It's like most towns, the pronunciation is normally different to what people expect. It's an old English thing so you know they're not locals. Victorian's (but not limited to) including Brocky have/had a fail when pronouncing Bathurst. I remember Jeremy Clarkson calling it Bath (as in Bath room) Hurst. Also heard Penrith pronounced Pen-reeth (how the British would say it) of course the Penrith locals pronounce it Pen-rif. It's called lounge in Australia and only Australia really and we put them in our lounge room. Fancy having a couch room or a sofa room - ridiculous!