So it should come as no surprise that the animated children's character has made her mark on a road sign that bears her name at Morisset.

An image of Dora the Explorer now greets motorists entering Dora Street from the roundabout at the intersection with Wyee Road.

As any parent of a young child will tell you, Dora the Explorer is a worldwide phenomenon.

Sales of the American television series reportedly netted US$1 billion in 2004 alone.

The educational cartoon is broadcast in Australia and has been dubbed into many languages for screening around the world, including in China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan and Russia.

And then, of course, there are the spin-off Dora stage shows and merchandise.

But the question remains: Was Dora's appearance on the Morisset sign the work of a team of genius five-year-olds who, under the cover of night, borrowed a step ladder?

Or maybe it was the work of teenagers with a sense of humour?

For the record, Dora Street was not named after the animated adventurer.

Dora Street, and Dora Creek, take their name from the Aboriginal term Doree Doree, meaning a creek running into a lake.

The township had various names in the early days of settlement, with one map showing it as Dorri Brook in 1840.

After 1840 it was called Newport, a name which stuck until 1887 when the railway station was named Dora Creek.