Gippsland Geekfest 2016 (in Australia!)

[puddingwrestler]

Gippsland GeekFest returns to Coal Creek, Korumburra this year!

Gasp in horror at the sight of what PuddingWrestler ACTUALLY looks like!
Howl with laughter at drag artistes performing extracts from Star Wars!
Take part in RPGs and Floorgames!
Dress in finest steampunk and cosplay!
Earn prizes by lying about your age and entering the colouring contest!
Talk to people who have done impressive things like work on Star Wars!
Eat sausages prepared by men who own classic cars!
Quote video games in pubic without feeling foolish!
Grumble at the grim fate which means that the event takes place in rural South Gippsland while you live in remote and distant lands such as Europe and the US!

[kerick]

I had to look on Google Earth to see if this was a real place! It is!

[puddingwrestler]

I had to look on Google Earth to see if this was a real place! It is!

So is Tittybong. Never doubt Australian place names again.

[Rheged]

I had to look on Google Earth to see if this was a real place! It is!

So is Tittybong. Never doubt Australian place names again.

There's a fair number in UK too:-  Piddletrenthythe,    Pow,    Stargate,   Findo Gask   to name but a few.

[kerick]

I had to look on Google Earth to see if this was a real place! It is!

So is Tittybong. Never doubt Australian place names again.

There's a fair number in UK too:-  Piddletrenthythe,    Pow,    Stargate,   Findo Gask   to name but a few.

There is a Hell, Arizona.

[scooter]

I had to look on Google Earth to see if this was a real place! It is!

So is Tittybong. Never doubt Australian place names again.

There's a fair number in UK too:-  Piddletrenthythe,    Pow,    Stargate,   Findo Gask   to name but a few.

There is a Hell, Arizona.

Don't forget about Punxsutawney, Pa.   

[puddingwrestler]

There's a Baghdad in Tasmania.

For those not in the know, Tasmania is the wettest, coldest, greenest part of Australia. It looks like someone tried to recreate Australia in a drizzly spot in England.

[kerick]

A few others in the US.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/wackytowns.html
I always wanted to go to Toad Suck, Arkansas on the way to Sweet Lips, Tennessee.
Although, its hard to beat Tittybong.

[Captain Canada]

Too funny. Thanks for the laugh.....oh, and enjoy yourself !

[zenrat]

My favourite silly place name in the whole wide world is Cheesequake in New Jersey USA.

[VickersVandal]

Pratts Bottom, Kent.

Gippy is a bit further than I'm prepared to hike unfortunately. Have a good one.

[puddingwrestler]

Westward Ho! in england - one of only two places world wide with an exclamation mark in the name (the other is in Canada, and is French, but I cannot recall the name) that are NOT in the Kalahari (the local languages use a lot of clicking sounds, which are represented by !)

Another local town is Meeniyan (pronounces meenyun, like a stereotypically villainous chihuahua would say 'minion'). I like to think that it is where Minions come from.

[puddingwrestler]

I would be remiss not to mention picturesque Poowong.
Fun fact: I was testing out the obscenity filter on the website at the school where I work, and added the word 'poo' to the list of words to censor. A few weeks later, an equine studies ecursion was organised to Poowong. It was put on the school bulletin, which was run via the website. The result? A trip to <CENSORED!>wong.

[scooter]

My favourite silly place name in the whole wide world is Cheesequake in New Jersey USA.

Some us in NJ call it Cheesecake 

[zenrat]

I would be remiss not to mention picturesque Poowong.
Fun fact: I was testing out the obscenity filter on the website at the school where I work, and added the word 'poo' to the list of words to censor. A few weeks later, an equine studies ecursion was organised to Poowong. It was put on the school bulletin, which was run via the website. The result? A trip to <CENSORED!>wong.

Scunthorpe can give similar problems.