"ook?!": In praise of Kiwi postboxes....

Friday, 28 December 2012

In praise of Kiwi postboxes....

Marvelous individuality.....and of course sometimes you move the postbox.....

AND the house........

10 comments:

j said...: They take moving house seriously don't they?; 28 December 2012 at 10:19
yeractual said...: Some great Pboxes there, very enjoyable. It's these sort of simple different things that are always interesting in other parts, I find! Love the idea of moving house, literally. They do that in Sweden too, where wooden houses can be uprooted and put on low-loaders. Often see houses for sale with the proviso that they must be moved by buyers! Great idea. Always made me smile.; 28 December 2012 at 10:37
Michèle Hastings said...: what a fun post!; 28 December 2012 at 13:56
martine said...: Fabulous:-)
thanks for sharing
Martine (post lady); 28 December 2012 at 13:58
Joanne Noragon said...: Perfect, every one. Excepting, perhaps, the one that isn't.; 28 December 2012 at 16:45
Susan Heather said...: On our 5 acre property we had #8 until some .............person? blew it up with firecrackers then we had the last one.; 28 December 2012 at 18:57
Julia said...: Lovely photos! It makes me think maybe my postbox is boring...; 28 December 2012 at 20:55
red dirt girl said...: :-)

xxx; 29 December 2012 at 05:03
soubriquet said...: And here, where the postie comes all the way to your door, mailboxes at the gate are virtually unknown.
I like the idea of movable housing. My boss, back in Iceland, was given an old house, but on the proviso that he moved it off its original site.
Well, he managed to buy a plot in Reykjavik, to put it on, and so they loaded it onto a big truck, and set off the hundred or so kilometres to the city....

Only thing is, there's a bridge, at Sellfoss, which has cross-beams above the road. And the little house was too high. And, there's no other route.
So the truck's tyres were de-aired, which dropped it a bit, and then, two men on the roof, removing the ornate metal ridgework, and the metal dragons... yes, dragons, it's a viking world out there, eventually, with much scraping and cussing, the house was squeezed through. I think it's a little restaurant now.

Can I reblog your v8 engine postbox? It's my favourite!; 29 December 2012 at 11:08
gz said...: Yes you can, Soub..it belongs to the house over the road, here in Te Aroha.

Apparently there is a book on Kiwi postboxes...but this is my individual collection!! (which will be growing!!); 29 December 2012 at 21:36