{"id":107648,"date":"2023-01-21T11:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=107648"},"modified":"2023-01-22T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T13:56:38","slug":"30-hilarious-and-real-place-town-names-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/30-hilarious-and-real-place-town-names-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Hilarious (and Real) Place &#038; Town Names in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"post_title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">30 Hilarious (and Real) Place &amp; Town Names in Australia<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/australia\/funny-town-place-names-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/funny-town-and-landmark-names-in-australia.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source:-<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/australia\/funny-town-place-names-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winetraveler<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia is known for being the home to some of the world\u2019s cutest marsupials as well as some of the deadliest creatures on the planet. It\u2019s also known to have some strange, funny, and downright inappropriate town names, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Yet Australians don\u2019t blink an eye when people mention their odd place names. With an island continent that is almost the size of Europe, it would be easy enough to run out of regular names to call local landmarks and towns. It would seem as though many of the prospectors and authorities who named these locations appear to have quite the sense of humor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Here are 30 of Australia\u2019s funniest and quirkiest town and place names. All of the locations mentioned are in fact 100% real, and there are hundreds more as depicted on the maps below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/australia\/funny-town-place-names-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/30-of-australias-funniest-place-names.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Humpybong<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Located in southeast Queensland, the name Humpybong is derived from the Indigenous word for shelter. The town has come a long way from the simple huts it was named after. It now features a yacht club.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Eggs and Bacon Bay<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Situated in the Huon Valley in Tasmania, Eggs and Bacon Bay was apparently named after Lady Jane Franklin\u2019s favorite breakfast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Saucebottle Swamp<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">You\u2019ll need to travel to Queensland to visit Saucebottle Swamp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Sausage Gully<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sausage Gully is a seasonal creek in Victoria.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Boing Boing<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The town of Boing Boing in the Northern Territory isn\u2019t actually a bouncy town. The name is Indigenous for \u201cmosquitoes buzzing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Quality Knob<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Quality Knob mountain is located near Camooweal and is around 1700km northwest of Brisbane in Queensland.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Wattanobbi<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Wattanobbi is on the Central Coast of New South Wales. While it was once believed that the name originated from an Indigenous language, some folklore tales also ascribe the name to a well-traveled pioneer who corrupted the Japanese name \u2018Watanabe\u2019 and that there is no Aboriginal significance to the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Prominent Nob<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There seem to be quite a few nobs in Australia. Prominent Nob is in South Australia. Incidentally, there\u2019s a town named Iron Knob in the same state.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Mossy Nipple Bend<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mossy Nipple Bend in Tasmania is located near Lake Fanny.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Boobs Flat<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Tasmania really does take the prize for quirky place names. Boobs Flat is located right next to the town of Big Bush.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bumbunga<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Bumbunga is a locality in the mid-north of South Australia. Incidentally, Lake Bumbunga is a salt lake that changes color throughout the year from pink to white to blue, depending on the salinity of the water.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Nowhere Else<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Nowhere Else is a rural town in northern Tasmania, and it sure sounds like a unique name, except there is also a Nowhere Else Road in South Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Foul Bay<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This bay on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia really isn\u2019t so bad. It\u2019s actually quite stunning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/australia\/funny-town-place-names-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/funniest-town-names-in-australia.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Fannie Bay<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Fannie Bay is a suburb outside the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory. If you\u2019re headed to Fannie Bay, you\u2019ll need to drive along Dick Ward Drive to get there.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Well It Wasn\u2019t There Last Year<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">What do you call a cave that you missed the first time you prospected an area in South Australia? \u201cWell It Wasn\u2019t There Last Year Cave\u201d is the actual name of a cave located in the mid-Murray region in South Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Useless Loop<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Located near Shark Bay in Western Australia is Useless Loop. The bay was originally named by the French explorer as \u2018Havre Inutile\u2019, which translates as \u2018Useless Harbor\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Prickly Bottom<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This Tasmanian beach sounds rather uncomfortable, but in reality, it\u2019s a rather nice beachside location.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>The End of the World<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Those Tasmanian place names really take the cake.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill is officially the longest place name in Australia. Located in the Indigenous Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the north of the state of South Australia, the name is derived from \u2018where the devil urinates\u2019 in regional Pitjantjatjara language.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bogan Place<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Bogan Place is located in Australia\u2019s capital of Canberra. For those who might not be aware, Aussie slang for \u2018hillbilly\u2019 is \u2018bogan\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Shag Head<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Once again located in Tasmania, Shag Head is located a little north of Middle Arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Mount Buggery<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mount Buggery is in the Alpine region of Victoria.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Mount Blowhard<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Queensland\u2019s Mount Blowhard is another amusing name for a local peak.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Woolloomooloo<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This town in New South Wales isn\u2019t really funny, but it sure is fun to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/australia\/funny-town-place-names-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kangaroos-in-australia.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bumcooler Flat<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Bumcooler Flat is a stretch of land near Lake Alexandrina in South Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Spanker Knob<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Spanker Knob is a mountain situated in the state of Victoria near the South Pacific Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bullshit Hill<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Before anyone censors this article for profanity, keep in mind that Bullshit Hill is a real place in South Australia located not far from Peterborough.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Stinkhole<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Whoever named the towns in Tasmania really liked to say what was on their minds at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Cock Wash Creek<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There really is a place in South Australia known as Cock Wash Creek. It\u2019s in the foothills near the city of Adelaide.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Pisspot Creek<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Yes, once again it\u2019s a real town name in Tasmania. 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