Places Slang
Animals | Behaviour | Events | Objects | People | Phrases | Places
PLACES | ||
Back of Bourke : | long way away | |
Billabong : | an ox-bow river or watering hole | |
Black Stump (beyond the) : |
a long way away, the back of nowhere | |
Boozer : | a pub | |
Bottle shop : | off license | |
Bottle-o : | off license | |
Brizzie : | Brisbane, state capital of Queensland | |
Bundy : | short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there | |
Bush : | outback | |
BYO : | unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog | |
Down Under : | Australia and New Zealand | |
Dunny : | outside lavatory | |
Going off : | a place that is a lot of fun | |
Kindie : | kindergarten | |
Lucky Country, the : | Australia | |
Maccas : | McDonald's | |
Milk bar : | takeaway food shop | |
Never never(land) : | the Outback / centre of Australia | |
O.S. : | overseas | |
Outback : | central areas of Australia | |
Oz : | Australia | |
Rage : | party | |
Servo : | petrol station | |
Sleepout : | house verandah converted to a bedroom | |
Station : | a big farm/grazing property | |
Top End : | far north of Australia | |
Uni : | university | |
Unit : | apartment | |
Woop Woop : | a small, perhaps, unimportant town |