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A postcard of people in their togs on a sandy white beach. They are leaning on one another.
Two bikini-clad women lounge on a man lying on the beach. There is a man standing up with a hat covering his groin.
Four people lying on top of each other on a beach wearing only swimmers covering their bottoms.

A raunchy "Get Wrecked on Keppel" tagline paired with scantily clad models helped visitor numbers on Great Keppel Island soar in the 1980s. It's a different scene now.

Bon Scott Crescent street sign.
A street sign with four street names on it pointing in four different directions.
A green sign that says James Kirk St Gungahlin, with a smaller T drawn on it between James and Kirk.

While many of Canberra's suburbs and streets are unsurprisingly named after prime ministers and pioneers, there are some quirky exceptions and places that have taken on double meanings. 

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