Aussie Towns Trivia
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The Journey So far:
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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
Margaret River - Wine, waves and some lovely solutional caves.
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.
Narbethong, Vic. Beautiful spot which was devastated by the Black Saturday Fires. Great area for camping on an Easter weekend
Gooloogong - On the banks of the Lachlan River between Parkes and Cowra and famous for being similar to one of our most celebrated female tennis players.
Grantham - This small Lockyer Valley town was nearly wiped out after being hit by an "inland tsunami" in the 2011 QLD floods. Tragically some lives were lost and the whole town may be moved to a nearby location on higher ground.
Middleton, SA. At the end of the Fleurieu Peninsula first mapped by the Frogs in 1802
Nowhere Else - There is nowhere else like Nowhere Else (Tas 7306). 20 minutes from Devonport, Nowhere Else has no pub, no council, not even a general store. The general store is nearby but it’s not in Nowhere Else, cos its somewhere else.
Ettalong--- home to Terry Hills lobster pot episode and bugger all else. Has a resort there that no one goes to
Gulgong, NSW - a small town near Mudgee that has its annual picnic race day on the June long weekend. It's a cracker of a day!
Goonoo Goonoo - not said how you think it might be said.
Greenwell Point- Oysters, cows and absolutely not one person who has ever done anything famous in their lives. The locals are gladly waiting for Armageddon, so as they will have something to talk about. Jim Wild, while not native to Greenwell Point, is a well known oyster farmer there, who was World Champion Oyster Shucker at one time. Bloody strong hands too! (TMO Yellow Card – Out of Sequence, and available for re-use)
Orbost, in Gippsland. Pretty, dairy country. The town closest to where the Snowy River meets the sea (Marlo isn't a real town!). Also lots of logging around there. ( Should have been disqualified as a duplicate - Chain Technically broken)
Tea Gardens, NSW. Near the Myall Lakes. Not really famous for much that I know of except it is next to Hawks Nest where John Howard used to go for his holidays.
Smiggin Holes - Great sounding name for a ski town in the Snowy Mountains. Rampaging Roy Slaven is CEO of the Smiggin Holes Winter Olympics Bid team.
Strathfield - an outer Inner Western Suburb of Sydney and close to Concord Oval where the first game ever in an RWC was played there, England v Aus, and a RWC 87 1/4 final. Now the home of the West Harbour Pirates.
Dunlop - A Suburb in Canberra near Belconnen. Named after Lientenant Colonel Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop. Weary was famous for a lot of things from his military and civil life but he is the only Victorian inductee in the ARU Hall of Fame (so far - watch this space for E McK). Two Test veteran who first played for the Wobs in 1932. Wob Number 280.
Putty. Tactile yet bloody difficult to transverse by road.
Yackandandah. A small north Victorian town only famous because a mate of mine from College came from a property nearby. They also filmed "Strange Bedfellows" here.
Hay, take yer choice: NSW or WA
Younghusband - Little more than a caravan park on the Murray in SA (with a postcode SA 5328).
Dalgety, NSW - a tiny town not far from Jindabyne. Believe it or not, Dalgety was mooted as the location for the national capital before it was decided that it was too close to Melbourne relative to Sydney and Canberrra was chosen instead
Yallingup - favourite surf break for all the boys from all teams that surf. Has a wonderful rep with the Sharks boys that surf plus Matty Hodgson from the force. Also it is next door to Margaret River so the visit to Cape Mentelle/Vasse Felix make it just that little more worthwhile. Real sharks can be a small issue though
Poowong - This South Gippsland town is known more for the unusual nature of its name than anything else. Can you imagine barracking for this town in the footy??
Glen Innes, NSW - In the Northern Tablelands, the area is well known for farming and sapphires.
Sorrento- a great place to go for a swim. (Only the oldies will get this)
Oberon, NSW - on the western side of the Blue Mountains. It is actually the birthplace of the Male Model from Mudgee, Ken Sutcliffe.
Noble Park, Vic. A suburb of Melbin where I think Digby hails from.
Kangaroo Ground, VIC. It is a small town north east of the Melbourne CBD.
Dookie – VIC. So good a town, Green Day named and album after it. (For the young un's this time)
Emerald - a mining town in the Queensland gemfields. About 300 km inland from Rocky, I "mined" some sapphires and a ruby from Emerald. The nearby Fairbairn dam is bigger then Sydney Harbour.
