No wonder aussies get the wrong idea...

[andrea]

My home town -

Wagga Wagga - Translation, place of many crows (wagga = crows?)

there is also Walla Walla, Yarong Yarong, Gumly Gumly and many many more!

Aboriginals used to stutter, either that or the poms that made the names up did.

Then of course there is the classic.....

The whities got confussed over the Aboriginal name for a flow of water, wanted to name a town after it, ended up naming the place Yarong Creek.

The story goes, Adelong means river, no, Ya wrong, creek. So they called that town Yarong Creek, and just called another town Adelong (which actually does mean river).

How's that for some trivia?

oh thats how you spell it, i thought it was wogga wogga ahem, and someone was telling me about a place called wallowmadingdong, so i put a s in the front of it and said hm swallowmadingdong, some aussie names a pretty pffft weird mwhahaha

[andrea]

or was it wallonggong or something hmm cant remember

[McJim]

oh thats how you spell it, i thought it was wogga wogga ahem, and someone was telling me about a place called wallowmadingdong, so i put a s in the front of it and said hm swallowmadingdong, some aussie names a pretty pffft weird mwhahaha

But you don't got no ding dong?!?

[warewolf]

some aussie names a pretty pffft weird mwhahaha

Wot? Maori names aren't?

Waikikaamukau? Whaka? Whakapapa?

bwahahaha back atcha!

All place names have meaning; it is by no means unique to NZ.
Interesting: Maori place names.

[Ozzie]

Yes that would be Wollongong, the Northern-most beach town of the NSW South Coast. Beautiful place it was (similar to Newcastle eh Dave). Awesome roads through the National park. Stop at Stanwell tops for a hotdog and Icecream at the icecream van, watch the hanggliders take off, before heading down to the beach. Unfortuantly the Leb's have taken over the beaches there now, so that sucks. Thats not a racisit comment btw, just a fact so get over it.


The other intersting place name in Sydney is Wooloomooloo ( War-la-ma loo). Yes its a real place, it is the Navy Base... That eight O's !!!

Hate to be pedantic, Wooloomooloo is actually,,,, Woolloomooloo Bay, there is A navy base there( one of 4 in Sydney I believe), it is called Garden Island (which isn’t actually an Island), or other wise referred to as Fleet Base East. Fleet base West is HMAS Stirling, which is on another Garden Island (which isn’t actually Garden Island, freaking Navy), off the Coast of Rockingham, south of Perth.

Woolloomooloo Bay is most famous for Harry’s Café De Wheels, which used to be a food service caravan, which had been there so long, and become so part of the area that they ended up building a permanent structure around it. Their main draw card is a mince pie topped with mashed potato, peas and Gravy, not my cup of tea, but very popular.

There is also the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel, that place used to be fantastic, was usually packed on a Friday and Saturday night with Sailors, meeting there, watching bands and getting a skin full before going up to the Cross, or to the Rocks.

The pub played many a Kiwi band there, one that will always stick in my mind was “Le Club Nerd”, they played a lot of 70’s and 80’s music, and did it very well.

Oh well, had to have a bit of a rant, it’s a nice day for riding, I’m stuck at work, so had to do something.

[McJim]

It all sounds so much more exotic than Lochwinnoch or Auchtermuchty (made famous by the Fox Hat...as in "Auchtermuchty....wear the Fox Hat")

Us europeans can't really laugh when there's a place in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwngllgogerycwmdrobbllantisiliogogogoc h (apologies if it's spelt wrong but I'm a Jock not a Taff).

First time I went to Italy I nearly pissed myself laughing at a town called Poggibonsi (Podgy Boncey).

It's everywhere.

[andrea]

Yes that would be Wollongong, the Northern-most beach town of the NSW South Coast. Beautiful place it was (similar to Newcastle eh Dave). Awesome roads through the National park. Stop at Stanwell tops for a hotdog and Icecream at the icecream van, watch the hanggliders take off, before heading down to the beach. Unfortuantly the Leb's have taken over the beaches there now, so that sucks. Thats not a racisit comment btw, just a fact so get over it.


The other intersting place name in Sydney is Wooloomooloo ( War-la-ma loo). Yes its a real place, it is the Navy Base... That eight O's !!!

yeah one of our friends moved over to aussie sometime ago and then came back and was telling us bout the names and how confusing it was, wollongong was mentioned and he was "what? where??" LOL
hmm it cant be as bad as some tongan names like ufa which is a girls name in tongan but actually means fuck in samoan.

[andrea]

Wot? Maori names aren't?

Waikikaamukau? Whaka? Whakapapa?

bwahahaha back atcha!

All place names have meaning; it is by no means unique to NZ.
Interesting: Maori place names.

oh man im curious but what is a wangdoo didgeridoo, hmmm
quote "A Didgeridoo is basically a piece a wood that evolved into a unique musical instrument and meditation tool. This evolution gives a strong spiritual aura to your instrument and in order to enjoy and discover your Didgeridoo, you should follow some basic care rules. To protect and nourish the wood, we applied a wax based protective finish on the outside of the Didgeridoo and a linseed oil coating in the inside.It is a good idea to apply more linseed oil to the inside every year. To do so you will need a cup of linseed oil and a funnel. Place the Didgeridoo in one of the containers with the mouth piece facing up, pour the oil in it and repeat the operation three or four times. Let all the oil drain out for a few hours and your Didge will be a happy Didge."

[andrea]

[Big Dave]

I got some cool didgereedoo music - last time we were over some guys were busking on circular quay with a midi and 2 'doos'.
Bought a CD off them for $10 - I like it.

[warewolf]

oh man im curious but what is a wangdoo didgeridoo

Well a didge is a didge but a wangdoo sounds like a cheap asian knock-off (as opposed to a cheap asian knock-shop, which you'd find in Woolloomooloo or up the 'Cross).

Bit of a difficult instrument to play, you've got to master that circular breathing thing. The ones they sell at airports aren't too good, as one would (wood?) expect. If you want a proper one, I have contacts. Instrument of choice for evening entertainment for some of the Taswegian cavers.

You can make up a fair facsimilie of one using a length of pvc drain pipe. The mouthpiece is the difficult bit, but is basically just a doughnut-shaped lump of beeswax that you shape to your mouth while still holding a seal to the bigger opening of the didge.

Pretty much every kid in Australia has used the morning newspaper or the remains of the glad wrap roll, or pretty much any pipe they can get their mitts on, as a didge.

[WarlockNZ]

Dave i couldnt give a Rats arse about maoris or abbos i just thought it strange for an Aussie paper to waste time on it.....

Gonna have to go with you on this one ... who gives a shit! .. NZ is the only country in the world where 10% of the population get to tell the other 90% how to live and what to say and think .. ever hear of reverse rasism ??? .. see .. some things just really grind my gears!