1. Funny Tasmanian Town Names
Tassie may lay at the bottom of Australia but surely that’s not the reason for their obsession with naming towns, creeks and mountains from the bottom up. They have Long Bottom, Broad Bottom, Officer’s Bottom, Bottom Fancy, Grassy Bottom, Bottom Hole, Round Bottom, Stumpy’s Bottom, Bottom Lagoon, Lovely Bottom and the Butts. They were even well ahead of their time, with Boomers Bottom. If you ask for directions to any of these places you’ll probably get a bum steer. And their obsession with the anatomy doesn’t end there. They also have Granny’s Gut, Funny Knob Creek, Mossy Nipple Bend, Shag Head, Pensioners Bush and Tonguers Point.
Tassie’s funny Aussie names:
Boomers Bottom
Bottom Fancy
Bottom Hole
Bottom Lagoon
Broad Bottom
Funny Knob Creek
Granny’s Gut
Grassy Bottom
Long Bottom
Lovely Bottom
Mossy Nipple Bend
Officer’s Bottom
Pensioners Bush
Round Bottom
Shag Head
Stumpy’s Bottom
The Butts
Tonguers Point
2. Funny Victorian Town Names
Even though Victoria was named after the prim and proper Queen Victoria, it didn’t stop the adventurous naming of places. Fancy climbing Mount Buggery, perhaps not? Want to have a great time, then head to A1. If you’re lucky you may strike gold. Looking for somewhere for a kids birthday party? Where could be more fun than Teddy Bears Gap. And a great BBQ can be had at Sausage Gully. Of course when you hear Ding-A-Ding it’s a sure sign that it’s time to Packenham Upper and head home.
Victoria’s funniest names:
Ding-A-Ding
Mount Bugger
Packenham Upper
Sausage Gully
Teddy Bears Gap
3. Funny New South Wales Town Names
Being the oldest of the States you would think NSW would be the maturest too. Then how do they explain these adults only rippers.
Got a hard earned thirst, then head to Boozer Creek. Playing footsies, why not stroll up Flirtation Hill? Getting serious, then you’re looking for The Boobs or Pleasure Point. And if you do make it to Rooty Hill be careful not to Come By Chance.
Funny place names from New South Wales:
Boozer Creek
Come By Chance
Flirtation Hill
Pleasure Point
Rooty Hill
The Boobs
4. Funny Canberra Town Names
Canberra of course is a law unto itself. And though it does have a reputation for being conservative, its street names have a true Aussie ring to them. There’s Slim Dusty Circuit, Bon Scott Crescent, Bogan Place and even the main road leading into our capital is the Monaro Highway.
Funny Canberra names:
Bogan Place
Bon Scott Crescent
Monaro Highway
Slim Dusty Circuit
5. Funny Queensland Town Names
Known to be straight talkers, Queenslanders don’t waste words and so it is with their place names. These need no explanation. Mount Blowhard, Mount Mistake, Mount Surprise and the bluntly named Ugly Creek.Perhaps their funniest name claim is at Yorkeys Knob. Named after a Yorkshire born fisherman, who built a homestead on the headlands in the 1880s, locals revel in telling visitors that Yorkey’s Knob is bigger than Moby’s Dick.
Funny Queensland names:
Mount Blowhard
Mount Mistake
Mount Surprise
Ugly Creek
Yorkeys Knob
6. Funny Northern Territory Town Names
Tough talking territorians take no prisoners and neither do their place names. Try these for size. Dirty Water Billabong, Rum Jungle, Boggy Plain, Cape Cockburn and Fanny Creek. And if you happen to be driving through Howard Springs, then you’d have to take a detour onto the alphabetically challenged Aaaa Road.
Hilarious Northern Territory names:
Aaaa Road
Boggy Plain
Cape Cockburn
Dirty Water Billabong
Fanny Creek
Rum Jungle
7. Funny Western Australia Town Names
Western Australia has the only town in Australia starting with an X, Xantippe. It also has the town of Woop Woop, once a mill town,its name has been adopted into Aussie slang, meaning the middle of nowhere. Also, a bay called Useless Loop and a Dog Swamp. But perhaps its most amusing name is the town of North Pole, near Marble Bar. Perhaps it’s Santa’s home away from home.
Western Australia’s wacky list:
Dog Swamp
North Pole
Useless Loop
Woop Woop
Xantippe
8. Funny South Australia Town Names
Nowhere Else Road is nowhere else than South Australia. Well, not true. There is a Nowhere Else in Tasmania, south of Devonport. Oh well. Still nobody else has Bullshit Hill, a Cream Puff Corner or a Break Wind Reserve.
South Australia’s silliest names:
Break Wind Reserve
Bullshit Hill
Cream Puff Corner
Nowhere Else Road