July 24 2011
Port Pursuit [BB320]
A spot of geo-trivia this week, just to test your local knowledge. Australia has close to 20 towns and one-horse settlements beginning with the word PORT. Of these, a dozen are reasonably well known. How many can you name? (And as bonus quest, can you name at least three places on the map that possess a unit of currency in their names?)
[Any other homegrown hunts you can muster?]
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB319 SOLUTION: Jewish holiday, youth hostel, English horn, high horse, Rush Hour, heigh-ho eleventh hour, growth hormone, fishhook
Comments
Boniface — 24 July at 02:46AM
On the bonus part:
Wilpena Pound
Millicent
Central Tilba
Eurobodalla
Haymarket
DA — 24 July at 09:07AM
Millicent is a good get. I can think of two more still - Asian, and ancient....
Sam — 24 July at 10:29AM
Some Victorian starters:
Portsea
Port Fairy
Portland
Port Campbell
and there's some money in Narrandera
One Wheel — 24 July at 11:28AM
Port Melbourne
Port Macquarie
Port Douglas
Port Lincoln
And on the money side:
Euroa
Cashmere
Randwick
And, amazingly, there is a place in south-east Victoria called Dollar.
RK — 24 July at 11:45AM
Renmark
Crescent Head
Guilderton - an ancient one
Silverton and the Gold Coast
Mintabie contains a whole fortune, while poor Kenilworth has no money at all
One Wheel — 24 July at 12:06PM
Broken Hill's a bit short of cash as well.
DA2 — 24 July at 01:22PM
Or just plain Broke.
Like Renmark, and I can still think of some 'spare' change -
Peta — 25 July at 10:34AM
Port Augusta
Port Sorell
Port Stephens
Port Arthur
My eldest sister lives at Vincentia on beautiful Jervis Bay
ML — 25 July at 11:41PM
On a similar vein is noteworthy towns:
Beechworth
Tamworth
Wentworth
DA — 26 July at 06:01AM
I know there's fleabite town in SA called Saddleworth, which sounds like a martyrdom measure - looking after my neightbour's dog is worth 7 saddleworths.
JD — 26 July at 08:39AM
Eurobodalla - So close to a double whammy!