
Adelaide - home to Sir Douglas Mawson, Leyton Hewitt and Jimmy Barnes. (retracted by poster– meant for Yamba but too slow)
Narromine - home to Glen McGrath and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor.
Adelaide - home of two ISPs to be acquired by kiwi mob iiNet (camtech -> OzEmail -> iiNet, Internode -> iiNet) (Disqualified – too slow – Is this a comment on SA in general?)
Emu Park - name of a small hedge fund as well as a place
Kajabbi - home of the Kalkadoon hotel
Injune- You'll pass through here on the way to Canarvon Gorge.
Echuca - Originally called Hopwood's Ferry
Albury - Home of the famous "Murrayfield", or is it named after some other ground? Not sure.
Yorkey's Knob- A northern beachside suburb of Cairns... lovely spot!
Betoota - Was Australia's smallest gazetted town, with a population of 1. Met him, was a cranky old bastard, no wonder he was alone. eventually got too sick to stay there and moved away, ghost town now.
Abernethy - a long time ago they dug up black stuff. Got some historic sites related to the same industry
Yagoona - just love saying it.
Yellow Rock - a little known township in the Blue Mountains that gets caned by bushfires every summer and where the sound of banjos can oft be heard. (Disqualified – too slow)
Angourie - home to one of the best point breaks on the east coast.
Erina, whose big shopping centre is most ironic - anything but Fair
Ardlethan - They dug up gold for a while and then some tin. Its a long way from anywhere you'd want to go but a nice drive all the same.
Narre Warren, fringe south east suburb of Melbourne, made famous by arch bogan Corey Delaney
Nimbin - host of the annual MardiGrass festival when on the first weekend in May "thousands descend on Nimbin for cannabis oriented fun and frivolity" (Wiki).
New Farm- Trendy Brisbane suburb next to the Valley once full of immigrant families, junkies, prostitutes & working class. Now full of immigrant families, junkies, prostitutes & Upper-Middle class.
Mittagong - Marist brothers have a retreat there somewhere.
Gatton- Spared, just, from the inland tsunami last year & home of an agricultural college.
Adjungbilly - If you look really closely, you'll see a sign post for Adjungbilly near the Coolac bypass. Enormous place. (withdrawn by poster – too slow)
Narrandera - Home town of Marie Bashir.
Airlie Beach- Gateway to the Whitsunday Islands & a backpacker haven.
Harvey Bay - Where Victorians go to die.
(Chain Broken)
Nabiac, blink and you'll miss it! (Should have been disqualified but wasn’t)
Canowindra, pronounce that when you're pissed. Or ask a Gold Coast taxi driver to take you there.
Arrawarra - place to see orignial aboriginal fish traps, gateway to the solitary islands and great long boarding
Australia!!! I mean Solitary Islands?
Adelong - Check out the Adelong Falls.
Gordonvale- Where the geniuses of the day first introduced the cane toad to try to eradicate the cane beetle.
Eurongilly - located between Junee and Gundagai
Yerong Creek - One half of the Mighty Rock-Yerong Creek Magpies
Kangarilla - half kangaroo, half gorilla
Temora, home of Paleface Adios, Trent Barrett and the one of the best airshows in Australia. I shit you not Spitfires fly over your house. Unbelievable. (Disqualified)
Albion Park - Do they trot at Albion Park? Bloody oath they do!
Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Its Hot, Its Dry ..................... and did I say hot? I was going to post Karratha but I was a bit sick of the Towns ending in A - starting to sound like a All Black fan.
Rutherglen - Some great wines from there, particularly some of the Tokays, if you like stickys.
Nymboida - place for white water rafting and home of Russel Crowe's Museum of Interesting Things
Alstonville - where you can visit Summlerand House (House with No Steps), also where Macadamias were first grown commerically
Exmouth - home to the Ningaloo reef, in my experience on a par with the GBR for snorkelling but shore based so you can drive there.
Halls Gap- Gateway to the Grampians National Park. If you're into your National Parks this one is a must see!
Pilliga - near the Pilliga scrub (what happens in there stays in there)
Airds - a suburb in which to not park one's car
Akuna Bay - a great climb out on the bike and a great descent back in (all on the way to west head lookout). (Withdrawn by poster)
Sydney - the home of the drive by shooting.
Yaroomba- where I am now!! Home of the massive raincloud.
Adelaide - all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't drag me back again. (3rd time lucky for a legit entry!)
