A video of an American man discovering the very curious name of a tiny Australian beach town has gone viral online.
US content creator ‘Bavid Dough’ came across the small seaside town of Tiddy Widdy Beach on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.
In a clip shared to TikTok, viewed more than two million times, the American zoomed in on the town on Google Maps while trying not to laugh.
‘In Tiddy Widdy Beach, just off of Tiddy Widdy road, there’s a little bed and breakfast called the Schmidty at Tiddy Widdy,’ he said.
‘And one of the reviews for the Schmidty at Tiddy Widdy says, “Feeling giddy, doing a little ditty, bein’ witty at The Schmidty”.’
Tiddy Widdy Beach is home to just 195 people. Indigenous inhabitants originally named a well just north of the area ‘Tiddy Widdy Ned’.
The hilarity prompted many viewers to label Australians ‘so unserious’.
‘Australians are so relaxed and unbothered this doesn’t surprise me,’ one said.
A tiny town of 950 people has attracted international attention for its ‘unserious’ name
US residents took the quirky names as ‘more proof that Australia isn’t real’.
‘This sounds like a Dr Seuss novel,’ another said.
‘Cool so in Australia, things are either whimsical or terrifying,’ a second added.
Nothing in between.’
‘Australia is a fever dream come to life,’ a third joked.
Australians were quick to share the wacky names of other locations Down Under.
‘There’s a cave in South Australia literally called “Well It Wasn’t There Last Year” cave,’ one Aussie commented.
‘Wait until they find out about Cockburn. Pronounced co-burn,’ another said.
Tiddy Widdy Beach is one of many towns that may seem quirky to international viewers
‘There is also a Dongdingalong in New South Wales,’ a third added.
‘There’s a suburb named Humpybong too,’ a fourth wrote.
A Tasmanian man said there was a Doo Town, home to Blowhole Road, in his state.
‘There’s also an Eggs and Bacon Bay,’ another said.
