# Think of a city in Australia (that isn't Sydney) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223 "2015-10-11T00:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/61 "2015-10-11T16:56:20Z")
Off the top of my head Brisbane for no particular reason, it was just there. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/62 "2015-10-11T17:54:34Z")
Why, the most awesomest place ever, Bacchus Marsh, or course! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/63 "2015-10-11T17:58:21Z")
Melbourne, because I have friends who live there. They just moved there from Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/64 "2015-10-11T18:44:16Z")
I thought of Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide almost all at the same time. I just went with Brisbane because it was technically the first to pop into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/65 "2015-10-11T18:49:20Z")
Perth, because it’s the only one that showed up in my Facebook feed today. I have a friend who lives there. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/66 "2015-10-12T03:05:26Z")
Interesting. No matter how many more people vote, Melbourne stays at at 42-44%. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/67 "2015-10-12T03:15:34Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Perth. Don’t know why. I think I’ve heard more about Melbourne. I thought of Perth and Newcastle at the same time. I have an aunt that lived in Newcastle and Sydney for a few years so Newcastle is always my go to ‘not Sydney’ city and Perth was in the news quite a bit last year when MH17 crashed. If it wasn’t for that, I’m not sure I could have come up with that name if there was a gun to my head. Now I have another city that’s not just ‘not Sydney’ but also on the other side of the continent. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/68 "2015-10-12T11:26:07Z")
Toowoomba. I’ve got a friend who lives there. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/69 "2015-10-12T11:35:19Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Hobart, 'cause I was reading [A Long Way Home](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18111281-a-long-way-home) by Saroo Brierley recently. > > Good book. **Hobart** is also the first one I thought of. Even though I’ve never even been to Australia, the city of Hobart has always intrigued me, being on that island and all. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/70 "2015-10-12T12:21:00Z")
I thought of Hobart, because that’s where my brother and sister-in-law live. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/71 "2015-10-12T12:53:31Z")
Adelaide because of an ex boyfriend. Boy, if we keep having polls like this I’m going to look like a real international slut 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223/72 "2015-10-13T00:08:44Z")
Fremantle. We spent 1-2 months there awhile back. It was awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-australia-that-isnt-sydney/734223.md?page=3)