Quirky road-side mail-boxes in Tasmania
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381760)
Rockingham, Australia
June 7, 2018 5:59am CST
Today we went for a short drive along a ‘mail box trail’ where land-owners have put a lot of effort into installing some quirky mail-boxes at the entrance to their properties. I’ve put the best into a collage but it did mean having to leave out some very nice examples.
We are finding the roads here in Tasmania very winding with some incredible switchbacks up, down and around the various hills. We were pleased that we had left the caravan at the park and taken off in the car for some sight-seeing. Do you see any fancy mail-boxes where you live?
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@LadyDuck (502187)
• Italy
9 Jun 18
@JudyEv I understand the rules, the mailmen sit in their car and they deposit the mail without stopping the car and coming out. It is important to have all the mailboxes as the same height. You can include a regular one in a column if you like, the important is "same dimension, same height".
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
14 Jun 18
WOW! Some of those mailboxes are very inspired, Judy!
I have seen a couple of different ones that really caught my attention while driving here in Missouri... One I noticed when I was still living at my parent's house. It was a mailbox on a post with the words 'snail mail' written on it. Looking on up the mailbox post you could see another mailbox about 15 feet up, with the words 'air mail' written on it.
That always tickled my fancy whenever we drove past it.
The other mailbox has the look of a full size beef cow. Uhm... you put the outgoing mail in and take the incoming mail out by 
lifting her tail. 
(This one, like many of the ones you saw, had to have taken a lot of work!)
Pretty is actually the one who first saw the cow mailbox. She insisted we stop to see how it worked.
Just between us, I think the owner was a pervert. (He kept lifting the cow's tail and putting an envelope in and lifting it again to take it out while watching
Pretty blush! After the third demonstration, I insisted it was time to leave!) *shake my head*1 person likes this
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jun 18
@DaddyEvil Well, at my age, I don't like to be too rude.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
9 Jun 18
No...not really... as most of the mail in the UK, is posted through our front door....but they are awesome....I love the individuality and dedign ideas ...
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
10 Jun 18
@JudyEv no.... I know what you mean ...lol
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 18
It might sound strange to you but I was staggered when I first saw mail coming through a slot onto the hall floor. I'd seen the slots and knew it happened of course but to see the letters actually coming through seemed quite unreal.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Jun 18
Nothing like those for certain. Great fun for them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
11 Jun 18
@JudyEv Yes, are you going to do that when you get home?
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic No because we don't have a mailside delivery - but rest assured we will if we ever get the chance.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun 18
The whole road has these quirky letter-boxes. Hopefully it brings tourists to the area.
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jun 18
Maybe some junk mail finds them. And the internet may not be too reliable in some of these places.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
7 Jun 18
Those are so funny! Glad you're having a great trip.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun 18
Thanks. It's been good so far. We'll be heading down to Hobart soon.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 18
Sometimes, a fish is one. Back when my sister was in lockup I went to visit her in the next state and I was driving through the country side and there was a huge mailbox, I meal 20 feet tall and as big as a New York Apartment. I got out and took photos, the companion took them of me beside it, you can barely see me!
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun 18
I didn't see any that were that huge. I'm not surprised you stopped and took photos.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Jun 18
Those are unique but then aren't Tassies known to be quirky themselves?
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
7 Jun 18
No there are some that are decorative and cool looking but nothing extraordinary like that. I have a cardinal one by the way. The funniest ones here are usually airmail boxes stuck up in the air..Wonder what the postman thinks of those? lol
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun 18
Maybe the airmail boxes are just for show. A cardinal one sounds nice.
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun 18
The standard letter-boxes aren't very exciting are they?
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun 18
As you are so creative I'm sure you could come up with something a bit quirky!
