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Novelty Mailboxes Make an Impact

December 19th, 2011 | Author:

Novelty mailboxes are an amusing feature on Tasmanian roads.  Some owners put an amazing amount of thought and effort into the roadside collection of their post.  And one of our regular readers, Lynn Gorman has taken quite a shine to the unique constructions.  When she travels around Tassie, she makes a point of stopping to take photos.  She’s sent some of those photos to share with you…

Novelty Mailboxes in Tasmania

by Lynn Gorman

We went for a drive today and guess what… another letterbox to add to the collection.  I actually had a bit of time to study ‘Timmie’, and thank him for being there.  If we hadn’t stopped, we wouldn’t have seen the flat tyre we unfortunately souvenired from our drive to the Alum Cliffs and Devil’s Gullet!  ‘Timmie’ was found on the road between Mole Creek and Chudleigh.

Novelty Mailboxes - Timmie the Sheep

Timmie the Sheep: photos of novelty mailboxes by Lynn Gormann

The magpie and dachshund novelty mailboxes were in the Table Cape region, and the cow was in the Bay of Fires region.  Hope these may be useful, I am always on the lookout for more.

Novelty Mailboxes - Magpie

A magpie mailbox in the Table Cape region of Tasmania

Novelty Mailboxes - Dog

A dachshund is amongst the novelty mailboxes in the Table Cape region

Novelty Mailboxes - Daisy the Cow

From the Bay of Fires in Tasmania: Daisy the Cow serves as a mailbox

Thanks to Lynn for sharing her photos with us.
We’ll add to the collection when she sends more.
If you have any photos of novelty mailboxes you’d like to share,
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