Aussie Towns Trivia

[Jethro Tah]

Angourie - home to one of the best point breaks on the east coast.

 

[cyclopath]

Squeal like a pig!

 

[cyclopath]

Erina, whose big shopping centre is most ironic - anything but Fair.

 

[Gnostic]

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.

 

[wobbly]

Narre Warren, fringe south east suburb of Melbourne, made famous by arch bogan Corey Delaney.

 

[Jethro Tah]

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).

 

[Penguin]

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.

 

[matty_k]

Mittagong - Marist brothers have a retreat there somewhere.

 

[Penguin]

Gatton- Spared, just, from the inland tsunami last year & home of an agricultural college.

 

[yourmatesam]

Adjungbilly - If you look really closely, you'll see a sign post for Adjungbilly near the Coolac bypass. Enormous place...

Fuck me, this is moving fast, back to Gatton...

 

[yourmatesam]

Narrandera - Home town of Marie Bashir.

 

[Penguin]

Airlie Beach- Gateway to the Whitsunday Islands & a backpacker haven.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Harvey Bay - Where Victorians go to die.

Edit: Also the home of Mimi McPherson

 

[Lindommer]

Nabiac, blink and you'll miss it!

 

[Lindommer]

Canowindra, pronounce that when you're pissed. Or ask a Gold Coast taxi driver to take you there.

 

[mark_s]

Arrawarra - place to see orignial aboriginal fish traps, gateway to the solitary islands and great long boarding

 

[spooony]

Australia!!! I mean Solitary Islands?

 

[Swat]

Harvey Bay - Where Victorians go to die.

Edit: Also the home of Mimi McPherson

Edit: Also the most misspelt town in Australia

 

[MrTimms]

Arrawarra - place to see orignial aboriginal fish traps, gateway to the solitary islands and great long boarding

And a great example of a palindromic name.

 

[Brumby Jack]

And a great example of a palindromic name.

As is Glenelg