What's in a name?

One of the things you can't help but notice when you arrive in Australia is the plethora of unusual names for towns and cities. It is a virtual menagerie of incredibly crazy names, some of which you can't start to pronounce. We can start in Queensland, the state where we live and towns that are very close to us in Bundaberg/Bargara.

How's this for a start?
Gin Gin not to be confused with Tonic Tonic, or Lime Lime

Town of 1770  we had our reef adventure fro here, named for the year Captain Cook Landed on
Australia.

Banana  Located south of Rockhampton it's well known for it's beef cattle but no bananas as far as the eye can see!

Humpybong  Lovely name originating from when the British abandoned the area in favour of settling Brisbane leaving behind empty huts or "humpies". Humpybong means "dead shelters" in Aboriginal. (edit here, there are over 100 Aboriginal languages, it's like saying that's in "Asian")

Gympie (pronounced gimpy) a fairly large town about 100km from Bundaberg. This name would never "fly" with political correctness in US!

Here are some from around Australia

Bong Bong maybe a new definition from the original? 
Bowna um, this is a family blog (both in New South Wales, NSW)
Burpengary burping Gary
Come By Chance yes, a real name
Humpty Doo not the one who had the fall
Innaloo well, a loo is a toilet
Mount Buggery bugger is a mountain
Gooloogong not to be confused with Grong Grong which means campground

Moolooloo slippery ridges

Tittybong If your looking, it's just north of Teddywaddy

Wineglass Bay now this is a place I need to check out!

Woolloomooloo Aboriginal name meaning young kangaroo

and finally,
The End of the World The western most point of Tasmania

Map of Australia

This is coming from an American who lives in state with names like:
Oconomowoc

Baraboo

Bohner's Lake

Coon Valley

Spread Eagle

Mukwanago

Embarass 
and 
Wanderoos

Again, many are Native American names as the Aboriginal names, and just a different language, so to us, the Euro Trash Invaders on both continents, they sound very funny.

But to end I have to give it up to the Kiwi's who's country has the longest name in the world, 
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
(I would have used a bigger font but it wouldn't fit on the page.)

North and South Islands of New Zealand

Your assignment is to place all those towns and cities on the correct maps. Now don't tell me you don't have time for this, I know better.

Happy hunting!