Old Letter / Post boxes Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Blingg on 14-Nov-10. Waypoint GA2755

S38 06.823 E144 38.836
Caching at Portarlington and found this working beauty right next to a geocache at the flour mills.
A great old building with interesting history.
Thanks BLINGG.
Unfortunately it seems this one has already been used but still good to find it.

Outside a cafe near Mittagong Station.

Lismore, NSW, 2480.

I considered the fact that there is only one of these in the entire region that I know of and there is another Geocacher playing Cacheopoly in town and they might have also liked to snatched this one up. But in the end I decided I'd just go for it, so paused to get a couple of pics before going to "Gin Night" with friends.

I liked that there was a native plant place here and the top of the letterbox reminded me of proteas/waratahs.

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MELBOURNE
VICTORIA

I found this one near the Information Centre in Fitzroy Gardens.

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QUEENSCLIFF VICTORIA

In Queenscliff for a second day in a row and found another old Postal Pillar with plaque.

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QUEENSCLIFF VICTORIA

This old postal box was in service until 1988. It was presented to the council and relocated for display.

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S542 44.123 E147 26.307 RICHMOND TASMANIA

Driving home from a day of caching I noticed this old post box so a quick stop to get the required photo was made.

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S41 21.093 E147 00.132 GRINDELWALD TASMANIA

I was looking for another cache in Grindelwald when i found this old Post Box which is still in use.

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S41 26.038 E147 08.317 LAUNCESTON TASMANIA

This one is near the gates to Launceston City Park.

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Found this one in Tamworth NSW
TFTLC

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These old letterboxes are quite amazing, part of the local history.
Here is one found in Jindara, NSW
Thanks for the locationless cache

I found this one in Castlemaune Victoria today.
Cheers

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Noticed this the other day in Bacchus marsh.
Thanks for this one BLINGG

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This old letter box is still in use in Northern Territory. TFTC.

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Found this old post box in the main street of Glenrowan Victoria. Thanks for the Locationless.

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Found beside the Museum in Benalla. It used to have a GC cache very cleverly attached to it. Sadly the cache is now archived, it was one of my favourites.

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Spotted this old postbox in Woolloomooloo. I expect it's been logged several times being such a classic. TFTC
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Spotted this old mail box at Bendigo Pottery last time I did a trip through Bendigo. TFTC

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Cootamundra Post Office.
We spotted this old beauty on the footpath in front of the post office.
Thanks Blingg.

Hello blingg thanks for the cache.

I had just been in to the Ross bakery to get some well needed food and coffee when I spotted this lovely old Post box out side the Ross Post Office.

The Ross Post Office was constructed in 1889 using locally quarried sandstone. Originally the telegraph office between Launceston and Hobart. Now a fully licenced Post Office that also stocks stationary, gifts and souvenirs. Bookings for various meeting rooms and the Town Hall are made here. Banking and Eftpos facilities available.

Found at 16:21

TFTC

As you can see from the attached photo, this letterbox sits outside the Star Hotel in the historic port area of Echuca. The box is still in use and mail posted from this box will get a special overprint indicating it was posted from the Echuca Wharf.
I walk past this box quite often as I stretch my legs and seek the perfect coffee to start my working day.

Thanks Blingg.

BRIDGE STREET, RICHMOND, TASMANIA

I went on my first trip to Tasmania a few years ago now and spotted an old red mailbox here in Richmond. I will upload my photo when I find and scan it.

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GLADSTONE STREET, GLENROWN, VICTORIA

Off on a little trip over Christmas we were in Glenrowan and stumbled across this beautiful old mailbox in front of the Glenrowan tourist centre.

From my travels through Victoria, I am most surprised at how much of the history of the towns has been retained. I have not seen much of that in NSW, so going to Victoria is at times, a bit of a cultural shock. Towns like Malmsbury, Chiltern and especially Ballarat have retained a lot of the old world charm. I love it.

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PIPER STREET, KYNETON, VICTORIA

Off on a little trip over Christmas we were in Kyneton and stumbled across this beautiful old mailbox.

