Show ContentAgent641@lemmy.world48·1 month agoPeople 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)
Show ContentPasserby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish28·1 month ago Lake disappointment (contains no water) I don’t know, that sounds like a pretty accurate name for a lake without water
Show Contentprole@lemmy.blahaj.zone23·1 month ago Shark bay Great Sandy Desert Little Sandy Desert Snowy Mountains Lol these sound like Super Mario Bros levels
Show Contentmosspiglet@discuss.online10·1 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.
Show ContentMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca10·1 month agoDidn’t you cunts also name a swimming pool after your prime minister who died swimming in the ocean?
Show ContentWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today7·1 month agoWhat’s wrong with Shark Bay? I’d name every second bay I find, Shark Bay.
Show ContentRubanski@discuss.tchncs.de13·1 month ago Greater shark Bay Lesser shark Bay Disappointment shark Bay ( no sharks)
Show Contentpsud@aussie.zoneEnglish3·1 month agoTbf the blue mountains are blue from the right distance in the right weather, like most temperate Australian mountains
People naming things in Australia:
But you also have wildcards:
I don’t know, that sounds like a pretty accurate name for a lake without water
Lol these sound like Super Mario Bros levels
They’d probably go with Sandy Sandy Desert.
Well, that would be very disappointing if your lake had no water. So I think they nailed that one.
Didn’t you cunts also name a swimming pool after your prime minister who died swimming in the ocean?
We did indeed. The Harold Holt memorial pool
Classic!
What’s wrong with Shark Bay? I’d name every second bay I find, Shark Bay.
Oh I like that idea…
The Powerpuff Girls happened in Australia‽‽
The city of Townsville, yes (it is in fact a city)
TIL Powerpuff girls is set in a place called Townsville
Tbf the blue mountains are blue from the right distance in the right weather, like most temperate Australian mountains