Davidson, probably the least known suburb in North Shore/Northern Beaches for those who live there.it's across the bridge from Roseville
Nar Nar Goon - another Gippsland town. Famous for the numerous Murals painted around the Town. Nearby are the localities of Maryknoll, Koo Wee Rup, Tynong, and Cora Lynn, all worthy entries in this thread when the opportunities arise.
Newcastle - don't think it has been done yet. The Wallabies may have played a test there last year but their is a strange blank in my memory of it..
Eucumbene - Some bloke put a lake there a few years ago.
Epping NSW - home of the Epping Rams subbies club (Withdrawn by Poster as a duplicate)
Glenelg - One of Adelaide's seaside suburbs and also Australia's most pallindromic town. (Withdrawn by poster due to withdraw of Epping, and previous use)
Eudlo.up in the hills of the Sunshine Coast
Oatley, The local rugby club plays out of HV Evatt park in Lugarno and has advertising material similar to the Oakley Sunglasses company. Sonny $onny Bill Williams used to live here.
Yetman NSW - up just short of the QLD border. Fishing in the Macintyre River and home to the Codfish Hotel.
Narrawallee - South Coast NSW. Hmmmm, know a few people from there, used to have some logging.
Edgeroi NSW. In the middle of massive wheat country south of Moree. The earth around there is flat enough to see the curvature.
Ilfracombe, nearest town to Longreach, QLD
Eastern Creek NSW - spiritual home to all things bogan in Western Sydney: racing of all sorts, prostitutes, and land fill.
Koo Wee Rup, Vic. Famous for being near Nar Nar Goon (Mural Town). Another great sounding town name.
Puckapunyal, Army town in Northern Victoria. Red Gum's 19 year old Soldier left from here to go to Vietnam in the song "I was only 19".
Lambton- Steve and Tom Lamont live there ( ex norths and SU colts) both played for Hunter in the country champs, had their photo in the herald.
Nabiac, NSW - a little town on the Pacific Highway south of Taree. I stopped there once for a bacon and egg roll. That was the only highlight of the town.
Coonabarabran NSW. Gateway to The Warrumbungles and Siding Springs Observatory.
Narromine, NSW - birthplace of the great Glenn McGrath.
Eggs and Bacon Bay, TAS. It's nowhere near anywhere and would be fucking cold. In the 2011 census, there were 245 people living in Eggs And Bacon Bay. 50.8% are male and 49.2% are female. Eggs And Bacon Bay is 44 Km from Hobart.
Yandina, QLD, a town on the hinterland of Sunshine Coast, near my other post, Eudlo.
Ashford NSW. Previously produced tobacco and coal. Now left as merino country and has a few natural attractions such as the caves, Macintyre Falls, and the nearby Pindari Dam. Which isn't natural
Deniliquin, NSW. Home of the Deni Drovers and a ute muster.
Naracoorte SA. Local cave system has lots of fossils I'm led to believe.
Tathra NSW - best oysters in NSW according to more than a few. (TMO Yellow Card. Out of sequence. Available for re-use)
Eltham - I believe is a suburb in Melbourne.
Mooball , small village up near Tweed, home of the Victory hotel and power poles painted to look like cows
Llangothlin NSW - more of a locality these days, sitting just north of Guyra. Has a lake of sorts, a fuel station, and a whole lot of cold in winter.
Nukarni WA, 'bout 300km east northeast of Perth. In other words, in the middle of bloody nowhere!
Innamincka. Surrounded by three deserts, on the Strzelecki Track.
Ashmont, a locality of Wagga Wagga NSW, often called Trashmont for obvious reasons, and where my son's stolen work ute was found few days later after being taken from inside his place one night.
Terry Hie Hie NSW. Site of culturally important lands to the Kamilaroi people.
Eugowra, NSW, in the no man's land in the Central West competition as has no rugby club so a local has to choose between Cowra, Parkes, Forbes and Orange rugby union teams to play for unless he's into league
Ayr, Queensland - close to Townsville. Don Walker of Cold Chisel fame, one of Australia's greatest ever songwriters comes from the town.
Red Rock NSW. Great pub there with the bar top made from one solid piece of redwood. Sort of halfway between Coffs and Grafton.
Kenilworth, Qld - a small town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. It is a small dairy farming town. The conglomerate milk processor closed the local milk factory, so the locals bought it for bugger all, fired it up and started to produce outstanding cheese. If you ever see Kenilworth cheese on sale, BUY IT!
Heyfield- VIC Famous for the local derbies between them and Maffra with on one occasion more arrests than there were players in the team. but is was only aussie rules so it doesn't really count.