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MAIR STREET, BENALLA, VICTORIA

Off on a little trip over Christmas we were in Benalla and stumbled across this beautiful old mailbox. So lovely to see them still in operation and in good condition.
This one is just near the Costume Museum and Visitor Information Centre.

Thanks for the Locationless.

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ARUNDEL STREET, BENALLA, VICTORIA

Off on a little trip over Christmas we were in Benalla and stumbled across this beautiful old mailbox. So lovely to see them still in operation and in good condition. This is the third one I have ever seen.

Thanks for the Locationless.

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ARGYLE STREET, MOSS VALE, NSW

This post box once served the Moss Vale Community faithfully for many years. It now sits in it's new position close to the old post office as a reminder of a time gone by.

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We found an (or The) original Alice Springs Post Box at the old Overland Telegraph station. This post box is still in use and we send some postcards home via this box. Great bit of history. TFTC

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Found on Albion Street Surry Hills, this has the old model and the new one side by side.

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Spotted this old post box in Moonee Ponds, I even posted a letter in it.

The old box along side the new, on Botany Road, Waterloo.

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trident fish and chips

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Found this one at Newtown train station while waiting for a friend.

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Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.

We stumbled across this gorgeous old post box outside Cook's Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens.

Thanks blingg.

Found this one at the Rockingham Museum

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#GA343 - 15:25; I was headed back to Canberra from holidays and had stopped off in Bairnsdale for a bite to eat. A check of local caches soon had me near this old post box. Old, but still in use! TFTC blingg

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Spotted this in the Historical precinct of Guildford in Western Australia. Judging by the date atop the Letterbox, it's 116 years old!

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Another PO box in Queenscliffe, Victoria:on the same street as the other but significantly different design

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Found this one among the magnificent old architecture in Queenscliffe, Victoria

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This old style post Box is located inside the main Darwin NT Post Office
in Cavanagh Street. It does have the older style spike on top. It is still in se inside the building. TFTC

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Found this wonderful old red letterbox in Windsor, NSW -- one of the original 'Macquarie Towns' of the 18th century.

Right next to it was a modern letterbox.

You can still use both of them, but if you post in the old one, then your letter will receive a special cancellation.

What a great idea!

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Darn - happened upon this lovely old letterbox while visiting Melbourne but someone has already logged it. It had a lovely crown on top too. Will still have to keep my eyes peeled.

This is one of two such post boxes on Hamilton Island Qld. One is outside the Post Office down on the main street and this one is outside the complex that houses the information desk and many other shops and island activities.

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ARMIDALE NSW
An old surviving mailbox in Dangar Street which is still used. These old solid letterboxes are much more decorative than the very ordinary looking new models.
TFTC

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Gunning, Old Hume Hwy.
S34 46.998 E149 15.862
This isn't one of the ones with the spike on the top but it is really old. It can be found at Pye Cottage in Gunning. The cottage was built in Dalton and moved here in the early 1970's and is now a museum dedicated to the settlers and pioneers of the area.
There is a GC cache here too. Mr Beetle and the GPS both managed to get in this photo. Thanks.

Found this old style post box outside the old Post Office in Moss Vale, NSW. This one is still in use.

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Finally found a letterbox that hasn't been logged
Thanks for the cache Blingg it was fun looking for this one

I spotted this old letterbox outside the city park in Launceston whilst driving past looking for another cache.

Spotted another in Clifton Hill. It looks like it's been recently painted. I wonder who looks after them now that they're not in use?

Hmmm... it looks like there is a pin near this box... but it certainly is not on it, and looking at the photos from the log it certainly is not this box as they look completely different and have differnt surrounds. So Im pretty happy this is a unique log. (See the photos)

The Rocks is rich with these old boxes it seems! Here is another found while out caching today

If the CO wants I'll change it to a note, but I think the 161m for this cache is a bit high

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RICHMOND, Tasmania
Just happened to come across this while looking for Post Offices.
Bonus find
Thanks for the cache Blingg
BUT
darn it ... its been found already

Found this in the Rocks Sydney in excellent condition, Spike and all! Grabbed a photo while heading to the Lowenbrau for Meat Dinner with Beer.

Damn... this one has been taken already

Was in Burra Burra, south australia and was in the historical area and so of course I was likely to find one. Then at the other end of town there is another one but I was unable to stop so I will leave that till my next trip.

