Street names for Forde

Jono said :

Muttsybignuts said :

I still maintain the laziest name ever is Note Pad Place in Dunlop. I imagine some servant said to another servant, “Aarrgghhh, what are we going to call this one?” to which the reply was, ” Just name it after the first thing you see on your desk”.

You obviously don’t live in Dunlop.

As the locals can tell you, the theme for the suburb’s street names are Australian “Inventors, Inventions and Artists.”

The write up on the ACTPLA f

Pesty said :

Tixylix said :

I just want to know if the genius who named Nullarbor Avenue in Gungahlin was intentionally taking the piss or is just plain dumb.

What is wrong with it? Are not all the streets named after places in Australia? (sorry to double post)

or Notepad Place is, “In 1902 a Tasmanian stationery company, Birchall’s of Launceston, started selling the world’s first notepads called Silvercity Writing Tablets. For 500 years, paper had been supplied in loose sheets. Proprietor J A Birchall decided that it would be a good idea to cut the sheets into half, back them with cardboard and glue them together at the top. His British paper suppliers Wiggins Teape were at first reluctant to supply paper bound in this manner, but were eventually persuaded by the persistent Taswegian.”

That’s cool.
I would have preferred “Flight data recorder” over “notepad” tho.

Pesty said :

Tixylix said :

I just want to know if the genius who named Nullarbor Avenue in Gungahlin was intentionally taking the piss or is just plain dumb.

What is wrong with it? Are not all the streets named after places in Australia? (sorry to double post)

Suburban street themes mostly differ although I’ve always loved that we have Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide avenues etc projecting out from Parliament House in their mostly respective directions, and then Canberra Avenue pointing straight to the porn.

Also worth mentioning is that if you continue North bound on Northbourne, you’re leaving town. Do many other cities subtly direct people to leave?

AussieRodney said :

Doris Turner was my wife. I wrote the citation.

BTW, the correct link is http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/di/2008-182/20080711-37227/pdf/2008-182.pdf

Good on her. I’m glad that she’s been honoured, and I’m sorry that she left you so soon. St Johns is a noble cause.

Assuming these names are serious;

You have got to be kidding me So we are now including the full name, maiden name and ‘known as’. Do these idiots realise than people actually have to live with these names, give them to people over the phone, write them out in full hundreds of times, not to mention actually speak these ridiculous sounding names as their address.

Living in a street named for a totally forgotten nonentity with a ridiculous name myself, I often have cause to curse the wankers who think these names are reasonable as an address.

Canberra : 900 sq. miles surrounded by reality

Muttsybignuts said :

I still maintain the laziest name ever is Note Pad Place in Dunlop. I imagine some servant said to another servant, “Aarrgghhh, what are we going to call this one?” to which the reply was, ” Just name it after the first thing you see on your desk”.

You obviously don’t live in Dunlop. As the locals can tell you, the theme for the suburb’s street names are Australian “Inventors, Inventions and Artists.”

The write up on the ACTPLA for Notepad Place is, “In 1902 a Tasmanian stationery company, Birchall’s of Launceston, started selling the world’s first notepads called Silvercity Writing Tablets. For 500 years, paper had been supplied in loose sheets. Proprietor J A Birchall decided that it would be a good idea to cut the sheets into half, back them with cardboard and glue them together at the top. His British paper suppliers Wiggins Teape were at first reluctant to supply paper bound in this manner, but were eventually persuaded by the persistent Taswegian.”

Surely there should be a Ole Kirk Christiansen Court, given the building style of the area?

I still maintain the laziest name ever is Note Pad Place in Dunlop. I imagine some servant said to another servant, “Aarrgghhh, what are we going to call this one?” to which the reply was, ” Just name it after the first thing you see on your desk”.

Tixylix said :

I just want to know if the genius who named Nullarbor Avenue in Gungahlin was intentionally taking the piss or is just plain dumb.

