What's your Town Famous for?

[Jabberwocky]

having a big shipping marina/port. polluting a great deal from the various power plants, alumina plants, cement plants etc. nothing significant here, really.

 

[the_ketaman]

I grew up in Ryde, which is where Granny Smith lived and died and created her famous apple. And I think that's about it

I grew up there too, but now i live somewhere that could be classified as derro, its a awesome house, just shit area.

Its famous for theives and tryhard drug dealers who are really pussy.

We do also have very nice prawns.

 

[preacha]

um, lance from neighbours lived from my suburb
my friends slept over at his house

that's all?

 

[kittymeow]

Ikea??? What else is famous/well known about Richmond????

The small town where I grew up is famous for having the tallest fire lookout in Australia/The world....61m tall karri tree. In Pemberton WA
I lived there ten years and was too chicken to climb it!!

 

[Doppelganger]

24 hour K-Mart!

Win.

 

[ValeTudo]

* Communists
* Vodka
* AK-47 Rifle
* Murder capital of the world (edit; probably as a result of above)

 

[vanth]

Ned Kelly robbed the post office.

edit: Oh, and a guy in my year at high school was on Channel Nine's Strip Search competition

 

[katmeow]

The small town where I grew up is famous for having the tallest fire lookout in Australia/The world....61m tall karri tree. In Pemberton WA
I lived there ten years and was too chicken to climb it!!

I made it about 7m up that tree.

Shit-scared sums it up.

 

[vanth]

Is it just a regular tree? Or is there a ladder...?

 

[katmeow]

There's a ladder, but it's just metal pegs - hang on a sec and I'll upload a pic.

 

[katmeow]

The big tree!

 

[vanth]

Thanks katmeow. You wouldn't catch me climbing up that!

 

[motiv311]

Horses, tweakers, and lots of mexicans (and other assorted latinos w/o greencard)

 

[maxload]

I used to live in Leicester which is the birth place of both Adrian
Mole and Joseph Carey Merrick, otherwise known as the Elephant Man. Pretty much sums up that city

My current abodes most famous resident is probably me. And more than a few Brisbane Lions. Best Vietmanese pie shop this side of the river.

 

[huez]

a media fueled race riot!!!

cronulla

All this time i thought i was the only one from cronulla on here...

 

[uTranceMe]

skanks on ice with kids on their hips

 

[Coolio]

I'm pretty sure I'm what my hometown is most famous for.

 

[retrogradeamnesia]

that tiprat family off 'neighbours' also rated 2nd biggest bogan town on JJJ (behind Moe)

 

[Pop Popavich]

Porn, Pyrotechnics and Politicians

and decriminalized marajuana!

WOO! Go Team!

Almost everyone I talk to who has been for a visit just seems to remember the roundabouts.

 

[Rated E]

Riots maybe.