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blingg

found while searching for a GC cache on this structure at the
Portarlington Flour Mill

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We were waiting for the bank to open and spotted this fine example at Bakery Hill in Ballarat Victoria.
it is still in really good condition too.

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Spotted this old postbox near Salamanca Place in Hobart.

Found the old letter at York, WA. Thanks

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Spotted this red letter box at the Old Telegraph Station at Alice Springs recently near these co ords

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Walked past this example while on the way to a nearby cache in Burnley. It looks like this one has suffered from the ravages of time (and graffito) in its occupation of the corner of Madden Grove and Stawell Streets.

Found this near Central station in Sydney. It has a brass plaque explaining its history.

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Today was the second day of our excursion out of Tasmania touring from Melbourne to Canberra and return via Gippsland. Today we visited a number of towns east of Melbourne. Whilst looking for another cache at Traralgon we saw an old postbox outside the Post Office. We convinced ourselves that such a prominent example would have been logged already but, just in case, we took the obligatory photos. When we checked this evening we were very surprised to see that this old postbox had not been logged - so here it is! TFTC

Two red letterboxes found outside The Buried Village entrance to the south east of Rotorua. The village was submerged by the flows from a volcanic eruption in 1886, and is now partly excavated. TFTC.

Chiltern-Rutherglen Road, Chiltern
Just about to have lunch nearby on the way home from the OZ-Mega 2012. This is the square type, used mainly in the country from 1875-1890.

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Benalla
14 Mair St, Benalla Victoria
A classic round style no longer in use with the handle removed and the slot blocked. This post box dates between 1860-1875.
Saw this on the way to the OZ-Mega 2012.

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I pass this posting box at Annandale NSW quite often and finally had the opportunity to take a pic - then it took me 3 weeks to remember to log it.
There are a couple in this area - I hope to remember to snap a pic of any others next time I pass them too.

Stopped and took a picture of this one - not too many around anymore

Spotted this old post box just near where we had parked to look for a cache in Ballarat.

Maling Road, Canterbury VIC 3126



It could do with a lick of paint...
The photo wasn't taken from the best angle but was the best I could do with the Garmin Oregon 550's inbuilt camera (for a change it doesn't look too compressed though) and the book tables on the footpath outside the post office either side of the postbox.

In a lovely little village in Auckland, NZ

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Buckley Street, BENDIGO
This is one of the older post boxes identified by the twin rows of roses around the middle.

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I've been on the lookout for one of these old post boxes for a while now, and was very pleased to find one on the corner of North Parade and Commercial Road at Strathalbyn, SA.

In the Rocks area in Sydney.

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Another old example in St Arnaud

This old postbox is at the start of Dunolly high street.

Saw this one in Maldon high street.

Heading to a gig up the road in Manly, I spotted this letter box on one corner (sadly no longer in use) while on the other side of the road is a new style square one that will accept mail.
With the sloping top, I had to sit the GPS on the ground to get it into the photo, and of course I needed flash at 3.55am.

Near Benalla, Victoria-I think as I have lost my notes.

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Near Nagambie in Victoria.

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This one is in Richmond, Tasmania not far from the oldest bridge in Australia. Historic post box for a historic town.

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This oldie is still in use and sits near the entrance to City Park in Launceston opposite the Radio Museum and not far from the Japanese macaques. Found a few of these in Tasmania.

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WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) on day 126 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, after 11 weeks in Darwin and a couple of weeks meandering across and down through Queensland then slowly down the Kidman Way to Griffith, through Jerilderie and on to Finley where we booked in to the caravan park for two nights, then on to Cobram for a night, and then to Rochester for a couple of nights.

The WanderingMrs had determined through the wonders of the Information Superhighway that there was line dancing that night in Kangaroo Flats, just south of Bendigo, so off we went again, heading for the A Line Caravan Park in Big Hill a little further south of Kangaroo Flats.

After setting up the caravan in the caravan park we headed out to explore Bendigo, and I spotted this old posting box at the Tourist Information Centre.



