Hapless Atlas
OZWORDS, the language monthly put out by Australian National Dictionary Centre, ran a competition for readers to suggest the meanings of various towns.
Below is the pick, with due credit (or blame) given to each reader responsible. Why not dust off your road-map and add to the index?
Barakula – fisherman’s ice box (D. Mockford)
Bullabulling – a bull doing what bulls do (B. Rothwell)
Caniambo – very intelligent ambulance driver (G. Witts)
Crookwell – How are you really? (P. Harley)
Deddick – impotence (P. Harley)
Maitland – Oz (P. Harley)
Mangalore – nympho’s paradise (A. Heazlewood)
Noondoo – long lunch (L. Berck)
Nhudenboy – young male naturist (T. Hosking)
Numbugga – a member of the winter swimming team (S. Robson)
Toowong – not right (G. Case)
Tullamarine – Try fooling someone else! (J. Ferguson)
Tumbarumba – a belly-dance to South American music (M. Davis)
Tumbledown Dick – male menopause (D. Tribe)
Warrawee – asked by many a lost tourist (A. Wornes)