LONDON -- Boring and Dull, meet Bland.

Boring, Oregon and Dull, Scotland, two small communities united by unexciting names, have joined forces with a third: Bland Shire, Australia.

Dull and Boring became sister communities in 2012, after a Scottish woman passed through the U.S. town on a cycling holiday. Officials say the relationship has boosted the profile of both places.

On Friday, Dull officials hosted the mayor of the region of Bland Shire, New South Wales, at a reception to celebrate the third member of a club dubbed the League of Extraordinary Communities.

Dennis Melloy, provost of the Perth and Kinross region that's home to Dull, said the alliance could expand. He says "we've found Ordinary and Dreary, both in America, and I think they could soon be part of it all."

--The Associated Press