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The spiritual home of SAU VIC - Benalia - lives strong with all who visit her train station...

This photo was taken on Saturday night:

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I think that's 3 years now?

Glorious :miner:

Post up any other photos of our favourite incorrectly spelt town!

J

Not quite a town name just a funny worded sign found in Thailand whilst on holidays last year gotta love the Engrish

a simple translation to english words are 100% correct apart from the missing letters. When you say it in Thai thats how u say it...there is a lesson for ya.

did i miss something?

Yes you missed a Trip to Benalla to go racing at Winton three years ago where one Mr.Jamezilla changed the name of the town on that particular sign to Benalia. It has never been fixed and still remains as funny as ever.

How was the pondage in Benalia James?

Haha - the pondage was tranquil :)

Until of course, the Brisbzilla awoke and terrorised the locals...

And yes, the GPS we had was an American model. It had all the cities pre-entered, but instead of Benalla - had Benalia.

After a shitload of grog, that seemed hilarious - and the rest is history...

back in the days when the Lada was cool and the Supah telstar ran sidepipe......

For those of you playing at home, Benalia was established on the weekend of Dec 19, 2005. Not to be confused with when team Wang was first founded.

I might have had a hand in changing that sign too :down:

A good mate was going up for a sports event up there about 3 months ago...after I told him what we had done to the sign he sms'd me a pic of it....I think its still in my phone :)

Here we go - Benalia was founded on 16th April, 2005.

Strangely, the Benalla Hoon Law was introduced on the 17th April 2005. Bizzare...

Founding fathers included:

Me, Snowy, Dave (who loves a bit of pork), Brisby, Paris, Ant, Big Bird, Bec, Jesus, Big Al, Tommy G and some guy in a beanie.

Founding monument:

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Refreshments - including Paris' weaksauce light beer:

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Second visit had upgraded signage:

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Famous team SAU vehicles. Gone but never forgotten:

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The NE Hotel - home of the Wangbuster (note celebrity Hard Corey in the background):

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Happy times... happy times.

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