Eudlo- You don't just pass through Eudlo.
Orange - named after the first king of Holland, Willem Oranje.
Eastonville - just outside of Grafton. Mark Taylor's inlaws used to live out there.
Ettamogah - There is a pub there!!
Hugenden - Dinosaurs roam there. I mean roamed there.
Nimbin - things get smoked there (Duplicated but not disqualified – begins and ends in N so no real effect)
Nerang- It's where the Gold Coast put their biggest bogans.
Goondiwindi - home of Gunsynd the Goondiwindi grey (a horse that won heaps of stuff)
Innisfail - Famous for sugar cane, bananas, bad cyclones and Billy Slater.
Lockhart - The verandah town.
Temora - home of Paleface Adios (Legit entry – previously disqualified)
Albury - Has the high rate of births to teenage mothers in Oz. Over 100 in 2010-2011.
Yeppoon - My Aunt lives there. and it has a beach. and there is probably more interesting trivia but wikipedia is down (Disqualified - duplicate)
Yaamba is about 36.6 km north of Rockhampton, on the main highway to Mackay. It now consists of a pub and a Rest Area and service Station.
Anglers Rest - Who would not like to retire there?
Tarragindi, an awesome suburb in the southern suburbs of Brisbane where I live Named after the Indian servant of one of the original settlers.
Ipswich - Affectionately know as "The Switch" (duplicate entry but not disqualified)
Harden - home of the best scones in Australia, and therefore, the world.
Nangus, smack bang in God's own country!
Sydney - home of the Tahs !!! (duplicate entry but not disqualified)
Young - cherries, beautiful surrounding countryside and the Lambing Flat Riot.
Griffith, NSW - What happens in Griffith, stays in Griffith.
Hillston, almost in God's own country. Got a bloody big vineyard out there, Hillston Grove.
Nambucca Heads, on a good day (most) you can see it (them) from South West Rocks
Swansea Heads. The channel, the beaches, the views..God's country
Sue City, near Tumba-bloody-rumba. Great fishing spot.
Yellow Rock, here in the beautiful Blue Mountains.
Kingaroy- Famous for peanuts & Sir Joh, oh & Berrick Barnes..
Yallambie - a small town south of Cessnock NSW and also a suburb of Melbourne.
Epping - Home of the Subbies team, the Rams. International players include Steve Tuynmann, Matt Mostyn, Matt Burke, Lachie Turner (Brett Papworth and Marty Roebuck have been involved with coaching junior teams as well).
Gunbalanya - Little Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. If you ever get the chance to go there, jump at the opportunity. The drive there from Cahills Crossing goes through some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen. The town itself has a fantastic arts centre and a billabong absolutely teeming with life.
Auchenflower, one of Brisbane's disappearing suburbs.
Roma - Home of the Big Rig and the biggest Sales Yards in Oz, possibly the southern Hemisphere.
Ararat - sounds religious and rodent like, but an old gold mining town in Victoria near the Grampians. And I have never been there.perhaps the most significant fact
Tallangatta - the town that moved in the 50's and has a 50's weekend. On the Hume Weir and gets hot in summer, cold in winter. Frequently both spelled and pronounced incorrectly. An aunt and uncle live there.
Ardmona, peach of a town!
Allora - Home of Steele Rudd or 'On Our Selection' and 'Dad & Dave' fame.
Adamstown - fairly forgettable Newcastle suburb
Newrybar - of you are ever in town go to Harvest. Some of the best food I have ever had. The breakfast in particular. You will need to book.
Richmond. The Queensland one that is an essential fuel stop on the drive between Mt Isa and Townsville. Bears no resemblance whatsoever to its Melbournian namesake.
Dorrigo - mid north coast town at the top of the waterfall way (which right now is the underwater way), famous for growing spuds and, previously, logging
Omeo - they have a famous polo match near there every Easter
Ormeau- Half way to the Gold Coast from Brisbane
Urangan - One end of the Punicestone Passage. (location challenged)
Narrabeen - the most over rated and crowded Sydney surf break but still a winter gem in a northerly swell
Newcastle - home to plenty of under rated and uncrowded surf spots
Eugowra - I know nothing about Eugowra.
Adaminaby - what a great name. (disqualified as duplicate)
Yagoona, site of the first Maccas in Australia (already used and should have been disqualified but returns us to Eugowra so no harm done)
Alice Springs - Not even close to Uluru.