Hay NSW. Bloody flat out there - hot in summer, cold in winter. Home of the mighty Hay Cutters Rugby Club. Next time you want to bitch about your drive across town to play away, think about what they need to do play against Tumut, 368 km distant. (TMO Red Card – Used Previously)
Darlinghurst. A Sydney suburb originally Henrietta Town after Mrs Macquarie. Plenty of night time activities occur in Darlinghurst.
Taigum - Suburb on the north side of Brisbane. If you lived there you'd be home by now!
Macquarie Island, well it's part of Australia, ok?
Dumaresq. A locality NW of Armidale. Probably the only Q ending place in Oz. Also a river that runs past Texas, Qld and joins the Murray-Darling via the Macintyre. Wines come from vineyards in the Dumaresq valley.
Quilpie - Outback QLD at it's finest. Also one of the worldwide Mayan calendar 'end of the world safe-zones'
Eureka, between Lismore and Byron. Was once red soil farmland (mainly dairy) the prices went up when it became part of the Byron bay hinterland. Plenty of macadamias can be found here
Adjungbilly - Located between Gobarralong and Tumut at the foot of the Snowy Mountains. Beautiful country but fresh in winter.
Yulara, the gateway to the big red rock in the middle of Australia!
Arrapoint Bend. This locatily is in the middle of nowhere in the Snowy Mountains. Braveheart81 was there for Easter. 90 minutes drive to the nearest Foxtel outlet.
Darlington Point. Just outside Griffith in the Riverina. If you're driving from Wagga to Griffith, always go by Waddi then the Point. Inside tip from the locals.
Tumbi Umbi - The hometown of Scottish RU player Nathan Hines. Gristlechewer wouldn't like to carry a carton from Tumbi Umbi to Murrayfield.
Indooroopilly, don't mis-spell it! Good pub, nice golf course and a fairly well known tax case about a childcare centre, employee share schemes/trusts and fringe benefits tax.
Yagoona, NSW - a suburb in South-Western Sydney. Site of the first McDonald's restaurant in Australia. (TMO Red Card – Already used)
Yambuk, Victoria. It has a wind farm and not much else.
Kirribilli. St Aloysius College is near this Sydney waterside suburb. Also Sydney home to Australias most famous Ranga (Aunty Jooolia) and Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. This celebrated its sesquicentennial before Sydney Uni Rugby Club.
Indjinup, 6282, WA. Best known for it's surf beach. Located near Yallingup.
Parklands, another town on the hinterland in the Sunshine Coast, nothing like parks over there just housing developments abutting Nambour.
Shepparton, located in regional Victoria is the home of SPC, the Furphy foundry is also in Shep.
Nindigully, QLD. Just south of St George. Home of the Nindigully Pub which is home of the annual Nindigully Pig Races. It's up there as an absolute must do weekend!
Yarralumla, the Governor General’s digs.
Australind - looks a bit like Australia. Just outside Bunbary WA. Despite the name, the Transwa Australind rail service does not stop in or go through Australind. Also the original planned location for the capital of WA. But the estuary it is situated on was to shallow to allow large ships to dock, so it was moved to Perth on the Swan River.
Dalby, home of the mighty Wheatmen, Jason Little's first club out of school, middle of the Darling Downs and now home to many gas field workers.
Yellow Rock, up in the Blue Mountains. Very small place but has a Greek Orthodox monastery though! (Red Card from TMO – already used twice)
Young. Home of the national cherry festival. Many a cherry has been celebrated in Young (Red Card from TMO – already used twice)
Yarrowyck: Beef and Sheep country in the Northern Tablelands. Population 136.
Kangaroo Gully. 5 Kms outside of Bridgetown specialising in 5 acre plots for tree changers.
Yangala: pop 80 waiting for the railway that never came.
Augathella, home of the meat ants league team, on the banks of the Warrego river.
Albany. Oldest permanently settled town in Western Australia. Port city in the deep South of WA.
Yuleba Between Roma and Miles on the Warrego Highway Q, and the pub on the highway always has cold beer (as does Dulacca & Wallumbilla when you do the pub crawl back from a rugby game against the Roma Echidnas between there and Miles - not to mention the other towns/pubs along the way to Dalby!).
Angurugu, let's see what can be done with a U
Uki, Dairy town near Mount Warning. Celebrating its centenary this year, it holds the Buttery Bazaar markets on the 3rd Sunday of the month.