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T4TC Blingg
Keith

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Hi Blingg
This old letter box is now found on the South Arm Road,Tasmania being used as a private roadside mail collector.
I was led to believe that it once stood proudly outside the old post office in the little hamlet of South Arm. True or false; I'm not one hundred percent sure; but intend to find out.
Hope you enjoy the pic and thanks for the cache
Cheers OldSaint.

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Found this one while visiting the geodad in Geelong. It's on the corner of Swanston St and Alexander Ave and is still in use
OK, I know it hasn't got a spike on top but it is kind of pointy
TFTC

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Spotted this one in Bombala while checking out a few things in the area.

Good to see not all the 'old' stuff hasn't been done away with.

TFTL

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This old letter box (no longer in use) is found near the corner of Bourke Street and Campbell Street in Paddington, NSW.

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Chippendale, Sydney, just off Parramatta Road.
This great old posting box is sadly sealed up, but at least they have not removed it so far.
Sorry about the poor pic, must carry the proper camera in my pocket more often, but today I had just left after a visit to the nearby ABC studios, and the cam would have been in my way there.

Swanston/Little Collins Melbourne 3000 Square OPEN

One of only four old pillar boxes in the CBD. Interestingly all of them are different and this one has dual slots for lots of mail which you would expect given its central location. This is now the last of the four I have logged in the CBD.

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Spring St./Opp Bourke Rd.(Parliament House) East Melbourne 3002 Round OPEN

This is the oldest of the four remaining pillar boxes still left in the CBD of Melbourne. This is based at the Victorian Parliament house. I couldn't actually get to it as its now inside the members car park.

The double row of rosettes on this box identifies this as the origial series dated between 1860 and 1875.


 

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Wellington Pde (Captain Cooks Cottage) East Melbourne ROUND 3002
1890-1920
I am fairly sure this is one of the later models as the early ones, like at the State Parliament have the twin bands of rosettes.

Despite the marker in Google, that is NOT Cooks Cottage. That is the cottage of one of the caretakers. TFTL

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Found this one near the new Port Fairy Post Office in South West Vic. The Post Office was originally located in a historic building in another part of Port Fairy but was relocated to the current site approx 3 years ago. Coincidently, the Street Posting Box has always been here. Port Fairy has 50 heritage buildings and is located in a beautiful location. It is famous for the Port Fairy folk festival that takes place towards the end of the year.

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Grattan/Opposite Leicester Parkville 3052 Square OPEN

On the way from a new GC cache I decided to visit this old pillar box.

This is in the second common style dated 1875-1890, an unusual pyramid style with a large cornice. This was apparently intended mainly for country use. Whilst this has the usual horizontal slot, the country version had a vertical slot which was easy to use form horse back. I enjoy walking about Melbourne collecting snippets and seeing things that most people would hardly notice.

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This one was located at the Rockhampton Heritage Centre.

GCA 175 - 3994. Visiting the Gold Coast with ACBC66 and AwesomeL for AL's birthday. Between Theme Parks we did a couple of caches..

Found this old PLetter Box at Dreamworld - very nice !

TFTC !!

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Near the corner of Concord Rd and Wilga St in Concord West sits this abandoned old style post box. I wonder what will become of them? They seal up all the old ones - a pity they don't still use them but at least they haven't removed them for the metal content... yet.

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Found this grand old letter box at the entrance to City Park in Launceston.

Found this one in the Rocks while doing City Animals - Friend of the Rocks.

This is a great idea to highlight these wonderful old structures.

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This Letter box is outside the Post Office in the historic town of Richmond, Tasmania, which is famous for having the oldest bridge in all of Australia.

The Letter Box is still in use and has the mail collection times on the front. It is in great condition.

Echo Point
Corner of Echo Point Road and Cliff Drive
Katoomba, NSW

Spotted this lovely old red metal mailbox some days ago, but parking is a serious concern in this very busy area near Echo Point (in the Blue Mountains). Today is was cold and foggy and raining, but still the visitors come to see . . . a lot of fog where the Jamison Valley out to be!

Anyhow, parked as close as I could and walked here in the rain . . .

It's right at the end of Echo Point Road, on the western side, opposite the turn off to Cliff Drive.

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Found this old letterbox at Benalla

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Saw this letter box as we drove through Armidale

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