Rude place names
31 July 2006 by danielbowenSo have you got a list of rude place name in Australia? Coz if you type “rude place names” into a British search engine u get quite a few sites informing you of the location of Brown Willy in Cornwall (no, really!) or Cock Bridge and Twatt up in Scotland. Type it into an Aussie one and you get nowt! I dunno, maybe your sense of humour isnt as gutter level as ours, or maybe you have better things to do, but Im going to Oz this year and its my lifes ambition to travel round all the places in the world with rude names so any suggestions would be great. Bring em on 
— Claire
Ah, the time-honoured tradition of rude place names.
Certainly Australia does quite well in the silly place names stakes. We’ve got Bunyip, Nar Nar Goon… Allegedly there is a place called Dunnydoo (NSW), which could go with Innaloo (WA). And of course Poowong (Vic).
But rude place names? Well apparently there is a Middle Intercourse Island (Qld). For sheer manlyness, there’s Iron Knob (Qld SA). There’s Mount Buggery (Vic). And the only other one I can think of right now is the old favourite, Tittybong (Vic).
Can anybody else think of some others?
August 1st, 2006 at 12:38 am
Daniel, there’s an Iron Knob in SA. But maybe there is one in Qld too.
I’m sure there are plenty of rude place names in Oz, I seem to recall making a list with my friends at some stage, thinking along the same travel plans as Claire. Is homework for this week.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:55 am
There is a place in Victoria called Tittybong.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:09 am
There is an area in the Southern Highlands of NSW called Bong Bong - possibly not rude, but funny sounding nonetheless
August 1st, 2006 at 9:10 am
Then of course there is an outer suburb of Sydney called Rooty Hill
August 1st, 2006 at 11:53 am
There is Yorkey’s Knob in Qld - near Cairns.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Thanks for the correction on Iron Knob. Source was wrong.
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:44 pm
There’s a town called Blow Hard just north of Ballarat…
August 6th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Daniel,
I’ve just spent two years travelling around Australia doing stand-up
comedy shows in tiny aussie country towns.
Names with sexual reference innuendo that come to mind include:
Gnowangerup (South-east W.A), Packenham Upper (outside Melbourne,
Victoria), Koolyanobbing (near Kalgoorlie, W.A), Marble Bar (near
Port Hedland, W.A), Devil’s Marbles (N.T), Come-by-Chance (Mid NSW,
near Walgett), The Entrance (Central coast, NSW), Smiggins holes
(snowfields, NSW), Woodenbong (Northern NSW, nr Casino).
For photos of signs of these towns etc check out my website at http://www.jimbo.com.au
August 11th, 2006 at 9:58 pm
how about POOWONG in Victoria
August 20th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
Dunnydoo is how it’s pronounced, however, its spelt Dunedoo.
Worth trawling through the Australia Post postcode list - there are quiet a few funny names in Australia. http://www1.auspost.com.au/download/pc-full.zip
August 31st, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Thoroughly recommend ‘The Road to Mount Buggery: A Journey through the Curiously Named Places of Australia’ by Mark Whittaker and Amy Willesee as a good read on this very subject.
I consider Essendon to be a rude word, if that helps
September 12th, 2006 at 4:39 pm
what about Finger Post in NSW
September 12th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Another funny one (but not really rude) is Diehard NSW
September 16th, 2006 at 11:05 am
Cockburn, in SA near the NSW border,on the Broken Hill rd.
September 25th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
My favourite is ‘Humpybong’, north is Brisbane, I can’t help but giggle like a kid when I read the sign.
October 4th, 2006 at 12:05 am
Hey Guys,
Anyone from Tassie (such as myself) will have to add:
Cockle Creek
Cheers.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
To go with Humpybong which is on the Redcliffe peninsular, there is also Hornybrook Bridge over to Recliffe, and Woody Point, 5 minutes into Redcliffe
October 14th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
Fanny Bay in Darwin, NT. One of my personal faves.
October 24th, 2006 at 2:54 am
Wattanobbi in NSW is another…needless to say current residents insist that it’s not pronounced as it looks, but Wattanowbi…whatever.
October 31st, 2006 at 11:46 am
ok, a friend of mine was living in WA for a while, in a place called WANNAROO …. to make matters worse he then moved a few miles down the road to UPPER SWAN … both made me laugh
November 14th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
I grew up in INNALOO and years ago, there was talk of changing the name. I guess it’s not quite as bad as living UPPER SWAN though is it? :o)
November 15th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
i know someone has already pointed out fanny bay in the NT, but did you also know that Dick Ward Drive runs into fanny bay?!
