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South Australians have rejected their city's**t town' label after it was ranked fourth and appeared on the list for a third year in a row, with some locals even threatening the list's creator.
A popular satirical Facebook page has awarded Townsville with the dubious distinction of being named Australia's 's*** town of the year' two years in a row. So why are locals ok with it?
Leon Stephens, however, isn’t terribly jazzed about the whole shebang. Speaking to the ABC, Stephens stated “I might be showing my age or whatever but I think this is getting pretty tired. It’s a bit like a Dad joke that’s continually going on and I think that it’s time that we changed it up a little bit.” Stephens also tried to take a cheap shot at Shit Towns of Australia co-founder Geoff Rissole, claiming that the Shittest Town in South Australia title was “probably about as impressive as a name called Geoff Rissole.” Which is an interesting way to put it, because there’...
You'd think, given that we spent most of 2020 inside with the weekly trip to Coles our greatest source of entertainment, Australians would have a more favourable view of the locales they inhabit. Yet our year of involuntary reclusiveness hasn't stopped Rick Furphy and Geoff Rissole from once again igniting fury in the hearts of residents everywhere, from Port Pirie to Alice Springs - unveiling their annual "Sh*t Town Power Rankings" over the weekend. The pair are the masterminds behind the Facebook phenomenon (and potentially the social media platform's most controversial page), Sh*t Towns...
Australia's worst towns have been named and shamed in a satirical social media post. Popular Facebook page Sh*t Towns of Australia has developed a cult following online with its weekly town lists, with its 2020 Worst Towns of the Year eagerly anticipated for their 242,000 plus followers. After winning the unwanted gong last year, Logan in south-east Queensland has gone back to back as the worst official town in the nation, ahead of Nimbin in NSW and South Australia's capital city Adelaide. Rounding out the top five were Brisbane and Port Pirie in South Australia. Also featuring on the tongue...