• Agent641@lemmy.world
    48·
    1 month ago

    People naming things in Australia:

    • Townsville
    • Western Australia
    • Shark bay
    • Great Sandy Desert
    • Little Sandy Desert
    • Snowy Mountains

    But you also have wildcards:

    • Tasmania (not actually a mental illness)
    • Monkey Mia (There are no monkeys, and nobody named Mia)
    • Lake disappointment (contains no water)
    • Blue mountains (they are mostly green)
    • King Island (we don’t recognise its claim to the throne)
    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      1 month ago

      Lake disappointment (contains no water)

      I don’t know, that sounds like a pretty accurate name for a lake without water

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      23·
      1 month ago
      • Shark bay
      • Great Sandy Desert
      • Little Sandy Desert
      • Snowy Mountains

      Lol these sound like Super Mario Bros levels

    • mosspiglet@discuss.online
      10·
      1 month ago

      Lake disappointment (contains no water)

      Well, that would be very disappointing if your lake had no water. So I think they nailed that one.

    • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
      10·
      1 month ago

      Didn’t you cunts also name a swimming pool after your prime minister who died swimming in the ocean?

      • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        The city of Townsville, yes (it is in fact a city)

      • Agent641@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 month ago

        TIL Powerpuff girls is set in a place called Townsville

    • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Tbf the blue mountains are blue from the right distance in the right weather, like most temperate Australian mountains