RE: Place Names

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 10:59 PM 6/13/01, Brett wrote:
> > Behalf Of John D. Giorgis
> >
> > So, why do Aussies only go up to 11?
> >
>
>errr, anything over 11 we have to take our shoes off?
>
>I just can't remember seeing a Mile Creek >11. Probably is.
>
>And I've never quite worked out if they are named based on length of creek
>or (the most likely) distance from or to somewhere. That is, this creek is
>11 miles away from Upper Kumbukna West.
>
>Something mile creeks - noone has gone around metricating them, sorry
>Alberto


Somehow, "17.702784 Kilometer Creek" just doesn't have the same ring . . .



-- Ronn!  :)