Innaloo WA, possibly where Kurtley is ATM.
Owens Gap Upper Hunter Village outside Murrirundi. The latter was once home to bushranger Ben Hall.
Point Cook - home to the air force base in sunny Vic.
Kew, in Melbourne, has probably the highest concentration of rugby playing private schools in Victoria.
West Wyalong. You guessed it, located west of Wyalong. Home of the West Wyalong Weevils.
Gayndah. Home of Gay Dan, the orange man. One of the earliest settled towns in Qld. Big citrus area. Badly flooded by the Burnett river in January. Traditional rivals to Munduberra.
Hanwood - located just south of Griffith NSW, home of the McWilliams Estate. If you go to Griffith via Darlington Point, you won't see Hanwood.
Dapto, on Wollongong's southern outskirts, dog of a place.
Oxford Falls: Suburb on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Home to St Pius X Playing Fields. Michael Hooper and Luke Jones know every blade of grass on those ovals.
Scotts Head-NSW. Home to a great right hand point for the surfers amongst us, but they will already know. And at the Bowlo there there is a one legged man named Flippo who tells some of the best yarns I have ever heard. Had us all in stitches for hours
Dandaragan. Small wheatbelt town in the Mid-west of WA. Inland from Jurien Bay.
Nebo-QLD Just near Mackay but there is nobody famous around this part of the world BUT there is gold in them thar hills found heaps in the last century.
Ophir, was where the first gold was found in NSW (Red Card from TMO referral – Used before)
Old Bar - At the mouth of the Manning River. As a counter to Deniliquin Ute Muster, Old Bar holds the record for the largest VW Kombi van gathering.
Rockley, south of Bathurst. Very cold, Bunnamagoo Estate have vineyards here which produce excellent Cabernet and Chardonnay.
Yarraville in Melbourne - Nice trendy suburb to live, close to the city.
Edgecliff - Eastern Suburb of Sydney. Originally named because it was on the edge of a cliff overlooking Sydney Harbour. Sydney Grammar Rugby fields are near here.
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.
Margaret River - Wine, waves and some lovely solutional caves.
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.
Narbethong, Vic. Beautiful spot which was devastated by the Black Saturday Fires. Great area for camping on an Easter weekend
Gooloogong - On the banks of the Lachlan River between Parkes and Cowra and famous for being similar to one of our most celebrated female tennis players.
Grantham - This small Lockyer Valley town was nearly wiped out after being hit by an "inland tsunami" in the 2011 QLD floods. Tragically some lives were lost and the whole town may be moved to a nearby location on higher ground.
Middleton, SA. At the end of the Fleurieu Peninsula first mapped by the Frogs in 1802
Nowhere Else - There is nowhere else like Nowhere Else (Tas 7306). 20 minutes from Devonport, Nowhere Else has no pub, no council, not even a general store. The general store is nearby but it’s not in Nowhere Else, cos its somewhere else.
Ettalong--- home to Terry Hills lobster pot episode and bugger all else. Has a resort there that no one goes to
Gulgong, NSW - a small town near Mudgee that has its annual picnic race day on the June long weekend. It's a cracker of a day!
Goonoo Goonoo - not said how you think it might be said.
Greenwell Point- Oysters, cows and absolutely not one person who has ever done anything famous in their lives. The locals are gladly waiting for Armageddon, so as they will have something to talk about. Jim Wild, while not native to Greenwell Point, is a well known oyster farmer there, who was World Champion Oyster Shucker at one time. Bloody strong hands too! (TMO Yellow Card – Out of Sequence, and available for re-use)
Orbost, in Gippsland. Pretty, dairy country. The town closest to where the Snowy River meets the sea (Marlo isn't a real town!). Also lots of logging around there. ( Should have been disqualified as a duplicate - Chain Technically broken)
Tea Gardens, NSW. Near the Myall Lakes. Not really famous for much that I know of except it is next to Hawks Nest where John Howard used to go for his holidays.
Smiggin Holes - Great sounding name for a ski town in the Snowy Mountains. Rampaging Roy Slaven is CEO of the Smiggin Holes Winter Olympics Bid team.
Strathfield - an outer Inner Western Suburb of Sydney and close to Concord Oval where the first game ever in an RWC was played there, England v Aus, and a RWC 87 1/4 final. Now the home of the West Harbour Pirates.