Revelling in the iron, I’d reckon.

Ben_Dover said :

I vote for;

“You kow, that tall chap, used to wear a Fedora in all weathers, can’t remember his bloomin’ name for the life of me now, it’ll come to me soon don’t worry” Avenue

With trees or sans?

I vote for;

“You kow, that tall chap, used to wear a Fedora in all weathers, can’t remember his bloomin’ name for the life of me now, it’ll come to me soon don’t worry” Avenue

Whatsup said :

Aurelius said :

Why do they continue the stupid idea of having double-barrelled names?

Street names should be kept simple. The designers should just use the surname of these people.

Given planners tends to have difficulty even designing a new suburb that people actually want to live in nowadays (as opposed to one they can, however reluctantly, afford) .. should we be surprised they can’t even come up with some simple and attractive names?

They should have had Gerald, Henry and Lita streets there. The surname’s close enough.

Doris Turner was my wife. I wrote the citation.

BTW, the correct link is http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/di/2008-182/20080711-37227/pdf/2008-182.pdf

Johnboy St does have a certain ring to it.

: )

Tixylix said :

Pesty: I’m glad you asked. An avenue is by definition a straight street lined with trees. Nullarbor, as we all know, is literally “no trees”.

Ah! see your point, I was unaware of the literal meaning.

What happened to my bracket close pedantry bracket tag? Stupid htmls..

Pesty: I’m glad you asked. An avenue is by definition a straight street lined with trees. Nullarbor, as we all know, is literally “no trees”.

it could have been along the lines of:

Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War

now that is a long title…

farq said :

I visited someone in Forde a couple of weeks ago, what a crappy suburb.

The streets are narrow, the houses packed in so tightly you could chat with the neighbours from any room in the house.

It’s enough to give your Claustrophobia.

IMHO.

I know what you’re saying about the newer suburbs. But gone are the days where you can get a decent sized block of land for good money. When we bought a block of land in Nicholls in late 99 people thought we were getting ripped at a shade over $70K for ‘just’ 680m2.

Things have certainly changed in a very short amount of time.

Jem said :

It’ll be Whyman Lane – column on the left tells you what the actual name of the street will be…

Well spotted jem!

It’ll be Whyman Lane – column on the left tells you what the actual name of the street will be…

Tixylix said :

I just want to know if the genius who named Nullarbor Avenue in Gungahlin was intentionally taking the piss or is just plain dumb.

What is wrong with it? Are not all the streets named after places in Australia? (sorry to double post)

Surely they are not going to put up a sign saying “Dorothy Frances (Fran) Whyman née Ring,” It would need two blinkin posts! This can’t possibly be right, the street it’s self must be “Dorothy Frances” Please tell me I’m right!

Aurelius said :

Why do they continue the stupid idea of having double-barrelled names? They sound so ridiculously pompous. At least there’s no Lawrence Wackett in Forde.

No, but does having two suburbrs — Harrison, Forde — next to each other make up for it?

Whatsup said :

Street names should be kept simple. The designers should just use the surname of these people.

Well said.

i would say it also seems a bit on the ridiculous side!! in which case i say bring it on.. if other states are going to laugh at canberra regardless we might as well give them a reason to.

Imagine trying to say that to a cabbie with a few brews in your gut… now that would be amusement park +++

Aurelius said :

Why do they continue the stupid idea of having double-barrelled names?

Street names should be kept simple. The designers should just use the surname of these people.

I just want to know if the genius who named Nullarbor Avenue in Gungahlin was intentionally taking the piss or is just plain dumb.

Why do they continue the stupid idea of having double-barrelled names? They sound so ridiculously pompous. At least there’s no Lawrence Wackett in Forde.

I visited someone in Forde a couple of weeks ago, what a crappy suburb.

The streets are narrow, the houses packed in so tightly you could chat with the neighbours from any room in the house.

It’s enough to give your Claustrophobia.

IMHO.