Boning up on geography

August 23, 2026 — 9:00pm“Ah, Girilambone (C8),” effuses Bob Edgar of Moss Vale. “Nice choice, Janice Creenaune. I hope you have time for a delightful round trip via Gulargambone, Quambone and Billybingbone.”“Letters to newspapers claiming the first sighting of magpies (C8) and blowflies are older than Granny,” reckons the canny Phil Kanaley of Glebe. “PG Wodehouse observed that ‘Nobody knows why, but editors have a weak spot for cuckoos, and anyone who hears the first one is pretty sure of an entree to their columns … what is known in my profession as ‘cuckoo-work’ … there is no market whatever for the second man who hears the cuckoo.’ At that time Granny was but a lass, not making her debut until 1947, but has since endured 79 summers of ornitho/entomo-logical encounters of the first kind