Mount Isa - Oasis in the desert. (Disqualified)
Silverton - Used to be bigger then Broken Hill/
Normanton. Home of the illustrious Purple Pub (as the name suggests, it is a pub that is painted purple)
Newnes - now just a pub in the middle of very cold bush land near Lithgow.
Sarina- A few good mungo players have come from here.. Dale Shearer & Martin Bella come to mind. I have no other facts on Sarina...
Armidale, NSW - Home of UNE, Robb Rugby and the Wicklow Hotel. (disqualified as duplicate)
(Chain broken)
Yorkeys Knob, QLD - Named after a fisherman from Yorkshire, George Yorkey Lawson (Should have been disqualified as duplicate and no “Y”s for a while)
Bronte - Probably where I'd choose to live if I had a shitload of cash
Eumundi- Great markets here twice a week, gateway to Noosa.
Ingleburn - Home of WCR. Well, where I grew up.
Newtown. The easiest game to play is 'spot the hipster in Newtown'
Nowra, South Coast town of NSW (should have been disqualified but allowed)
(Chain broken – Technically)
Allawah, right next to Carlton.
Halliday's Point - can't remember anything trivial about it.
Toukley - God's country!
Townsville - Got stung by a blue bottle there once. (Disqualified – too slow)
Yarrawonga - On the Murray River. Great skiing spot!!
Aratula. At the bottom of Cunninghams Gap between Brisbane and Warwick. Has two servos who both do awesome toasted sandwiches, and a little bakery that is amazing
Adavale. Middle of nowhere, western Qld. Rob Simmons would know where it is.
Ellis Beach- Paradise just north of Cairns
Harden/Murrumburrah - Two towns for the price of one!! (Half of this has already been used)
Harrisburg- Midnight Oil sang a song about it.
Garah, home of many galahs.
Hobart - capital of Tasmania
Tucabia - often pronounced as Tucka-by-ah by news readers.
Amamoor - Right near the Gympie Music Muster.
Riana - a small place in an obscure part of Tasmania
Anna Bay - the northern entry to Stockton beach, 30 sq kms of sand dunes for 4WDing and also where Mad Max was filmed
Young in NSW is the Cherry capital of Australia. Also the home of Tom Carter (I think). (Already used but not disqualified)
(chain broken – Technically)
Gundagai - There's a track winding back to an old fashioned track along the road to Gundagai
Illarwill. A small town outside of Maclean that is Koori for magpie.
Lombadina - community in the Kimberley, about 200km (although it seems much further due to the road there) north of Broome. God's country. Sublime, empty beaches, the whitest sand and bluest water I've ever seen. Gorgeous sunsets, great fishing and mud crabs galore.
Alpha - Or Alfa depending of where you learnt your geography. No really is a town in QLD
Airlie Beach - The only place in Qld you can get a drink on easter sunday.
Harrow. A town in the Wimmera in Western Victoria.
Watanobbi - Locals claim it has the aboriginal meaning of "bloke with big dick".
Inglewood - Olive country
Dudley - nice little beach south of Newcastle
Yandilla - Was a town. Does it still count?
American River, on Kangaroo Island. Why it's named after the Septics, I don't know.
Rockhampton - Famous for the stolen testicles from all the bull statues in town.
Nindigully - famous for its one pub and a bloody big B&S each year.
Yandina- Home of the Ginger Factory on the Sunshine Coast.
Airlie Beach - Ends in H. Fuck I'm sick of places ending in A (Should have been disqualified)
(chain broken – Technically)
Hawks Nest - glorious little spot on the mid north coast of NSW. Former holiday spot of John Howard.
Tyndale small town on the South arm of the Clarence a river in between Grafton and Maclean. I also put out a fire at the petrol station in 2003.
Eden- Lovely ex whaling town on the Southern NSW coast. (legit entry having been previously disqualified)
Narrabundah: 'tis a social blunder to live in Narrabundah!
Hampton - QLD that is. North of Twmba
Nimbin - the highest town in Australia. (should have been disqualified but starts and ends in N so no net effect)
Nanango - Home of the peanut van. Best chilli & lime flavoured peanuts.
Oberon - probably the coldest town in NSW aside from those in the Snowy Mountains.
Nanango - Rhymes with Mango (Should have been disqualified as a duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Ophir, ofa'n end to this thread!
Redbank - between Ipswich & Brisvagas. That how I know I have hit the city.
