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[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Friend has started calling Springvale 'Springers'. Now it's pingers.

[โ€“] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We have Crazyburn in the north

[โ€“] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A friend of mine occasionally refers to his hometown of Scumbury

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Also Stab Albans Scumshine

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

As a local, there's Springer's Leisure Centre.

Maybe it's a youth thing, but Springvale is Springy.