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Old 12th February 2022, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 27litres View Post
It's satirical.
Americans always have to give stuff "cool" names (eg: "Ripper", "Camp Victory", "Raptor" etc).
Aussies just tell it as it is!
Yes, hence place names like "Two Rocks", "Shark Bay", "Useless Loop" although I'm not sure where "Monkey Mia" fits in!!
Regarding flights i never took the no-stop as that left from Heathrow. We always took the Glasgow-Dubai-Perth flights
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