Re: IT'S ACADEMIC - EASY ONE! -AND ANOTHER NOT-SO-EASY

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

In a word, Tourism! The river is a bigger drawcard than this tin pot town.

I knew of the Hawkesbury, but I never knew of Brooklyn till I got there,

Cheers
John Wayman

Ron BEST wrote in message ...
>Hawkesbury River was the one I was originally thinking of.
>BTW, WHY do the railways INSIST on that name, when every other mortal soul
>calls the place Brooklyn?
>
>Krel wrote in message <36d717b0.2144408@news.netconnect.com.au>...
>>
>>>Question: Which station (in Australia) has been renamed the most times
>>>(excluding adding and deleting hyphens and apostrophes and suchlike)?
>>>
>>IN NSW
>>Five names (four renamings) -
>>Haslem's Creek Cemetery-Necropolis-Mortuary Terminus-Mortuary General
>>Cemetery-Cemetery Station No.1.
>>
>>Four names (five renamings)
>>Loftus-National Park-Loftus-National Park-The NationalPark-The Royal
>>National Park.
>>
>>Four Names (four renamings)
>>Peat's Ferry-Brooklyn-Hawkesbury River-Hawkesbury-Hawkesbury River.
>>
>>Four Names (three renamings)
>>Newcastle-Honeysuckle-Honeysuckle Point-Civic.
>>Ilford-Mornington-Carwell-Clandulla.
>>Picton Lagoons Tank-Lagoons-Picton Lakes-Coridjah.
>>Cramsville-Para Meadow-Balgownie-Fairy Meadow.
>>Bogamildie-Weeta-Weetah-Marambir.
>>Watertank-Wascoe's Siding-Brookdale-Glenbrook.
>>
>>Three names (three renamings)
>>North Kiama-Kiama-North Kiama-Bombo.
>>Rosehill Junction-Clyde-Clyde Junction-Clyde.
>>Perth-Apsley-Perth-Perthville.
>>
>>Two names (five renamings)
>>Jennings-Wallan Garra-Jennings-Wallan Garra-Jennings-Wallan Garra.
>>
>>Two names (three renamings)
>>Tuggerah Lakes-Tuggerah-Tuggerah Lakes-Tuggerah.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Krel
>>
>>Just another eccentric crank.
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