Aussie Towns Trivia

[Hugh Jarse]

Civic The central bit of Canberra. Shops and restaurants.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Clontarf On Sydney's delicious Northern Beaches, named after the same place in Dublin.

(Cue Forbes yourmatesam)

 

[Sully]

Forest Beach. East of Ingham and north of Townsville. Spent many a summer there growing up but not swimming because of the stingers

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[Gristlechewer]

Harbord -NSW
Aka freshie... Big club, a pub that you can pick up in with 4 words... Those being " Hello, how are you?" Would really like to be known as North Queenscliff so it can cash in on some fame. Oh... And some hawaiian dude went surfing there yonks ago

 

[Hugh Jarse]

^^^ and home of the mighty Harbord Harlequins Junior Footy club.

 

[ChargerWA]

Dowerin - Wheatbelt town NW of Perth. Famous for the "Dowerin Field Day".

 

[boyo]

Nymagee, NSW. Near to (relatively) Cobar. Used to be gold extraction there, and later processing of the tailings to extract further gold.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Eagle on the Hill Just outside Adelaide in them thar Hills. The CBD became a shell of its former self once it was bypassed by the Heysen Tunnel.

 

[Nusadan]

Llandilo, a suburb in Western Sydney and possible breeding ground for Penrith Emu juniors.

 

[Lindommer]

Ocean Reef WA. Now can you all please stand back until yourmatesam comes in with Forbes.

 

[yourmatesam]

Forbes, Central West NSW. Home of the Forbes Platypi and Red Bend.

Thanks for the leg ups Hugh Jarse and Lindommer

 

[boyo]

Sofala,NSW. Gold rush town in the 1850s. The main street was used in a painting by Russell Drysdale.

 

[Gristlechewer]

AUBURN -NSW

Drive bys, beatings, standovers and a train line

 

[Baldric]

Nagambie - Vic. In the fertile Goulburn Valley next to Lake Nagambie where they hold rowing regattas.

 

[boyo]

Eugowra, NSW. Bushrangers Frank Gardner and Ben Hall held up a stagecoach near there.

 

[Nusadan]

Eugowra, NSW. Bushrangers Frank Gardner and Ben Hall held up a stagecoach near there.

Calling HJ! (Sorry boyo, that was mine earlier...)

 

[Gristlechewer]

ELTHAM-Vic
Northwest of the city and right next doorto Templestowe. Is waiting for the population to leave so it can become something else

 

[Scoey]

Mungallala, QLD - I have a t-shirt from there from when I was a kid that says, "A million blow flies can't be wrong!"

 

[boyo]

Ok, I'll try again.

Appin, NSW. Coal mining occurs there. Scene of a mine disaster in the late 1970s.

 

[Baldric]

Nunawading _Vic. Suburb of Melbourne. They have a long shopping strip there which might be a reason to avoid it.