Cor, cop a load of these Aussie town names!

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I know many of you think our West Australian town names are very funny, even strange perhaps, but believe me, that is nothing compared to some we’ve seen in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The best so far have been Mt Baw Baw, Nar Nar Goon, Koo Wee Rup and Bunyip. Mt Baw Baw is a mountain within the Baw Baw National Park and Great Dividing Range. One of its major claims to fame is that Eucalpytys regnans, the tallest flowering plant on earth, grows on its slopes. One of these trees was measured at 143 metres. The area is also home to the Baw Baw frog which is critically endangered. Nar Nar Goon is known as the ‘mural town’ and has a number of murals adorning the walls of old, historical buildings. It is believed that the name came from an aboriginal word for the water rat. Koo Wee Rup is also based on an aboriginal word believed to mean ‘plenty of blackfish’. It is Australia’s largest asparagus growing district and also has a lot of beef and potato farms. The town of Bunyip is named after a mythical creature that is supposed to haunt swamps, billabongs and waterholes. The aborigines believe it preys on humans who get too close. Both Koo Wee Rup and Bunyip are places of importance to the aborigines of Victoria. I think a myLotter has written more about the bunyip. Hopefully we might get back to pay a visit to Nar Nar Goon. I’d like to see the murals.