Amazing Australian Signs

Every country has signs, but of course in a country as amazing as Australia, the signs are just that little bit different again.
Below is a collection of amazing Australian signs.
If you see any more amazing signs on your travels in Australia, make sure you send us a pic!

Bar rules

Beware of cassowaries!

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

This sign where a local street artist has turned a speedhump into a cassowary is on the way to Cape Tribulation, North Queensland. It looks like even the local council has a sense of humour as this graffiti has been in place for several years now and is a popular photo stop for tourists.

BYO

No photo of this one yet but in the Daly Waters pub they have a sign that reads; in this pub we do not serve women. Bring your own! Send us a pic if you go to that pub to have a beer.

Call Todd

Building sites usually have signs to advise people of all the safety regulations, but this one goes a step further.
If there is a huge f#*k-up then you gotta call Todd, who presumably is the boss, and he will come and try to un-f#*k it again!

Camels

Outback Roadsign Advising Of Camels On Stuart Highway Near Coober Pedy., Australia
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Close the bloody gates!

You may encounter gates on the roads you travel, the etiquette is to leave gates as you found them, close them after you if they were closed, and leave them open if you found them open.

Cows !

Many roads in Australia are unfenced so keep your speed down if you see them and try to avoid driving at night. This one is on the road to Cooktown.

Day care centre for husbands

We're not sure where this is, but what a fantastic idea!!!!

Don't clean your fish here

In northern Australia it is not a good idea to clean your freshly caught fish right at the boatramp as the leftovers will attract crocodiles.

Drinking paddock

In outback areas there can be complex laws on alcohol and its consumption, and this sign tries to clarify the situation.

Echidnas

Evacuation sign

Australia has a lot of coast line, and from time to time tsunami alerts are issued and then it is important that everybody knows what to do.

Don't pick up hitch hikers

Good advice...

Five hundred sixty clicks to the next servo

On the highway west of Chillagoe

Garage sale

Garage sales are a popular way to get rid of all sorts of shit in Australia

Kangaroos

There's heaps of signs warning you of kangaroos in Australia, but this one is a little different....

Keep off my bloody garden!

The gardener at Ellis Beach, just north of Cairns, does not want anyone stomping around in his beautiful garden.

Koala warning

Koala warning

This sign is on Magnetic Island to warn car drivers of crossing koalas. Magnetic Island is about as far north as koalas go.

Melbourne hook turn

If you're turning right at an intersection you would normally go to the centre of the road and, when there is no traffic coming from the opposite direction, make your turn. Not in Melbourne! At a small number of very busy intersections in the centre of Melbourne's CBD, where two tram lines cross each other, you have to pull over to your left, wait until the traffic light from the street you want to turn into changes to green, and then complete your turn!. If cars were waiting to turn right from the middle of the road, they would be blocking the tram lines, thus holding up a large amount of trams. To ensure the flow of traffic stays at a reasonable level, the hook turn was invented.

Mystery sign

This sign was spotted in the picnic area at Cape Tribulation beach, but what does it mean?
Is it against the law to put rubbish in the rubbish bin?

No credit !

Behind the bar in Mount Carbine Hotel

No dogs!

Dogs not welcome in the Lion's Den Hotel in north Queensland
Photo by Rob Lapaer of Rainforest Hideaway B&B, Cape Tribulation

No dunnies!

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

I have seen signs in the outback warning of no fuel for 500 km. as that can actually avoid life threatening situations but this sign? What a waste of rate payers money! You will find this sign on the infamous Bloomfield Track that leads from Cape Tribulation to Bloomfield, also locally known as Wujul Wujul.

No overtaking!

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

No overtaking allowed on this bridge between Cape Tribulation and Cooktown,( that is only one car wide anyway).

Location wanted!

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

This sign hangs halfway between the Stuart Highway and Cape Crawford's Heartbreak Hotel on the southern side of the road but its exact location has been lost, if you find it please let us know!

Lots of funny signs

We spotted this sign in a bar, you can order this sign and heaps of others at laughteraustralia.com

On the Nullarbor

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

For those who don't recognize the animal in the middle, it is a wombat.

No swimming!

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

This sign stands at the northern end of Myall Beach at Cape Tribulation

Parking spot for your guardian angel

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

This sign was found in Manunda in Cairns.

Penguin crossing

Photo from bottombitsbus.com.au

This penguin warning sign is located in Tasmania, and was spotted by Bottom Bits Bus on one of their tours in Tasmania.

Phuket holidays

Phuket in Thailand is a popular holiday destination for Aussies. And especially from the big cities of Sydney and Melbourne you can find some very cheap flights to Thailand.

Powerline across the Daintree river

One of the issues that has frustrated Cape Tribulation residents over the years is that the mayor of their shire, Mike Berwick, lives comfortably on mains electricity north of the Daintree river, while he is against mains power to the rest of the population, only his neighbours share this luxury that the rest of the western world takes for granted. On the left you see the warning sign for boats so they don't hit the mayor's power line with their masts.

Snakes

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

The primary school in Borroloola, Northern Territory, is fairly strict and does not allow alcohol and marijuana to be brought inside.

The Red Stump

Photo by Katrin Holmsten

As the sign says, go any further than this and you'll end up on the other side...

Thongs

Dress code strictly enforced in this place....

Tree kangaroos and other creatures

Water on the road

You wouldn't believe it but in this part of Australia there is water on the road while it rains!!!

Whim Creek pub sign

Our regular contributor Mark Maupin found this rather elaborate sign at the turnoff to the Whim Creek Pub on the North West Coastal Highway between Port Hedland and Karratha in WA.

Will You Buy Me A Beer If You Tell Me?

Behind the bar in the Mount Carbine Hotel

William Creek

In South Australia there is a town by the name of William Creek, and there is an interesting sign up to inform you of how far you are from some other major landmarks.

Have you seen a good Australian sign? Send it to us!

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