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Dark Corner



Well here we are at Dark Corner which is not at all dark but there is nothing of note here either. Well who would choose to live in a dark corner when then is a sunny one up the road?

After our fruitless search for Yarrabin I have taken to getting Madam Tom Tom to tell me when I have reached my destination. She is very shy of dirt roads however so often has to be scolded strongly to take me where I want to go.

As it happens we could have found Dark Corner because there is a rural fire service shed and an old cemetery on a hill but no sign of any town that may have existed.

I've added Dark Corner to the localities at 100 Towns.

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  1. No! Not at all dark Joan ... In fact a rather peaceful scene with those cows resting in the shade.

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  2. I love the names of the localities in this area. And I don't trust Madam Tom Tom or Mr Nav Man.

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  3. ah, yes, looks quite the opposite of dark. Such a colorful field - and I like the cows that are peeking out from behind the grass. They look relaxed :)

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  4. I wonder what the next corner will be?

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  5. There are a lot of funny names on your search for towns. I wonder how many of your 100 towns will be dead.

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  6. I once read about a small town in Tennessee with the official name "Nameless". It got its name because a century or so ago when the authorities decided it must have a name the residents didn't know how to reply. The place had always been nameless, they said. And so it stuck.

    I expect that Nameless is about as inviting as Dark Corner, though less ominous.

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    1. The funny thing is these towns were not nameless. They were known as Mitchell and Mitchell South. They must have got a marketing guy to rename them.

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  7. The cows look like lions in the shade after a hunting. :-)

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  8. This little spot evokes the name "Peaceful Corner" - I wonder how it came to be named Dark Corner?

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