Dunlop - A Suburb in Canberra near Belconnen. Named after Lientenant Colonel Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop. Weary was famous for a lot of things from his military and civil life but he is the only Victorian inductee in the ARU Hall of Fame (so far - watch this space for E McK). Two Test veteran who first played for the Wobs in 1932. Wob Number 280.
Putty. Tactile yet bloody difficult to transverse by road.
Yackandandah. A small north Victorian town only famous because a mate of mine from College came from a property nearby. They also filmed "Strange Bedfellows" here.
Hay, take yer choice: NSW or WA
Younghusband - Little more than a caravan park on the Murray in SA (with a postcode SA 5328).
Dalgety, NSW - a tiny town not far from Jindabyne. Believe it or not, Dalgety was mooted as the location for the national capital before it was decided that it was too close to Melbourne relative to Sydney and Canberrra was chosen instead
Yallingup - favourite surf break for all the boys from all teams that surf. Has a wonderful rep with the Sharks boys that surf plus Matty Hodgson from the force. Also it is next door to Margaret River so the visit to Cape Mentelle/Vasse Felix make it just that little more worthwhile. Real sharks can be a small issue though
Poowong - This South Gippsland town is known more for the unusual nature of its name than anything else. Can you imagine barracking for this town in the footy??
Glen Innes, NSW - In the Northern Tablelands, the area is well known for farming and sapphires.
Sorrento- a great place to go for a swim. (Only the oldies will get this)
Oberon, NSW - on the western side of the Blue Mountains. It is actually the birthplace of the Male Model from Mudgee, Ken Sutcliffe.
Noble Park, Vic. A suburb of Melbin where I think Digby hails from.
Kangaroo Ground, VIC. It is a small town north east of the Melbourne CBD.
Dookie – VIC. So good a town, Green Day named and album after it. (For the young un's this time)
Emerald - a mining town in the Queensland gemfields. About 300 km inland from Rocky, I "mined" some sapphires and a ruby from Emerald. The nearby Fairbairn dam is bigger then Sydney Harbour.
Davidson, probably the least known suburb in North Shore/Northern Beaches for those who live there.it's across the bridge from Roseville
Nar Nar Goon - another Gippsland town. Famous for the numerous Murals painted around the Town. Nearby are the localities of Maryknoll, Koo Wee Rup, Tynong, and Cora Lynn, all worthy entries in this thread when the opportunities arise.
Newcastle - don't think it has been done yet. The Wallabies may have played a test there last year but their is a strange blank in my memory of it..
Eucumbene - Some bloke put a lake there a few years ago.
Epping NSW - home of the Epping Rams subbies club (Withdrawn by Poster as a duplicate)
Glenelg - One of Adelaide's seaside suburbs and also Australia's most pallindromic town. (Withdrawn by poster due to withdraw of Epping, and previous use)
Eudlo.up in the hills of the Sunshine Coast
Oatley, The local rugby club plays out of HV Evatt park in Lugarno and has advertising material similar to the Oakley Sunglasses company. Sonny $onny Bill Williams used to live here.
Yetman NSW - up just short of the QLD border. Fishing in the Macintyre River and home to the Codfish Hotel.
Narrawallee - South Coast NSW. Hmmmm, know a few people from there, used to have some logging.
Edgeroi NSW. In the middle of massive wheat country south of Moree. The earth around there is flat enough to see the curvature.
Ilfracombe, nearest town to Longreach, QLD
Eastern Creek NSW - spiritual home to all things bogan in Western Sydney: racing of all sorts, prostitutes, and land fill.
Koo Wee Rup, Vic. Famous for being near Nar Nar Goon (Mural Town). Another great sounding town name.
Puckapunyal, Army town in Northern Victoria. Red Gum's 19 year old Soldier left from here to go to Vietnam in the song "I was only 19".
Lambton- Steve and Tom Lamont live there ( ex norths and SU colts) both played for Hunter in the country champs, had their photo in the herald.
Nabiac, NSW - a little town on the Pacific Highway south of Taree. I stopped there once for a bacon and egg roll. That was the only highlight of the town.
Coonabarabran NSW. Gateway to The Warrumbungles and Siding Springs Observatory.
Narromine, NSW - birthplace of the great Glenn McGrath.
Eggs and Bacon Bay, TAS. It's nowhere near anywhere and would be fucking cold. In the 2011 census, there were 245 people living in Eggs And Bacon Bay. 50.8% are male and 49.2% are female. Eggs And Bacon Bay is 44 Km from Hobart.
Yandina, QLD, a town on the hinterland of Sunshine Coast, near my other post, Eudlo.