Kokotungo - I think this must now be the smallest town in Australia.
Orbost -The Victorian town that's closer to Canberra than Melbourne.
The Rock, breeding place of champions.
Kiama - The Kiama Sevens, Scott Fava
Aberdeen - town near Scone in the Hunter Valley of NSW.
Nambour - Rough end of the Big Pineapple. ( Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Rooty Hill - where Julia goes for her holiday. (Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Lightning Ridge - A town where the fittest survive. The outback NSW.
Elmore, where only the unique survive. Home to the best Valiant restorers in Australia.
Ettamogah - A town outside Albury where they park trucks on the roof of the Pub. (Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Harvey - A small dairy/orchard town in WA, who held the crew of th German Raider "Kormoran" during world war 2 in an internment camp.
Yanco - Just outside Leeton in the MIA, where they row surf boats on the Murrumbidgee.
Yarrahapinni - town on the North Coastof NSW near Stuarts Point. (withdrawn by poster – too slow “ Yourmatesam pipped me at the post.”)
Ourimbah - town on the NSW Central Coast. Where AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) played his junior rugby for the Razorbacks. The original European settlement was called Blue Gum Flats but reverted back to the indiginous name.
Harden - This Southern NSW town would be a very rude place if it had an "o". (Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Nimmitabel - south of Cooma in the Cooma-Monaro region. Home of an absolutely cracking bakery.
Lithgow. Home to Rampaging Roy Slaven.
Walcha - in the Northern Tablelands of NSW near Armidale. Former Wallaby, Waratah and Eastern Suburbs stalwart Sam Payne grew up in Walcha. My Dad's sisters used to babysit him when he was a kid.
Amphitheatre - A little gold mining town in Central West Victoria. Population bugger all. Blink and it is gone.
Esk - a small town in South East Queensland that services the rich farming land in the surrounding area. It's not far from the Wivenhoe Dam which became infamous during the Queensland Floods of 2011.
Kurri Kurri - Not sure about the quality and variety of South Asian Cousine available in this Central Coast/Hunter Region NSW town.
Illabo, produces great lamb. Stages one rugby game a year on the village green, Cootamundra play the mighty Wagga Waratahs. Even Robbie Deans has been spotted in the crowd for that one.
Oodnadatta, South Australia. It's the hottest place in Australia. I never want to go there and find that out for myself.
The Game so far. - Several breaks in the chain.
SIMPLE RULES.
Next town in the chain starts with the last letter of the previous town. No previous entries.
Use of resource material is discouraged but not against rules.
Wagga Wagga - Home of the Chiko Roll
Adaminaby - Home of the big trout
Yeppoon - Cyclo may have chundered on rugby trip here in 1985
Narrabri- Australia's sportiest town (according to the Today show) and the land of Chris Latham
Noosa Heads - Great wave, nice little town last time I was there (20 years ago ) (Disqualified)
Ipswich - Land of the first red headed terror of politics.
Humpty Doo - home of the Swap Dogs junior rugby team. And the big boxing crocodile
Osborne - Home of the Mighty Osborne Cats (and that's about it!)
Erskenville - smells a bit like fish
Eden, smells like a better class of fish though.
(Disqualified) South West Rocks - There are rocks off the town's main beach but they're not south-west of anything, nor is the town south-west of them
Nowra (to get it back on track from where it derailed) - home of the saying NFN (= Normal for Nowra), and the one time world oyster shucking champion, Jim Wild
Asquith - Where in 1997 two midgets stabbed a shopkeep in retaliation to accused discrimination
Henty - Where the locals wait around all year watching grass grow and counting down the seconds until the next field days
Yamba - Kane Douglas is from Yamba
Armidale - named after Armadale in the Isle of Skye. Where Joe Roff went to school (the NSW town not the Scottish one)
Ejanding was established in 1930
Goulburn - home to a fruit company that made our dual olympic winning rowing team do this
Nambour - the big pineapple is near there.
Rooty Hill - famous for its hilarious name and proximity to also topographically significant Mount Druitt
Longreach - the original home of Qantas and The Flying Doctor service.
Holbrook - 300 kms from the coast and yet has a submarine smack bang in the center of the town. Also once named Germanton (German Town). no points as to guessing why they changed the name
Kempsey, home of the worst traffic jams in NSW plus home to the akubra
Yarraman - Most people are unlikely to know where it is.
