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Amazing Australian Letterboxes

The latest letterbox at Rainforest Hideaway B&B, Cape Tribulation ,
stick the mail in the frog's mouth.....

Due to more and more Aussies living life as a single the number of Australian letter boxes continues to grow.
According to Australia Post the number of Aussie letter boxes grows by 2.5% per year, and by June 2005 they reckon Australia had 9.87 million "mail delivery points", also known as letter boxes.
Most letter boxes are pretty boring, but below are some beauties that caught our attention, from cement sculptures to letterboxes made of old fridges in the Outback.

Photo by Rob Lapaer of Rainforest Hideaway B&B, Cape Tribulation.
Shove the mail up the cassowary's ass. (Junk mail up your own!)

The letterbox is so life-like that a real cassowary came to investigate!

Photo by Rob Lapaer of Rainforest Hideaway B&B, Cape Tribulation, N.Qld.

In the Australian outback it is not unusual to see fridges and washing machines as letterboxes but this piano at Rainforest Hideaway B&B in Cape Tribulation had a bit more style. Unfortunately it is now no longer there as the rain of two wet seasons took their toll on this unique piece.

Photo courtesy of gdaypubs.com.au

Triffid in Albany, Western Australia.

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This one sits along the Eyre Highway on the Nullarbor, cool those steamy love letters in the fridge before reading....

Photo by Rob Lapaer of Rainforest Hideaway B&B, Cape Tribulation, N.Qld.

This bit of creativity is located on the Cape Tribulation road just north of the ferry.

Photo courtesy of gdaypubs.com.au

The original Ned Kelly used to roam Victoria but this one stands in South East Queensland.

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This scary fish lives in Elleker, Western Australia.

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Flying pig in Bendalong, New South Wales.

Photo by Jeff Thoroughgood

Jeff Throroughgood found this beauty in Ulladulla, New South Wales.

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90 year old Alan Waddell, who has walked more than 2000 kms through every street of 143 Sydney suburbs, found these beauties, we borrowed these pictures from his website Walksydneystreets.net

On the road to Alligator Creek south of Townsville.

The above cow letterbox was found by Mark Maupin on the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia

Peter and Elke Cisarz also found a cow letterbox, near Maryborough in Queensland and a house and a toilet;

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Artwork and photo by Sue from Cairns

This beauty sits in Cow Bay in the Daintree

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