December 2nd, 2006 at 10:27 am
I live near the suburb of Condon which the local street artists insist on turning into Condom on a semi regular basis.
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:51 pm
Mount Mee in Queensland
January 19th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
What about rude street names? We have a Titwobble Lane in Wedderburn Vic. (no prizes for guessing the condition of the road) and yes, it is the official name and has it’s own street sign.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Bald Knob, QLD
April 12th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Just outside Bruthen, on the Omeo road is a river called Ramrod Creek, beside a hill called Mount Little Dick.
April 12th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Check out this Oz Government website - http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ - you can search on a particular word and it will return any places or landmarks that have that word in their name.
Makes for some pretty funny reading
April 30th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Screw Creek near Inverloch, Victoria
April 30th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
There are afew funny names in Western Australia apart from Innaloo and Upper Swan … We also have Koolyanobbing, Widgiemooltha and Noggerup …
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Not a place name but a street name … you cant go past Upper Gay Terrace (Caloundra, Qld)
June 7th, 2007 at 11:15 am
When passing through Condon NSW have a look out for quite a large pine tree shaped like a penis its a cracka.
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:44 am
lol, these are great! Don’t forget to check out “Ernest Wanke Drive” in Narre Warren…..
another one is “St John’s Wood Rd” in Mt Waverly and “Glasscocks Rd” in Lynfield!
All in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia :p
June 24th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Wattanobbi is pronounced how it looks. Its on the nsw central coast and I have never heard it pronounced Wattanowbi. Everyone calls it the first pronunciation. I know its an aboriginal name so maybe its supposed to be called the second way but no one does. They even tried to have the name changed.
Whoever pronounces it the second way, all I can say is “what a nobby ” lol
September 2nd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
What about Buchan near Bairnsdale in Victoria,
You can visit the Buchan town or the Buchan caves and even go for a swim in the Buchan river , in fact you can do almost anything you Buchan like there!!!!
September 2nd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Oh , By the way I worked on the iron ore mine at Koolyanobbing in the Seventies.
September 9th, 2007 at 4:14 am
Woodridge should have a rude name. It’s in Logan City, Brisbane, and it’s a bloody mizzen that’s what it is. I should know, I grew up there.
October 4th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Yorkey’s Knob
Fannie Bay
Woolloomooloo
Whisky Creek
Wineglass Bay
Cape Disappointment
Monkey Mia
Karumba
Bald Head
Gin Gin
Windpassing
Purnululu
Dick Creek
Iron Knob
Bruce Highway
Poowong, Vic
Tittybong, Vic
Mount Buggery, Vic
Dunnydoo, NSW
Devil’s Marbles (NT)
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:14 am
There is a Bobbin Head (Suburb and Road) on the way out of Sydney towards Newcastle
December 7th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Amy Says:
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:44 am
another one is “St John’s Wood Rd†in Mt Waverly
there’s a suburb ‘St Johns Wood’ in Qld, near ‘The Gap’, and there’s also ‘Gaythorne’
and while not rude, i picture running corn whenever i hear ‘Runcorn’
December 13th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Kelly’s Knob - Kununurra, WA
Buckle Head - Kimberley Region, WA
Oobagooma - Kimberley Region, WA
Mount Olivia - Kimberley Region, WA
Mount Christine, Kimberley Region, WA
Mount Anyone - Everywhere!
Wyloo - Pilbara Region, WA
Neds Creek - Pilbara Region, WA
Pullagaroo - Gascoyne Region, WA
Cocklebiddy - Nullarbor, WA
January 24th, 2008 at 7:30 am
how about:
ventongimps
water-ma-trout
pennycomequick
all real places in cornwall, uk!
February 26th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
yeahh theres a dunedoo (dunny-doo) in nsw…
not rude but funny
=]
March 16th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
ha ha ha, theres 642 places with knob on the name !!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
There is a suburb somehwre in Australia and im trying to find it…not sure how its even spelt, but something like “Myas” Pronounced My ass.
So has anyone been to Myas lately?
If so can you let us know what Myas was like and if you could do U Turns while there!! lol.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
You may be thinking of the Maccas add on the way into Yass, which simply has “m Yass”.
I roadtripped up the coast with an American on board, he loved Dookie and Yass - his accent helped greatly with the jokes on that one.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Drove to Canberra earlier in the year and my boys found the town of Bonna rather funny
August 6th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Bobbin Head - Northern Sydney
January 18th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Mate, you guys aren’t even trying. If they ain’t rude then make ‘em. Get rid of the first letters of “Charlotte’s Pass”. Then go to “Pitchi Ritchi Pass” in SA and have a scratch. Go forth and modify!
April 13th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I wanna live in the place “mount mee” in Aussie