Neutral Bay - Not actually neutral, full of dickheads
Iron Knob South Australia. No further comment.
There's also a Bald Knob, in queensland maybe?
Yarra Valley - Home to Domain Chandon in Aust (Don't knock it until you have been to Sunday School.)
Yamba - unfortunate subject of a John Williamson song. (Repeated)
Yatalah - famous for its pies.
Helidon - Was flooded last year.
Adelaide - home to Sir Douglas Mawson, Leyton Hewitt and Jimmy Barnes. (retracted by poster– meant for Yamba but too slow)
Narromine - home to Glen McGrath and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor.
Adelaide - home of two ISPs to be acquired by kiwi mob iiNet (camtech -> OzEmail -> iiNet, Internode -> iiNet) (Disqualified – too slow – Is this a comment on SA in general?)
Emu Park - name of a small hedge fund as well as a place
Kajabbi - home of the Kalkadoon hotel
Injune- You'll pass through here on the way to Canarvon Gorge.
Echuca - Originally called Hopwood's Ferry
Albury - Home of the famous "Murrayfield", or is it named after some other ground? Not sure.
Yorkey's Knob- A northern beachside suburb of Cairns... lovely spot!
Betoota - Was Australia's smallest gazetted town, with a population of 1. Met him, was a cranky old bastard, no wonder he was alone. eventually got too sick to stay there and moved away, ghost town now.
Abernethy - a long time ago they dug up black stuff. Got some historic sites related to the same industry
Yagoona - just love saying it.
Yellow Rock - a little known township in the Blue Mountains that gets caned by bushfires every summer and where the sound of banjos can oft be heard. (Disqualified – too slow)
Angourie - home to one of the best point breaks on the east coast.
Erina, whose big shopping centre is most ironic - anything but Fair
Ardlethan - They dug up gold for a while and then some tin. Its a long way from anywhere you'd want to go but a nice drive all the same.
Narre Warren, fringe south east suburb of Melbourne, made famous by arch bogan Corey Delaney
Nimbin - host of the annual MardiGrass festival when on the first weekend in May "thousands descend on Nimbin for cannabis oriented fun and frivolity" (Wiki).
New Farm- Trendy Brisbane suburb next to the Valley once full of immigrant families, junkies, prostitutes & working class. Now full of immigrant families, junkies, prostitutes & Upper-Middle class.
Mittagong - Marist brothers have a retreat there somewhere.
Gatton- Spared, just, from the inland tsunami last year & home of an agricultural college.
Adjungbilly - If you look really closely, you'll see a sign post for Adjungbilly near the Coolac bypass. Enormous place. (withdrawn by poster – too slow)
Narrandera - Home town of Marie Bashir.
Airlie Beach- Gateway to the Whitsunday Islands & a backpacker haven.
Harvey Bay - Where Victorians go to die.
(Chain Broken)
Nabiac, blink and you'll miss it! (Should have been disqualified but wasn’t)
Canowindra, pronounce that when you're pissed. Or ask a Gold Coast taxi driver to take you there.
Arrawarra - place to see orignial aboriginal fish traps, gateway to the solitary islands and great long boarding
Australia!!! I mean Solitary Islands?
Adelong - Check out the Adelong Falls.
Gordonvale- Where the geniuses of the day first introduced the cane toad to try to eradicate the cane beetle.
Eurongilly - located between Junee and Gundagai
Yerong Creek - One half of the Mighty Rock-Yerong Creek Magpies
Kangarilla - half kangaroo, half gorilla
Temora, home of Paleface Adios, Trent Barrett and the one of the best airshows in Australia. I shit you not Spitfires fly over your house. Unbelievable. (Disqualified)
Albion Park - Do they trot at Albion Park? Bloody oath they do!
Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Its Hot, Its Dry ..................... and did I say hot? I was going to post Karratha but I was a bit sick of the Towns ending in A - starting to sound like a All Black fan.
Rutherglen - Some great wines from there, particularly some of the Tokays, if you like stickys.
Nymboida - place for white water rafting and home of Russel Crowe's Museum of Interesting Things
Alstonville - where you can visit Summlerand House (House with No Steps), also where Macadamias were first grown commerically
Exmouth - home to the Ningaloo reef, in my experience on a par with the GBR for snorkelling but shore based so you can drive there.
Halls Gap- Gateway to the Grampians National Park. If you're into your National Parks this one is a must see!