Ashford NSW. Previously produced tobacco and coal. Now left as merino country and has a few natural attractions such as the caves, Macintyre Falls, and the nearby Pindari Dam. Which isn't natural
Deniliquin, NSW. Home of the Deni Drovers and a ute muster.
Naracoorte SA. Local cave system has lots of fossils I'm led to believe.
Tathra NSW - best oysters in NSW according to more than a few. (TMO Yellow Card. Out of sequence. Available for re-use)
Eltham - I believe is a suburb in Melbourne.
Mooball , small village up near Tweed, home of the Victory hotel and power poles painted to look like cows
Llangothlin NSW - more of a locality these days, sitting just north of Guyra. Has a lake of sorts, a fuel station, and a whole lot of cold in winter.
Nukarni WA, 'bout 300km east northeast of Perth. In other words, in the middle of bloody nowhere!
Innamincka. Surrounded by three deserts, on the Strzelecki Track.
Ashmont, a locality of Wagga Wagga NSW, often called Trashmont for obvious reasons, and where my son's stolen work ute was found few days later after being taken from inside his place one night.
Terry Hie Hie NSW. Site of culturally important lands to the Kamilaroi people.
Eugowra, NSW, in the no man's land in the Central West competition as has no rugby club so a local has to choose between Cowra, Parkes, Forbes and Orange rugby union teams to play for unless he's into league
Ayr, Queensland - close to Townsville. Don Walker of Cold Chisel fame, one of Australia's greatest ever songwriters comes from the town.
Red Rock NSW. Great pub there with the bar top made from one solid piece of redwood. Sort of halfway between Coffs and Grafton.
Kenilworth, Qld - a small town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. It is a small dairy farming town. The conglomerate milk processor closed the local milk factory, so the locals bought it for bugger all, fired it up and started to produce outstanding cheese. If you ever see Kenilworth cheese on sale, BUY IT!
Heyfield- VIC Famous for the local derbies between them and Maffra with on one occasion more arrests than there were players in the team. but is was only aussie rules so it doesn't really count.
Hay NSW. Bloody flat out there - hot in summer, cold in winter. Home of the mighty Hay Cutters Rugby Club. Next time you want to bitch about your drive across town to play away, think about what they need to do play against Tumut, 368 km distant. (TMO Red Card – Used Previously)
Darlinghurst. A Sydney suburb originally Henrietta Town after Mrs Macquarie. Plenty of night time activities occur in Darlinghurst.
Taigum - Suburb on the north side of Brisbane. If you lived there you'd be home by now!
Macquarie Island, well it's part of Australia, ok?
Dumaresq. A locality NW of Armidale. Probably the only Q ending place in Oz. Also a river that runs past Texas, Qld and joins the Murray-Darling via the Macintyre. Wines come from vineyards in the Dumaresq valley.
Quilpie - Outback QLD at it's finest. Also one of the worldwide Mayan calendar 'end of the world safe-zones'
Eureka, between Lismore and Byron. Was once red soil farmland (mainly dairy) the prices went up when it became part of the Byron bay hinterland. Plenty of macadamias can be found here
Adjungbilly - Located between Gobarralong and Tumut at the foot of the Snowy Mountains. Beautiful country but fresh in winter.
Yulara, the gateway to the big red rock in the middle of Australia!
Arrapoint Bend. This locatily is in the middle of nowhere in the Snowy Mountains. Braveheart81 was there for Easter. 90 minutes drive to the nearest Foxtel outlet.
Darlington Point. Just outside Griffith in the Riverina. If you're driving from Wagga to Griffith, always go by Waddi then the Point. Inside tip from the locals.
Tumbi Umbi - The hometown of Scottish RU player Nathan Hines. Gristlechewer wouldn't like to carry a carton from Tumbi Umbi to Murrayfield.
Indooroopilly, don't mis-spell it! Good pub, nice golf course and a fairly well known tax case about a childcare centre, employee share schemes/trusts and fringe benefits tax.
Yagoona, NSW - a suburb in South-Western Sydney. Site of the first McDonald's restaurant in Australia. (TMO Red Card – Already used)
Yambuk, Victoria. It has a wind farm and not much else.
Kirribilli. St Aloysius College is near this Sydney waterside suburb. Also Sydney home to Australias most famous Ranga (Aunty Jooolia) and Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. This celebrated its sesquicentennial before Sydney Uni Rugby Club.
Indjinup, 6282, WA. Best known for it's surf beach. Located near Yallingup.
