Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

Originally Posted by shwza

I was so confused I thought you were talking about Kew in NSW. When you mentioned the tram to the city I was double baffled for a minute! Kew in Victoria! 😂
I dunno who thought it's a good idea to make fifty towns with the same names and streets but Australia loves doing it

If you study a UK Ordnance Survey Map you will find where a lot of the "Australian" names originated.


Keeping a little bit of Home, with the Settlers in the early days, & some of those names are good for a chuckle being thought up in Medieval times.

Originally Posted by 4bee

If you study a UK Ordnance Survey Map you will find where a lot of the "Australian" names originated.


Keeping a little bit of Home, with the Settlers in the early days, & some of those names are good for a chuckle being thought up in Medieval times.

The list goes on and on. Just look around Sydney! There's pretty much only 4 ways to name a town in Australia. After some guy, after another place that already exists that's nothing like it, exactly what it is or an aboriginal name

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Have a look at a map of the UK and have a think about transplanted poms swatting flies in the heat in Straya.

If you squint enough then Kew looks like Kew.

DL

How do you think "Swatting Flies by the Creek Lane" got it's name? It was probably as simple as that too.


In true Aussie fashion it would get abbreviated in time to "Swatting Flies Lane". Or even shorter.

When we lived on Norfolk Island, I was amused by the name of one of the roads -Dead Rat Lane. Another one is Poverty Row.

Originally Posted by Eevo

I can never see what you post it just shows blank

Originally Posted by shwza

I can never see what you post it just shows blank

works for me.

Originally Posted by Eevo

works for me.

That's a much funnier reply to me than I think you meant it to be 😂