Australian Slangs – Places

Geography :

• The bush – areas outside of major cities and towns.
• The outback – the deserts of inland Australia
• Bushfire – wildfire
• Whoop-Whoop – The middle of nowhere (eg: So I was stuck out whoop whoop…) It is a short ‘oo’ sound, like in ‘pull’, not long like in ‘choose’. Also an actual town in the middle of the Australian bush.
• Beyond the black stump – An imaginary point beyond which the country is considered remote or uncivilised
• Back of Beyond – Even further than beyond the black stump. Really far.
• Scrub – Thick, snotty bush

Places:

• The G – Melbourne Cricket Ground
• Servo – Service Station (Petrol Station)
• Bottle-O – Bottle Shop (Liquor Store)
• Chemist – Pharmacy (also used), Drug Store
• Newsagent’s – Seller of newspapers, magazines, and candy
• Milk bar – Small shop selling drinks, sandwiches, candy, hot chips, and so on
• Maccas – McDonalds restaurant
• Traino – Train station
• Back-of-Bourke – Very distant location
• Big smoke/city – A non country area(includes associated suburbs)