That place name has got to be one of the most aesthetically displeasing ones I’ve ever heard.
I mean, that’s a sound effect, not a name.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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The name means "very bad camping ground" in the local Wiradjuri language. I don't speak the language, but from what little I know of first nations languages I'm guessing a singular "grong" would be "bad camping ground" and duplicating it as "grong grong" makes it "very bad".
So yeah, intentionally displeasing. It has reliable water where two creeks join and become one larger creek, which meant it was a place you could camp if you were on your way to somewhere else and needed to stop, but otherwise it's not somewhere you wanted to be.
White people established a town there because it was a good place to access water for steam trains - which needed to stop every 10 to 50km to fill up their water tanks.
Thanks for the info.
How about Wagga Wagga? Gol Gol? Minyip?
Gronk!
"don't need a gun, I've got a Donk!"
Just to clarify the dollar figures as I was a bit confused just reading the post text:
Each ‘plot’ cost $4,200, which buys approximately three kilowatts of solar panels
will get at least $455 off their power bills for the next decade, with $505 a year for the first five years locked in.
So a non refundable return of over 10% with an expected break even at year 10. Hmm, that's not a good investment. Also I adds no value to your property.
I'm gonna call it, the farmer put up $100k in solar and sold it for $200k with a dividend plan for what it produces.