Pilliga - near the Pilliga scrub (what happens in there stays in there)
Airds - a suburb in which to not park one's car
Akuna Bay - a great climb out on the bike and a great descent back in (all on the way to west head lookout). (Withdrawn by poster)
Sydney - the home of the drive by shooting.
Yaroomba- where I am now!! Home of the massive raincloud.
Adelaide - all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't drag me back again. (3rd time lucky for a legit entry!)
Eudlo- You don't just pass through Eudlo.
Orange - named after the first king of Holland, Willem Oranje.
Eastonville - just outside of Grafton. Mark Taylor's inlaws used to live out there.
Ettamogah - There is a pub there!!
Hugenden - Dinosaurs roam there. I mean roamed there.
Nimbin - things get smoked there (Duplicated but not disqualified – begins and ends in N so no real effect)
Nerang- It's where the Gold Coast put their biggest bogans.
Goondiwindi - home of Gunsynd the Goondiwindi grey (a horse that won heaps of stuff)
Innisfail - Famous for sugar cane, bananas, bad cyclones and Billy Slater.
Lockhart - The verandah town.
Temora - home of Paleface Adios (Legit entry – previously disqualified)
Albury - Has the high rate of births to teenage mothers in Oz. Over 100 in 2010-2011.
Yeppoon - My Aunt lives there. and it has a beach. and there is probably more interesting trivia but wikipedia is down (Disqualified - duplicate)
Yaamba is about 36.6 km north of Rockhampton, on the main highway to Mackay. It now consists of a pub and a Rest Area and service Station.
Anglers Rest - Who would not like to retire there?
Tarragindi, an awesome suburb in the southern suburbs of Brisbane where I live Named after the Indian servant of one of the original settlers.
Ipswich - Affectionately know as "The Switch" (duplicate entry but not disqualified)
Harden - home of the best scones in Australia, and therefore, the world.
Nangus, smack bang in God's own country!
Sydney - home of the Tahs !!! (duplicate entry but not disqualified)
Young - cherries, beautiful surrounding countryside and the Lambing Flat Riot.
Griffith, NSW - What happens in Griffith, stays in Griffith.
Hillston, almost in God's own country. Got a bloody big vineyard out there, Hillston Grove.
Nambucca Heads, on a good day (most) you can see it (them) from South West Rocks
Swansea Heads. The channel, the beaches, the views..God's country
Sue City, near Tumba-bloody-rumba. Great fishing spot.
Yellow Rock, here in the beautiful Blue Mountains.
Kingaroy- Famous for peanuts & Sir Joh, oh & Berrick Barnes..
Yallambie - a small town south of Cessnock NSW and also a suburb of Melbourne.
Epping - Home of the Subbies team, the Rams. International players include Steve Tuynmann, Matt Mostyn, Matt Burke, Lachie Turner (Brett Papworth and Marty Roebuck have been involved with coaching junior teams as well).
Gunbalanya - Little Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. If you ever get the chance to go there, jump at the opportunity. The drive there from Cahills Crossing goes through some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen. The town itself has a fantastic arts centre and a billabong absolutely teeming with life.
Auchenflower, one of Brisbane's disappearing suburbs.
Roma - Home of the Big Rig and the biggest Sales Yards in Oz, possibly the southern Hemisphere.
Ararat - sounds religious and rodent like, but an old gold mining town in Victoria near the Grampians. And I have never been there.perhaps the most significant fact
Tallangatta - the town that moved in the 50's and has a 50's weekend. On the Hume Weir and gets hot in summer, cold in winter. Frequently both spelled and pronounced incorrectly. An aunt and uncle live there.
Ardmona, peach of a town!
Allora - Home of Steele Rudd or 'On Our Selection' and 'Dad & Dave' fame.
Adamstown - fairly forgettable Newcastle suburb
Newrybar - of you are ever in town go to Harvest. Some of the best food I have ever had. The breakfast in particular. You will need to book.
Richmond. The Queensland one that is an essential fuel stop on the drive between Mt Isa and Townsville. Bears no resemblance whatsoever to its Melbournian namesake.
Dorrigo - mid north coast town at the top of the waterfall way (which right now is the underwater way), famous for growing spuds and, previously, logging
Omeo - they have a famous polo match near there every Easter
Ormeau- Half way to the Gold Coast from Brisbane
Urangan - One end of the Punicestone Passage. (location challenged)
Narrabeen - the most over rated and crowded Sydney surf break but still a winter gem in a northerly swell
Newcastle - home to plenty of under rated and uncrowded surf spots
Eugowra - I know nothing about Eugowra.