Parklands, another town on the hinterland in the Sunshine Coast, nothing like parks over there just housing developments abutting Nambour.
Shepparton, located in regional Victoria is the home of SPC, the Furphy foundry is also in Shep.
Nindigully, QLD. Just south of St George. Home of the Nindigully Pub which is home of the annual Nindigully Pig Races. It's up there as an absolute must do weekend!
Yarralumla, the Governor General’s digs.
Australind - looks a bit like Australia. Just outside Bunbary WA. Despite the name, the Transwa Australind rail service does not stop in or go through Australind. Also the original planned location for the capital of WA. But the estuary it is situated on was to shallow to allow large ships to dock, so it was moved to Perth on the Swan River.
Dalby, home of the mighty Wheatmen, Jason Little's first club out of school, middle of the Darling Downs and now home to many gas field workers.
Yellow Rock, up in the Blue Mountains. Very small place but has a Greek Orthodox monastery though! (Red Card from TMO – already used twice)
Young. Home of the national cherry festival. Many a cherry has been celebrated in Young (Red Card from TMO – already used twice)
Yarrowyck: Beef and Sheep country in the Northern Tablelands. Population 136.
Kangaroo Gully. 5 Kms outside of Bridgetown specialising in 5 acre plots for tree changers.
Yangala: pop 80 waiting for the railway that never came.
Augathella, home of the meat ants league team, on the banks of the Warrego river.
Albany. Oldest permanently settled town in Western Australia. Port city in the deep South of WA.
Yuleba Between Roma and Miles on the Warrego Highway Q, and the pub on the highway always has cold beer (as does Dulacca & Wallumbilla when you do the pub crawl back from a rugby game against the Roma Echidnas between there and Miles - not to mention the other towns/pubs along the way to Dalby!).
Angurugu, let's see what can be done with a U
Uki, Dairy town near Mount Warning. Celebrating its centenary this year, it holds the Buttery Bazaar markets on the 3rd Sunday of the month.
Innaloo WA, possibly where Kurtley is ATM.
Owens Gap Upper Hunter Village outside Murrirundi. The latter was once home to bushranger Ben Hall.
Point Cook - home to the air force base in sunny Vic.
Kew, in Melbourne, has probably the highest concentration of rugby playing private schools in Victoria.
West Wyalong. You guessed it, located west of Wyalong. Home of the West Wyalong Weevils.
Gayndah. Home of Gay Dan, the orange man. One of the earliest settled towns in Qld. Big citrus area. Badly flooded by the Burnett river in January. Traditional rivals to Munduberra.
Hanwood - located just south of Griffith NSW, home of the McWilliams Estate. If you go to Griffith via Darlington Point, you won't see Hanwood.
Dapto, on Wollongong's southern outskirts, dog of a place.
Oxford Falls: Suburb on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Home to St Pius X Playing Fields. Michael Hooper and Luke Jones know every blade of grass on those ovals.
Scotts Head-NSW. Home to a great right hand point for the surfers amongst us, but they will already know. And at the Bowlo there there is a one legged man named Flippo who tells some of the best yarns I have ever heard. Had us all in stitches for hours
Dandaragan. Small wheatbelt town in the Mid-west of WA. Inland from Jurien Bay.
Nebo-QLD Just near Mackay but there is nobody famous around this part of the world BUT there is gold in them thar hills found heaps in the last century.
Ophir, was where the first gold was found in NSW (Red Card from TMO referral – Used before)
Old Bar - At the mouth of the Manning River. As a counter to Deniliquin Ute Muster, Old Bar holds the record for the largest VW Kombi van gathering.
Rockley, south of Bathurst. Very cold, Bunnamagoo Estate have vineyards here which produce excellent Cabernet and Chardonnay.
Yarraville in Melbourne - Nice trendy suburb to live, close to the city.
Edgecliff - Eastern Suburb of Sydney. Originally named because it was on the edge of a cliff overlooking Sydney Harbour. Sydney Grammar Rugby fields are near here.
SIMPLE RULES.
Next town in the chain starts with the last letter of the previous town.
No previous entries.
A bit of trivia about the town is needed.
Use of resource material is discouraged but not against rules.
Previous Count
A = 35, N = 27, Y & E = 18, H = 16, G & R = 10, K = 9, O = 9, T = 8, I = 7, L = 5, S = 4, W = 3, D & B & M = 2, C & P & U = 1.
