Aussie Towns Trivia

[cyclopath]

Yaroomba- where I am now!! Home of the massive raincloud.

 

[MrTimms]

Fuck, a whole lot of our towns end in a, s and y...

 

[Schadenfreude]

Adelaide - all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't drag me back again.

 

[Penguin]

Eudlo- You don't just pass through Eudlo.

 

[Jethro Tah]

Orange - named after the first king of Holland, Willem Oranje.

 

[matty_k]

Eastonville - just outside of Grafton. Mark Taylor's inlaws used to live out there.

 

[yourmatesam]

Ettamogah - There is a pub there!!

 

[suckerforred]

Hugenden - Dinosaurs roam there. I mean roamed there.

 

[Baldric]

Nimbin - things get smoked there

 

[Penguin]

Nerang- It's where the Gold Coast put their biggest bogans.

 

[Cat_A]

Goondiwindi - home of Gunsynd the Goondiwindi grey (a horse that won heaps of stuff)

 

[bryce]

Innisfail - Famous for sugar cane, bananas, bad cyclones and Billy Slater.

 

[yourmatesam]

Lockhart - The verandah town.

 

[Cat_A]

Innisfail - Famous for sugar cane, bananas, bad cyclones and Billy Slater.

And the birthplace of yours truly.

Oh, and add in Kerry Boustead (and to completely stuff up your alliteration- does anyone remember Matt Cockbain? Him too)

 

[bryce]

Temora - home of Paleface Adios

 

[Prodigy]

Albury - Has the high rate of births to teenage mothers in Oz. Over 100 in 2010-2011.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Yeppoon - My Aunt lives there... and it has a beach... and there is probably more interesting trivia but wikipedia is down.

And I was born in Innisfail too!!!

 

[cyclopath]

We did Yeppoon 6 pages back!

 

[Schadenfreude]

Yaamba?

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

 

[Baldric]

Anglers Rest - Who would not like to retire there?