Aussies love a good competition, and it doesn’t get much better than one to name our first-ever moon rover… In September, the Australian Space Agency (ASA) revealed it will send the first Aussie-made rover to the Big Cheese as early as 2026 as part of NASA’s Artemis mission. Aussies submitted more than 8,200 potential names, and now there’s a shortlist of 4 to vote on. While pearlers like Bluey, Walkabout, Wombat, Rove-r McManus and Rover McRoverface were run up the flagpole, it’s come down to Coolamon (an Indigenous word for a multi-purpose, sustainable tool), Kakirra (meaning ‘moon’ in the Kaurna language), Mateship and Roo-ver. And speaking of competitions, Macquarie Dictionary has opened voting for its 2023 word of the year. We do like a bit of ‘angry water’ – ‘scrotox’, not so much…