You're going where? Oddly named places...

Maybe it's just what happens when you put 25 million people on a piece of land around 32 times the size of the United Kingdom. Whatever the motivation, it turns out Australia is really, really good at coming up with bizarre place name. Here are our top favourites – let us know in the comments of some of your own!

Home to some of the best riding in the country, Tasmania has some incredible bays and beaches – just rarely the climate to go with it. Nor the enticing names, it seems. Stinkhole Bay sits on Tassie's north-east coast. Our island state should be on every rider's bucket list, which is why Bikesales headed there for our 2018 Bike of the Year mega-test. Just wish it was warmer…

Off the South Australian coast you'll find a small island called Sudden Jerk, near Sensation Beach and Misery Bay, as luck would have it. It's smack in the heart of Coffin Bay National Park on the Eyre Peninsula. We'd head there for the oysters alone.

Packed your bags yet? Don't. Useless Loop is on the West Australian coast, well north of Perth. It's a closed town in the UNESCO World Heritage Shark Bay site and is home to Shark Bay workers and their families. So if you fall outside of those parameters, as far as destinations go it kinda lives up to its name. Especially when you consider the 8000km-plus round trip to get there from the east coast.

Located about 150km (as the budgie flies) north-west of Brisbane, this tiny town's name will inspire even your most banal buddy to think outside the box. Harder to pronounce than it looks, this town is located close to the popular tourist destination of Coomba Falls.

It's a cave, so we can understand how someone may have not seen it last time. What we don't understand is why someone would venture inside given its elusive status. The Mid Murray Motorplex, an off-road rally complex, seems to be the closest landmark and it's where your search rescue party should commence their efforts.

Located in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park in New South Wales is Mount Great Groaner. It's about 100km west of Sydney and relies on its mountainous laurels alone to lure mountain-loving tourists. But there's some great riding to be had all through the countryside between Bathurst and Goulburn, so why the heck not?

It sounds like a late night incident leaving the pub, but this little gem is located in the hinterland of Sydney's northern beaches, near Terrey Hills. The views from Tumbledown Dick Hill are said to be lovely, but don't take our word for it – go see for yourself!

Located in northern Victoria, Tittybong is dissected by the Donald-Swan Hill Road, and is roughly halfway between Swan Hill and Wycheproof. The 2016 Census reports Tittybong's population at just three. We don't know if the trio considers themselves, 'Tittybongers'… And while you're there, you may as well check out nearby Meatian, Chinkapook and Menangatang while you're at it!

The Huon Valley region in this southern most part of Australia is well known for its produce, apples in particular, but rarely for its eggs and bacon. This bay is home to a lovely family-friendly beach. The bay was named after the yellow-and-red egg-and-bacon wildflowers found along its shores. We would have called them bacon-and-egg wildflowers in the more traditional naming convention of this breakfast of champions, the bay likewise, but there you go…

Pack your bags, single ladies! Pronounced Mang-alore (not Man-galore), this small town is located 130km north of Melbourne and there are lots of wineries in the region. This will make up for the distinct lack of man-galore. There’s also an airport should you need to be at a winery faster than the Hume Highway allows.