Active Phone Boxes Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By
JohnoMawbs on 05-Mar-19. Waypoint GA13565
Cache Details
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| Type: | Locationless |
| Container: | Other |
| Proximity: | 100m |
Description
A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box, telephone box or public call box is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience.
Such a booth usually has lighting, a door to provide privacy, and windows to let others know if the booth is in use. The booth may be furnished with a printed directory of local telephone numbers, and a booth in a formal setting, such as a hotel, may be furnished with paper and pen and even a seat. An outdoor booth may be made of metal and plastic to withstand the elements and heavy use, while an indoor booth (once known as a silence cabinet) may have more elaborate architecture and furnishings. Most outdoor booths feature the name and logo of the telephone service provider.
The Cache:
To claim a find on this cache you need to find a phone box with a working phone in it. Once you have found one, you will need to take a photo of yourself and/or GPS with the phone box in the background and mention where you found it. As per the new rules, GPS coordinates are required. Enjoy!
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Hints
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Logs
Hello JohnoMawbs thank you for the cache.
A nice phone box in Ross.
A nice phone box in Ross.
Great cache
Thanks for the locationless cache
James0116
Thanks for the locationless cache
James0116
I was at our local shops, and quickly took a photo of the only phone box we have in the area now.
I wonder if it is ever used...
TFTC
I wonder if it is ever used...
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
An new and active phone box in a new estate at Yarrabilba Queensland
Rated: for Overall Experience
Still operational phone booth on the corner of Main Street and Station Street in Lithgow.
My wife located and used this payphone while on a friends hens night at the Forth Pub for a Shannon Noll concert.
I didn't have my GSP with me so I took a photo with my car in the background as proof I was here. These are the famous red phone boxes in Ross. The left one is decoration, the right still was a working phone.
Although Ross is off the highway, it has 2 wonderful bakeries and clean public toilets, so worth a visit.
Although Ross is off the highway, it has 2 wonderful bakeries and clean public toilets, so worth a visit.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Haven't found the nearby geocache 'yet' but first time I've seen a number to call Santa 
Main St, Cressy, Tasmania
Snapped this working phonebox whilst caching in the area.
Snapped this working phonebox whilst caching in the area.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A Telstra payphone in Turners Beach that we often pass as we go for our walks. TFTC
Located this working phone box in South Arm, Tasmania (I checked). This would be 10 minutes from my home so handy to know if the mobile networks drop out. TFTL
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this working phone in Bourke Street Melbourne. The Telstra phone outside an Optus store amused me. The Telstra store is on the other side of the road. My caching teddy-Miss Chief- features in the photo as I can’t do selfies.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this pair in the mall outside Hornsby Westfield this morning. I see them get used occasionally.
This pair are still going strong.
Suprised they have 2 in the one spot here.
Must be a hot spot for telstra.
TFTL
Suprised they have 2 in the one spot here.
Must be a hot spot for telstra.
TFTL
Rated: for Overall Experience
S41 49.878 E147 26.274 CONARA TASMANIA
These are getting harder and harder to find. I found this in the small town of Conara Tasmania.
These are getting harder and harder to find. I found this in the small town of Conara Tasmania.
Rated: for Overall Experience
this one has stood here since I can remember, walking to the local shop to buy lollies as a kid I would always check for change and phone cards to add to my collection
at stafford st shops Penrith NSW
TFTLC
at stafford st shops Penrith NSW
TFTLC
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were caching in the NE part of Tasmania a week or so ago when we were surprised to find a working public phone in the little seaside town of Beechworth.
Our photo shows Mr Beetle pretending to use it.
It can be found at
S41 01.617. E146 56.912
Thanks.
Our photo shows Mr Beetle pretending to use it.
It can be found at
S41 01.617. E146 56.912
Thanks.
This active phone box is outside a convenience store close to Carlyle Gardens on Woongarra Scenic Drive Bargara Qld. 
Rated: for Overall Experience
We came across this active telephone box in Toodyay, Western Australia.
One of us taking the photo, the other one leaning on the telephone box ‘on the phone’.
Technology speaks for itself
)
Thanks for the Locationless Cache JohnoMawbs) 
One of us taking the photo, the other one leaning on the telephone box ‘on the phone’.
Technology speaks for itself
)Thanks for the Locationless Cache JohnoMawbs
) Rated: for Overall Experience
Spotted this working phone in Miller Street Bargara QLD while I was there a couple weeks ago. Catching up on Locationless caches now during our isolation times.
The area around this phone box is pristine. The lawn is mown, edges have been whipper snipped and not a piece of rubbish in sight. I think the locals take pride in what is the only phone box in the area.
Thanks for the locationless JohnoMawbs.....
The area around this phone box is pristine. The lawn is mown, edges have been whipper snipped and not a piece of rubbish in sight. I think the locals take pride in what is the only phone box in the area.
