Dullsville.

The mundane monikers of the Scottish village of Dull – twinned with the US town of Boring – and the Australian region of Bland Shire have been celebrated this week with a visit from residents of one area to another.

Residents of the Bland Shire district in New South Wales, Australia, Dot McCaskie and Gail Platz, paid a visit to Dull in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland in an attempt to link the three towns with such mundane names.

According to the Central Scotland News Agency, the village of Dull and the Oregon town of Boring were twinned last year in a bid to lure in tourists and create links between the communities. Politicians in Oregon have also planned to create an official “Boring and Dull Day” every year on 9 August – the anniversary of the twinning of the towns – which would celebrate everything that is dull.

Bland Shire is now hoping to get in on the tourist action, thanks to its name – which honours the founder of the Australian Medical Association, William Bland.

The visiting pair were welcomed by Dull-based wildlife tour operators, Julie and Donald Riddell. Julie told the publication: “Their slogan goes ‘Bland by name but not by nature’ and if their friendly personalities are a taste of how things are back in their home town, then I would say they are totally right. Dot said Bland was just a bit tired of being made fun of and when someone spotted the Dull and Boring twinning they thought they’d make it a threesome.”