Sometimes they tell us where we are or aren’t, other times they’re amusing or confusing. Many honour folks long gone, and some point to a past we wish we could change.
Bet Bet Betley Road (links the areas of Bet Bet and Betley in Victoria)
Biddon-Bearbung Road (Does that mean we’re in Biddon?)
Tittybong (Methinks the meaning has changed)
Upotipotpon (near Benalla, Vic)
Crutches Rd (Newell Highway)
Tilly Willy Bridge
Ah – See Creek (Carnarvon Hwy)
R.M. Creek Creek
Irish Jim’s Lane (Newell Highway)
Wild Horse Tank Rd (on the Kidman Way)
Mail Paddock Creek
Christmas Creek and Easter Creek (On the Bruce Hwy north of Townsville)
Growlers Gully Road
Banister Bog
Little Goodbye Creek
Bone Yard Lagoon (Carnarvon Hwy)
Skull Creek
Skeleton Creek
Long Sleep Plain
Poison Waterholes Creek
A fun collection. We have never been able to establish the reason for the name Deadman Hill in the New Forest
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This may help.
https://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2009/11/09/deadman-hill-2/
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Many thanks for this. It does help
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Well that certainly explains it.
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It does sound ominous though.
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Certainly makes you wonder about the story behind some of the names.
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Yes, was the skeleton human or an old cow?
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Absolutely unbelievably ridiculous. Such a weird list of names. You should plan a road trip only visiting daft named places.
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That sounds like a dare…the upotipotpon magical mystery tour.
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Do it!
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Here’s a couple to add to your list 😎
Ticklebelly Gully in Blackall Queensland
Ton of Fun Road in NSW
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Gosh I hope there isn’t a free camp in Ticklebelly Gully.
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Yes, Tittybong ‘s meaning in today’s world. I love Jonno’s Suggestion to take a trip visiting places with funny names. Tassie certainly has a good few in a relatively small area – see https://lifeofrileyow.com/2017/04/20/humorous-place-names/
We once took a trip in Tassie just for the sake of blogging we wet from, Nowhere else, through Promised Land to Paradise, and finished up in Lower Crackpot! True story!
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Oh yes, my folks once lived in Kindred, named of course because everyone was related.
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