Next we come to the sinister connection... see what you make of these!
Deddington (ouch), Detention (didn't do it, honest!), Devils Gate (a bad film?), Cramps Bay (groan), Battery Point (with added assault?), Brandum (Ow!), Squeaking Point (eek), Ouse (ick), Burnie (ouch) and Lune River (awoooo!).
If you thought they were creepy, try Lynchford, and Hellyer, Gunns Plains, Savage River, Chasm Creek, Copping and Killiecrankie, Killora and Needles!
Finally there are - Styx, Sulphur, Sulphur Creek, Tower Hill, Tunnel, Tomahawk, and Tooms Lake...
I hasten to add that these places are all *lovely*. The people are *sweet*. They won't be offended by this at all... I hope!
Now, just to balance the books, here are some charmers that sound like paradise... Goodwood, Friendly Beaches, Plenty, Cooee (which means Hello, where are you?), Kindred, Lovely Banks, Promised Land, Golden Valley, Prospect, Prospect Vale, Summerdale, Summerhill, Sunnyside, Bothwell, Beauty Point, Blessington, Pretty Plains, Blythe Heads and Paradise itself.
What could be nicer than those?
Now some rose names - Rose Bay, Rosebery, Rosegarland, Roses Tier, Rosevale, Rosevears, Rosny, Primrose and Primrose Sands.
Next there's the clerical connection of Priory, Abbotsford and Bishopsbourne and the aristocratic collection of Castle Forbes Bay, King Island, Kings Meadows, Kingston, Lady Barron, Queens Domain, Tiberias, Queenstown, Royal George, Princess River, King River and Queen River.
And here come some names you're bound to know, because they're all famed for various reasons in their original settings or remind you of something else.
Albion Heights, Avoca, Bagdad, Bangor, Ben Lomond, Cornwall, Devonport, Dover, Brighton, Exeter, Firthside, Perth, Falmouth, Louisville, London Lakes, Middlesex, Goshen, Gladstone, Flintstone, Aberdeen, Forcett, Gretna, Guildford (for Monica Edwards readers), Herrick, Stonehenge, Somerset, Punchbowl, Nile, Lindisfarne, Derby, Cambridge, Jericho, Richmond, Richmond Hill, Runnymede, Eddystone Point, Shannon, Sheffield, Surrey Hills, Tinderbox, Wiltshire, Windermere.
Hermitage, Bachelors Flat and Sister's Creek have something in common, as do Catamaran, Boat Harbour, and Boat Harbour Beach.
Had enough? If not, come back next week for the final word on the placenames of Tasmania.
Go To Page: 1
| Here's the follow-up discussion on this article: | View all related messages |
For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Allyso's Tasmanian Travel topic, please visit the Discussions page.