Adaminaby - what a great name. (disqualified as duplicate)
Yagoona, site of the first Maccas in Australia (already used and should have been disqualified but returns us to Eugowra so no harm done)
Alice Springs - Not even close to Uluru.
Mount Isa - Oasis in the desert. (Disqualified)
Silverton - Used to be bigger then Broken Hill/
Normanton. Home of the illustrious Purple Pub (as the name suggests, it is a pub that is painted purple)
Newnes - now just a pub in the middle of very cold bush land near Lithgow.
Sarina- A few good mungo players have come from here.. Dale Shearer & Martin Bella come to mind. I have no other facts on Sarina...
Armidale, NSW - Home of UNE, Robb Rugby and the Wicklow Hotel. (disqualified as duplicate)
(Chain broken)
Yorkeys Knob, QLD - Named after a fisherman from Yorkshire, George Yorkey Lawson (Should have been disqualified as duplicate and no “Y”s for a while)
Bronte - Probably where I'd choose to live if I had a shitload of cash
Eumundi- Great markets here twice a week, gateway to Noosa.
Ingleburn - Home of WCR. Well, where I grew up.
Newtown. The easiest game to play is 'spot the hipster in Newtown'
Nowra, South Coast town of NSW (should have been disqualified but allowed)
(Chain broken – Technically)
Allawah, right next to Carlton.
Halliday's Point - can't remember anything trivial about it.
Toukley - God's country!
Townsville - Got stung by a blue bottle there once. (Disqualified – too slow)
Yarrawonga - On the Murray River. Great skiing spot!!
Aratula. At the bottom of Cunninghams Gap between Brisbane and Warwick. Has two servos who both do awesome toasted sandwiches, and a little bakery that is amazing
Adavale. Middle of nowhere, western Qld. Rob Simmons would know where it is.
Ellis Beach- Paradise just north of Cairns
Harden/Murrumburrah - Two towns for the price of one!! (Half of this has already been used)
Harrisburg- Midnight Oil sang a song about it.
Garah, home of many galahs.
Hobart - capital of Tasmania
Tucabia - often pronounced as Tucka-by-ah by news readers.
Amamoor - Right near the Gympie Music Muster.
Riana - a small place in an obscure part of Tasmania
Anna Bay - the northern entry to Stockton beach, 30 sq kms of sand dunes for 4WDing and also where Mad Max was filmed
Young in NSW is the Cherry capital of Australia. Also the home of Tom Carter (I think). (Already used but not disqualified)
(chain broken – Technically)
Gundagai - There's a track winding back to an old fashioned track along the road to Gundagai
Illarwill. A small town outside of Maclean that is Koori for magpie.
Lombadina - community in the Kimberley, about 200km (although it seems much further due to the road there) north of Broome. God's country. Sublime, empty beaches, the whitest sand and bluest water I've ever seen. Gorgeous sunsets, great fishing and mud crabs galore.
Alpha - Or Alfa depending of where you learnt your geography. No really is a town in QLD
Airlie Beach - The only place in Qld you can get a drink on easter sunday.
Harrow. A town in the Wimmera in Western Victoria.
Watanobbi - Locals claim it has the aboriginal meaning of "bloke with big dick".
Inglewood - Olive country
Dudley - nice little beach south of Newcastle
Yandilla - Was a town. Does it still count?
American River, on Kangaroo Island. Why it's named after the Septics, I don't know.
Rockhampton - Famous for the stolen testicles from all the bull statues in town.
Nindigully - famous for its one pub and a bloody big B&S each year.
Yandina- Home of the Ginger Factory on the Sunshine Coast.
Airlie Beach - Ends in H. Fuck I'm sick of places ending in A (Should have been disqualified)
(chain broken – Technically)
Hawks Nest - glorious little spot on the mid north coast of NSW. Former holiday spot of John Howard.
Tyndale small town on the South arm of the Clarence a river in between Grafton and Maclean. I also put out a fire at the petrol station in 2003.
Eden- Lovely ex whaling town on the Southern NSW coast. (legit entry having been previously disqualified)
Narrabundah: 'tis a social blunder to live in Narrabundah!
