Rural Mailboxes
Compiled by Elaine Bakewell
Take a trip around rural Australia and New Zealand where you will find little treasures in the form of road-side delivery points for mail and packages
Selected from my collection of photographs 2003 – 2013
Photographs taken by me And a few helpers who keep Their eyes open for me Special thanks to Helen and Marion
My collection contains inspired adaptations of the humble mail box inventive recycling of old milk churns, rusty oil drums, all manner of broken machinery, unwanted appliances and water tanks
There are plenty of Demonstrations Of Creative thought Bringing art to the bush with planes and trains, people and animals, as well as the downright odd
Unknown location in Victoria Groups of Mail Boxes Unknown location in Victoria
Off the Great Ocean Road, Victoria The Groups Somewhere in Western Australia
Unknown location The Groups Coonabarabran, New South Wales
Ned Kelly amongst others in Coonabarabran, Queensland The Groups The Circular Saw in Turondale, New South Wales
North-West Victoria Groups of Mailboxes Bremer Bay, Western Australia
Diverse group in New South Wales Groups of Mailboxes Diverse group in St Albans, New South Wales
The rusty Milk Churn The Oil Bottles Unknown location
Gas Bottle in Warranup, Western Australia The Gas Bottles Cairns, Queensland
The Chef Oven housed near Burketown, NEW South Wales From the Kitchen
The Chef Oven housed near Burketown, NEW South Wales From the Kitchen The Slow-combustion Stove near Coonabarabran, New South Wales
Oven on stilts in North-West Victoria From the Kitchen Another oven again in North-West Victoria
A Refrigerator in Victoria From the Kitchen Somewhere on the Nullabor, South Australia
Wedged in the fork of a dead tree at Wishaw Station, Prairie Queensland The 44-gallon Drums Somewhere in Victoria
Study in Pink somewhere in North-West Victoria The 44-gallon Drums Stripes somewhere in North-West Victoria
Somewhere in Victoria The 44-gallon Drums Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Barcaldine, Queensland The 44-Gallon Drums
The Hammer in Warialda, New South Wales Creative Uses of the 44-Gallon Drums The Car in Frfogmore, New South Wales
Golgandra, New South Wales The Wheels Cecil Plains, south of Toowoomba, Queensland
The Cannon at Coonabarabran, New South Wales The Wheels The Bicycle at Texas, Queensland
Banana, Queensland The Wheels A Wheel somewhere in Victoria
The Helicopter near Coorow, Western Australia Transport by Air The Bi-plane near Garfield, Victoria
Delivery by Air in New South Wales Transport by Air The Propellar Assembly at Temore, New South Wales
The Train near Heron Creek, New South Wales On the Rails Unknown Location
Moree, New South Wales On the Road Cecil Plains, South od Toowoomba, Queensland
Cowra, New South Wales On the Farm
Corrigin, Western Australia Cobbled Together On the Farm Temora, New South Wales
Dannewirke, New Zealand On the Farm Westport, New Zealand
Echuca, Victoria He Animals
The Great Northern Highway, western Australia The cows Three Springs, western australia
Dubbo, New South Wales The Cows Gooloogong, near Cowra, New South Wales
Rust in Queensland The Cows Cairns, Queensland
Coonabarabran, New South Wales The cows
Western Australia The Cows
Capricorn Highway Barcaldine,Queensland The Pigs Unknown Location
South of moora western australia The Pigs Moree New South Wales
Unknown location The Pigs Wyong Creek New South Wales
The Emu in Harvey, Western Australia The Birds The Double-Headed Emu
The Duck near Coonabarabran, New South Wales The Creative Drums Reindeer in country New South Wales
A Cat in Cairns, Queensland The Creative Drums A Kangaroo holding the mailbox
Elleker, Western Australia The Fish
The Saddles
The Horses A Horse along the Kurrajong – Penrith Road New South Wales
Watering Can unknown Location
Unknown location The cement mixers Unknown location
Yungaburra Queensland Recycled and Rustic Machines A Redundant Water Tank
Tyre at Coonabarabran, New South Wales Recycled The Water Tank used to Shelter the School Bus Passengers
Natural wood Unknown Location
See the Kookaburra Natural wood
Angelsea, Victoria
Moora, Western Australia The Naval mine and the spaceship On the Pinnacles Road, Western Australia
The House and its Owner The Houses In a Suburban garden in Cairns, Queensland
Unknown location the houses Turondale, New South Wales
Rainbow, Victoria The Houses North-West Victoria
Napier, Western Australia The Houses Bremer Bay, Western Australia
Warialda, New South Wales The Houses Gunning, New South Wales
Kyuna – Julia Creek Road, Queensland The Houses Kyuna – Julia Creek Road, Queensland
Bringalily Creek, Queensland The Houses Angelsea, Victoria
Scarecrow The People Yeppoon, Queensland
Unknown location The people Dannewirke new zealand
The people Our very own Ned Kelly Unknown location
Tthe road from Coonabarabran – Wurrabungle National Park, New South Wales The people Our very own Ned Kelly Unknown location
Coonabarabran, Queensland The People Newell Highway near Dubbo, New South Walse
Coonabarabran, New South Wales A Little Bit Whimsical Coonabarabran, New South Wales
A Chainmail Ram in Cascade, Western Australia A Little Bit Whimsical
Crocodile Cairns, Queensland Whimsical Animals The Bee
Where mail cannot be delivered to a house, property owners provide a container to receive mail
Here are some of the creative efforts found in Rural Australia And New Zealand