{"id":15543,"date":"2022-02-22T13:32:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/?p=15543"},"modified":"2024-07-03T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T19:00:01","slug":"funny-town-place-names-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winetraveler.com\/australia\/funny-town-place-names-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Hilarious (and Real) Place & Town Names in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Funny Australian Town Names<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Australia is known for being the home to some of the world’s cutest marsupials as well as some of the deadliest creatures on the planet. It’s also known to have some strange, funny, and downright inappropriate town names, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Funny Australian Town Names<\/a>
  2. Humpybong<\/a>
  3. Eggs and Bacon Bay<\/a>
  4. Saucebottle Swamp<\/a>
  5. Sausage Gully<\/a>
  6. Boing Boing<\/a>
  7. Quality Knob<\/a>
  8. Wattanobbi<\/a>
  9. Prominent Nob<\/a>
  10. Mossy Nipple Bend<\/a>
  11. Boobs Flat<\/a>
  12. Bumbunga<\/a>
  13. Nowhere Else<\/a>
  14. Foul Bay<\/a>
  15. Fannie Bay<\/a>
  16. Well It Wasn't There Last Year<\/a>
  17. Useless Loop<\/a>
  18. Prickly Bottom<\/a>
  19. The End of the World<\/a>
  20. Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya<\/a>
  21. Bogan Place<\/a>
  22. Shag Head<\/a>
  23. Mount Buggery<\/a>
  24. Mount Blowhard<\/a>
  25. Woolloomooloo<\/a>
  26. Bumcooler Flat<\/a>
  27. Spanker Knob<\/a>
  28. Bullshit Hill<\/a>
  29. Stinkhole<\/a>
  30. Cock Wash Creek<\/a>
  31. Pisspot Creek<\/a><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n

    Yet Australians don’t 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    RELATED: Learn About the 65+ Wine Regions and 2500+ Wineries to Visit in Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here are 30 of Australia’s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Places
    We can’t make these places up. Map courtesy Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick’s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Humpybong<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Eggs and Bacon Bay<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Situated in the Huon Valley in Tasmania, Eggs and Bacon Bay was apparently named after Lady Jane Franklin’s favorite breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Saucebottle Swamp<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    You’ll need to travel to Queensland to visit Saucebottle Swamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    RELATED:<\/strong> Top Wineries & Tours in Australia’s Barossa Valley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sausage Gully<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Sausage Gully is a seasonal creek in Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"The
    Aerial perspective of Australia’s Great Ocean Road, which winds its way along the coast of Victoria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Boing Boing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The town of Boing Boing in the Northern Territory isn’t actually a bouncy town. The name is Indigenous for “mosquitoes buzzing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Quality Knob<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Quality Knob mountain is located near Camooweal and is around 1700km northwest of Brisbane in Queensland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wattanobbi<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    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 ‘Watanabe’ and that there is no Aboriginal significance to the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Prominent Nob<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    There seem to be quite a few nobs in Australia. Prominent Nob is in South Australia. Incidentally, there’s a town named Iron Knob in the same state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mossy Nipple Bend<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Mossy Nipple Bend in Tasmania is located near Lake Fanny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Boobs Flat<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Tasmania really does take the prize for quirky place names. Boobs Flat is located right next to the town of Big Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bumbunga<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Nowhere Else<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Foul Bay<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    This bay on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia really isn’t so bad. It’s actually quite stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Funny
    Just a few more funny locations to add to the list. Map courtesy Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick’s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Fannie Bay<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Fannie Bay is a suburb outside the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory. If you’re headed to Fannie Bay, you’ll need to drive along Dick Ward Drive to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Well It Wasn’t There Last Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    What do you call a cave that you missed the first time you prospected an area in South Australia? “Well It Wasn’t There Last Year Cave” is the actual name of a cave located in the mid-Murray region in South Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Useless Loop<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Located near Shark Bay in Western Australia is Useless Loop. The bay was originally named by the French explorer as ‘Havre Inutile’, which translates as ‘Useless Harbor’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Prickly Bottom<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    This Tasmanian beach sounds rather uncomfortable, but in reality, it’s a rather nice beachside location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The End of the World<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Those Tasmanian place names really take the cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    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 ‘where the devil urinates’ in regional Pitjantjatjara language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bogan Place<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Bogan Place is located in Australia’s capital of Canberra. For those who might not be aware, Aussie slang for ‘hillbilly’ is ‘bogan’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Shag Head<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Once again located in Tasmania, Shag Head is located a little north of Middle Arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    RELATED:<\/strong> Tasmania\u2019s Derwent Valley: Non-Sparkling Wineries and Small Batch Distilleries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mount Buggery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Mount Buggery is in the Alpine region of Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mount Blowhard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Queensland’s Mount Blowhard is another amusing name for a local peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Woolloomooloo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    This town in New South Wales isn’t really funny, but it sure is fun to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Kangaroos
    If you’re in the mood for pristine white beaches and a chance to see kangaroos, be sure to stop by Lucky Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park, near Esperance in Western Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Bumcooler Flat<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Bumcooler Flat is a stretch of land near Lake Alexandrina in South Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Spanker Knob<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Spanker Knob is a mountain situated in the state of Victoria near the South Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bullshit Hill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Stinkhole<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Whoever named the towns in Tasmania really liked to say what was on their minds at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cock Wash Creek<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    There really is a place in South Australia known as Cock Wash Creek. It’s in the foothills near the city of Adelaide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pisspot Creek<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, once again it’s a real town name in Tasmania. You couldn’t make these place names up even if you tried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you’re thinking of heading Down Under, consider adding some of these quirky place names to your must-visit list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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