New Count (including Falls Creek)
A = 45, N = 39, Y = 30, E = 29, H = 19, G & K = 16, O = 15, D & R = 13, T & I = 12, S = 9, L = 7, M & P = 6, W = 4, B & C & U = 2, Q & F = 1, J & V & X & Z = 0
Next town in the chain starts with the last letter of the previous town.
No previous entries.
A bit of trivia about the town is needed.
Use of resource material is discouraged but not against rules.
Previous Count
A = 35, N = 27, Y & E = 18, H = 16, G & R = 10, K = 9, O = 9, T = 8, I = 7, L = 5, S = 4, W = 3, D & B & M = 2, C & P & U = 1.
New Count (including Falls Creek)
A = 45, N = 39, Y = 30, E = 29, H = 19, G & K = 16, O = 15, D & R = 13, T & I = 12, S = 9, L = 7, M & P = 6, W = 4, B & C & U = 2, Q & F = 1, J & V & X & Z = 0
Kingscliff Up near the Qld boarder. The Oxley boys from The Sunnyboys hail from here.
Aussie D, time for your contribution of Fairfield. The previous lead in letter was "K" from Falls Creek.
It was too hard to add it to the end of the summary. Explorer or forum software kept crapping out when I tried to add it in.
EDIT: Falls Creek - Kingscliff - Fairfield - Donnybrook - Kurnell. The links in the chain continue if a little out of order.
Aussie D, time for your contribution of Fairfield. The previous lead in letter was "K" from Falls Creek.
It was too hard to add it to the end of the summary. Explorer or forum software kept crapping out when I tried to add it in.
EDIT: Falls Creek - Kingscliff - Fairfield - Donnybrook - Kurnell. The links in the chain continue if a little out of order.
Kurnell This suburb deep in The Shire has a water refinery and oil refinery. The latter is closing down soon. The former commissioned when the drought broke.
Gristlechewer
Charlie Fox (21)
This is an abomination HJ!!!!Kingscliff Up near the Qld boarder. The Oxley boys from The Sunnyboys hail from here.
Aussie D, time for your contribution of Fairfield. The previous lead in letter was "K" from Falls Creek.
It was too hard to add it to the end of the summary. Explorer or forum software kept crapping out when I tried to add it in.
EDIT: Falls Creek - Kingscliff - Fairfield - Donnybrook - Kurnell. The links in the chain continue if a little out of order.
You forgot Melanie as well... (Those that know the Sunnyboys will appreciate)
Jeremy is still feeding one of my sons in Newtown
Gristlechewer
Charlie Fox (21)
LOGANHOLME - QLD
Somehow in the deepest recesses of my tiny mind think that not one soul that reads GAGR would come from here. Socially elitist, yes. But I had the snot belted out of me there in 88. So that is why I don't like the joint
Somehow in the deepest recesses of my tiny mind think that not one soul that reads GAGR would come from here. Socially elitist, yes. But I had the snot belted out of me there in 88. So that is why I don't like the joint
yourmatesam
Desmond Connor (43)
East Lynn - Located on the South Coast of NSW just north of Batemans Bay. Do yourself a favour and buy a meat pie from the General Store. Hands down the beat meat pie I've ever eaten. And I eat pies.
yourmatesam
Desmond Connor (43)
Hugh Jarse You deserve a wrap for your commitment and effort in policing this thread. You are doing a sensational job mate!
Gristlechewer
Charlie Fox (21)
Just putting it out there, but what about a new thread on pies? I eat pies hence the name
Gristlechewer
Charlie Fox (21)
Yep HJ Great work!!!!
Gristlechewer
Charlie Fox (21)
None of the young'uns see maps of Tassie anymore... Only Brazil
Gristlechewer
Charlie Fox (21)
KYNETON - Vic
Henschke make wine there. That makes it hallowed turf?
Henschke make wine there. That makes it hallowed turf?
Gristlechewer
Charlie Fox (21)
As you noticed my ?... I wasn't 100% thank you. So that makes it Keyneton SA standing.
Cheers Lindommer
How 'bout firing up this old girl, G: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/pies-steak-or-mince.8881/page-3
yourmatesam
Desmond Connor (43)
I think you'll find that there is one already mate. I had to check HJ's summary of posts because I knew I'd given the East Lynn General Store a wrap on here somewhere. Other notable bakeries in this neck of the woods are: Culcairn Bakery, O'Briens Hot Bake in Morgan St Wagga Wagga, Nimmitabel, Uranquinty "Quinty Bakehouse" and Bertoldo's at Griffith, NSW.
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