Hampton - QLD that is. North of Twmba
Nimbin - the highest town in Australia. (should have been disqualified but starts and ends in N so no net effect)
Nanango - Home of the peanut van. Best chilli & lime flavoured peanuts.
Oberon - probably the coldest town in NSW aside from those in the Snowy Mountains.
Nanango - Rhymes with Mango (Should have been disqualified as a duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Ophir, ofa'n end to this thread!
Redbank - between Ipswich & Brisvagas. That how I know I have hit the city.
Kokotungo - I think this must now be the smallest town in Australia.
Orbost -The Victorian town that's closer to Canberra than Melbourne.
The Rock, breeding place of champions.
Kiama - The Kiama Sevens, Scott Fava
Aberdeen - town near Scone in the Hunter Valley of NSW.
Nambour - Rough end of the Big Pineapple. ( Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Rooty Hill - where Julia goes for her holiday. (Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Lightning Ridge - A town where the fittest survive. The outback NSW.
Elmore, where only the unique survive. Home to the best Valiant restorers in Australia.
Ettamogah - A town outside Albury where they park trucks on the roof of the Pub. (Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Harvey - A small dairy/orchard town in WA, who held the crew of th German Raider "Kormoran" during world war 2 in an internment camp.
Yanco - Just outside Leeton in the MIA, where they row surf boats on the Murrumbidgee.
Yarrahapinni - town on the North Coastof NSW near Stuarts Point. (withdrawn by poster – too slow “ Yourmatesam pipped me at the post.”)
Ourimbah - town on the NSW Central Coast. Where AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) played his junior rugby for the Razorbacks. The original European settlement was called Blue Gum Flats but reverted back to the indiginous name.
Harden - This Southern NSW town would be a very rude place if it had an "o". (Should have been disqualified as duplicate)
(chain broken – Technically)
Nimmitabel - south of Cooma in the Cooma-Monaro region. Home of an absolutely cracking bakery.
Lithgow. Home to Rampaging Roy Slaven.
Walcha - in the Northern Tablelands of NSW near Armidale. Former Wallaby, Waratah and Eastern Suburbs stalwart Sam Payne grew up in Walcha. My Dad's sisters used to babysit him when he was a kid.
Amphitheatre - A little gold mining town in Central West Victoria. Population bugger all. Blink and it is gone.
Esk - a small town in South East Queensland that services the rich farming land in the surrounding area. It's not far from the Wivenhoe Dam which became infamous during the Queensland Floods of 2011.
Kurri Kurri - Not sure about the quality and variety of South Asian Cousine available in this Central Coast/Hunter Region NSW town.
Illabo, produces great lamb. Stages one rugby game a year on the village green, Cootamundra play the mighty Wagga Waratahs. Even Robbie Deans has been spotted in the crowd for that one.
Oodnadatta, South Australia. It's the hottest place in Australia. I never want to go there and find that out for myself.
Allingham - A smallish town near Ingham QLD, and previously known as Forrest Beach. Famous for being an A town that ends in M, and therefore potentially useful as a segue to Mount Buggery, Victoria, in a town name trivia chain game, if the latter was a town and not just a simple geographic feature.
Randwick - Randwick Rugby Club played the New Zealand National Rugby Team in the mid 80's and gave them a bit of a fright. The Mark Ella Grandstand overlooks Coogee Oval from the North.
Khancoban, NSW - a tiny little town on the Alpine Way a short distance from the Victorian border. You get there by driving down the Alpine Way from Dead Horse Gap at Thredbo. It's a terrific drive but you want a good set of brakes!
I once visited Khancoban as part of a UNSW Foundation Day Roadtrip/Scavenger Hunt. Our task was to try and get as many people into a phone booth outside the pub as possible.
We walked into the pub and sheepishly told some people what we were doing. The biggest, roughest, meanest looking guy in the pub overhead us and then bellowed:
"Right. Everyone outside. We're getting in the phone box."
Thanks to his demeanor, we managed to get about 15 people and a dog in the phone box. It was incredible.
I once visited Khancoban as part of a UNSW Foundation Day Roadtrip/Scavenger Hunt. Our task was to try and get as many people into a phone booth outside the pub as possible.
We walked into the pub and sheepishly told some people what we were doing. The biggest, roughest, meanest looking guy in the pub overhead us and then bellowed:
"Right. Everyone outside. We're getting in the phone box."
Thanks to his demeanor, we managed to get about 15 people and a dog in the phone box. It was incredible.
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