Thanks for the locationless JohnoMawbs.....
Rated: for Overall Experience
A working phone box (booth) across the road from Berry Railway Station.
Unlike a previous find, this one takes coins. 50 cents will give you 10 minutes to Australian mobiles. The booth is nothing like your description & offered me no shelter when it started to rain. The only thing waterproof I had on were my shoes. This locationless brought to memory the old red phone boxes that had two steel buttons A & B. There was a way you could get free calls. Further along the time scale my son, who was at TAFE, would phone me using a public phone (without putting coins in) & could get one word in before being cut off - Dad. I'd then go & pick him up.
Several years ago I caught a train to Berry & as I walked past the booth sunlight reflected off some silver coins. As I bent down to retrieve them I saw a $5 note. Paid for the days travel with a small profit.
Thanks.
Unlike a previous find, this one takes coins. 50 cents will give you 10 minutes to Australian mobiles. The booth is nothing like your description & offered me no shelter when it started to rain. The only thing waterproof I had on were my shoes. This locationless brought to memory the old red phone boxes that had two steel buttons A & B. There was a way you could get free calls. Further along the time scale my son, who was at TAFE, would phone me using a public phone (without putting coins in) & could get one word in before being cut off - Dad. I'd then go & pick him up.
Several years ago I caught a train to Berry & as I walked past the booth sunlight reflected off some silver coins. As I bent down to retrieve them I saw a $5 note. Paid for the days travel with a small profit.
Thanks.
Rated: for Overall Experience
The royal Melbourne hospital what an old find and still works.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found in Branxholm TAS.... staying at the Imperial Hotel across the road.... having a drink on the balcony and took the opportunity to log this cache
Telstra phone box on Invermay Road, Invermay, Tasmania
Rated: for Overall Experience
Spotted this phone booth while enjoying a cone from the homemade ice cream shop out in the jetty area at Coffs Harbour. Haven't used one of these for a long time, not since pre-mobile days with a pre-paid Telstra Phone card - they were great until mobiles took over!
Anyways, thanks JohnoMawbs for setting up this fun locationless - enjoyed spotting this phone booth and taking out of the ordinary and making it into a cache!
Cheers
MajuraHathi
Anyways, thanks JohnoMawbs for setting up this fun locationless - enjoyed spotting this phone booth and taking out of the ordinary and making it into a cache!
Cheers
MajuraHathi
On holidays and found one of these rare structures in Adelaide - certainly not used very often now.
Hi Johno
Had been through Mawsons Hut in Hobart and was walking back to the car when this Phone Box appeared
Sainted at 0835 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My FINDS: GCA 3877; GC 3679; TOT 7556
Had been through Mawsons Hut in Hobart and was walking back to the car when this Phone Box appeared
Sainted at 0835 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My FINDS: GCA 3877; GC 3679; TOT 7556
Rated: for Overall Experience
Our nearest public Telephone is at Dunkirk Avenue and the booth has shrunk considerably over the years. No longer the old fashioned red box, now it is only a semblance of its former self.
Thanks for the Locationless JohnoMawbs
Thanks for the Locationless JohnoMawbs
Rated: for Overall Experience
Not too far from where I live is an old telephone booth. With a mailbox nearby it serves as a handy reference point ("YOu know you go past the towing business then there's the telephone booth and mailbox...") I can confirm that I have used this booth for both shelter and to make calls, though the door seems to be missing these days. And today this booth would only accept cards (no coins). Do people still have phone cards?! I remember using them 25 years ago... The newsagents would buy used ones who would on-sell them to collectors, phone cards with only a single hole were the most sought after... TFTC!
We were in Drysdale today on the Bellarine Peninsula when we parked next to a Telstra Phone Box. We took the opportunity to take the required photo for this cache. The photo added to the Gallery shows Mrs y'stassie using the phone. Thanks JohnoMawbs for the cache.
We recently cruised to New Zealand and our first port of call was the Bay of Plenty. Well you never know when you will need photos of various subjects for locationless caches, so when we spotted this active phone box we just had to add it to the collection.
The active phone box is in the main street, and a very busy tourist destination. Glad we took the pic as it paid off for this find.TFTC
The active phone box is in the main street, and a very busy tourist destination. Glad we took the pic as it paid off for this find.TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Seeing how there is a locationless cache for 'Disused Phone Boxes' (GA8294), I decided on making a cache to highlight active and still usable phone boxes. As I live nearby to this one, I decided on starting you off with the Temora Apex Park Phone Box. A nice easy one to find and for people to use at anytime because the phone box is lit up at all times. The reason my photo was blurry and without my GPS is because I needed to crop my photo so that the muggles were not in the shot (for privacy reasons). I hope everyone enjoys this cache as much as I did creating it.
