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Custom
Emergency Vehicles & School Sign
Found on Beecroft Road in Suburban Sydney.
Image © Sam Laybutt (ozroads.com.au) |
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Custom
Warning Sign
Found in Carthage Street Tamworth NSW, this sign warns
of an obscured intersection - 2003.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Custom
Bus Stop Sign
A temporary sign used during reconstruction of Pottinger
Street, The Rocks in Sydney.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Custom
Warning Sign
Taken December 2004 on the Putty Road (Southbound) (SR69)
at East Kurrajong, NSW, this sign is used to warn of
an obscured driveway.
Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 108 B18 |
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Caution
Dusty When Dry Sign
Found on a Victorian back road is this sign.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Elderly
Persons Sign
Now replaced, this specimen was located in Sale Victoria.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Garbage
Trucks Warning Sign
Taken in Nana Glen near Coffs Harbour, this is an unusual
warning sign that you'd never expect to see.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Give
Way Sign Ahead
This sign was erected in 2002, many years after textual
give way ahead signs were phased out. It's different
to the original version which has all the words on a
separate line. Taken on Nundle Road at Bowling Alley
Point, about 40 minutes from Tamworth in north-western
NSW.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Koala
Signs
From Victoria, these are council erected signs.
Image © Jason Andrews |
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Narrow
Cutting Sign
Found in the Mount Kaputar National Park near Narribri
NSW.
Image © Paul Rands |
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No
Through Road Junction
Taken southbound on the the Nambour - Yandina Road (Former
Bruce Highway), November 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Children
on Bicycles Sign
Old custom sign from Victoria.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Winding
Road Sign
This sign was found on a windy and narrow back road
in country Victoria.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Custom
Reverse Curve Sign
This sign was found in suburban Melbourne.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Forklifts
Sign
From Victoria, this is something you wont see too often.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Obscured
Intersection Sign
From country Victoria, this is a council erected sign
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Concealed
Access Sign
From Victoria, this sign warns of hidden driveways.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Concealed
Road Sign
From country Victoria, this is another custom sign warning
of a hidden road.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Less
Speed Less Dust Sign
Hey Mac, those residents of Station Rd in Gembrook (Victoria)
are complaining about all the dust in their houses.
They want the shire to seal the road. That sounds expensive.
Whaddya reckon's the cheapest option to keep them off
our backs?
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Intersection
Sign
Umm... Where do you want to go today?
Image © Darren Hodges |
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East
Gippsland Rail Trail Sign
Custom sign from country Victoria denoting a special
tourist trail.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Insection
Sign denoting Highway
A custom sign from Victoria, this sign warns the approaching
intersection is a main road.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Curved
Intersection Sign
Custom sign which is deceptive. The curve is actually
a sharp right angle bend as the junction is a former
cross road in which the road to teh left has been closed
to traffic due to a bridge out. Even from here, the
curve looks much gentler than it is.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Kangaroos
and Emus warning sign
Found in the Wilson's Promontory National Park.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Log
Trucks Sign
From country Victoria, this sign warns of large log
trucks traversing the roadway.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Pedestrians
Sign
Found on a bridge at Port of Sale, Vic.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Custom
Curve Sign
From a country road in Victoria, this a custom made
sign that tries to depict an upcoming turn in the road.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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S-Lanes
Sign
Exclusive to Sydney, these signs and road layouts came
about in the late 1980s. Turning lanes were added to
several arterial roads in Sydney by reducing 3 lanes
to 2 at intersections. The sign is used to warn that
the left lane ends and that there is an opportunity
to turn right in relative safety.
Image © Sam Laybutt (ozroads.com.au) |
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New
School Zone Sign Under Test
In NSW the RTA are testing various devices for warning
drivers of an approaching school zone, this is one of
the ones they are trialling. Image taken December 2004
on the New England Highway (NH15) at Muswellbrook.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Flashing
School Zone Test Sign
Found on Hillvue Road in South Tamworth, September 2004,
this is a sign under test by the RTA to make school
zones more noticable.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Wet Weather Sign
Sign warning of treacherous conditions. Lightning Ridge
NSW October 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Traffic
Signal Sign
Found Southbound on the Pacific Highway at Coffs Harbour,
this sign is used as extra warning for obscured traffic
lights. Unusual styling for a traffic light sign though.
Image taken November 2004.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Skiing
Kangaroo?
Slight sign modification heading city bound on the Great
Western Highway (NR32), Glenbrook, NSW.
Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 224 B15 |
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Slow
Warning Sign
Found on Dunoon Road Moore Creek, near Tamworth.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Travelling
Stock Route Sign
This was found westbound on the Gwydir Highway between
Warialda and Gravesend.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Log
Trucks
Unusual sign warning of trucks using narrow roads. Nowa
Nowa, Vic.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Tunnel
Signage at Jenolan Caves
The warning sign is standard, however the other signs
are not. They are in use at Jenolan caves as you pass
through a cave / tunnel at the main entrance.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Non-Standard
Warning Sign
Found in Toormina on the NSW North Coast in a side street,
this non standard sign warns of wildlife ahead on the
road.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Kangaroos Sign
A custom sign from Loch Sport, Victoria.
Image © Darren Hodges |
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Pedestrian Sign
Used in a high pedestrian
accident area in the Brisbane CBD, this sign acts as
a warning for people stepping off the kerb.
Image © Jason Andrews |
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Leaves On Road
Until I saw this photo
I had never thought of leaves on a roadway a hazard!
Found on a windy road in the Gold Coast hinterland of
Queensland.
Image © Jason Andrews |
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Wildlife Warning
Used in an area that has
high numbers of wildlife crossing the roadway. Found on
a windy road in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland.
Image © Jason Andrews |
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Cloverleaf Ramp Warning Sign
Custom warning sign on the on-ramp to the M4 Motorway from Reservoir Road at Blacktown, Sydney, NSW.
Image © Sam Laybutt (Ozroads) |