Topnotch Snail

Why do traffic authorities in Australia insist on naming every road side depression that has the capacity to carry water?

On the Hume Highest alone there’s thousands of them and 99.9% of the time they are dry.

And about 90% of them are barely recognisable as being slightly lower in altitude than the surrounding countryside.

It must keep touring Europeans permanently amused.

I’d suggest that the propensity to show drivers the names of these creeks and rivulets is inversely proportional to their likelihood of being wet.

Is this a humorous attempt to keep drivers alert or just another example of keeping the economy ticking over, as in large contracts to someone’s mate’s roadsign manufacturing business?