Many functions are held inside those gates.
City Park Radio Museum plus a small broadcasting room upstairs, it's there I volunteered years ago and did a stint on the radio.
The Wisteria Vines were planted in 1837 are one of the oldest ever planted in Australia. This was also when the cottage was the Caretaker's of the City Park.
This is the only Red Letter Box of this shape left in Launceston as far as I am aware. Days of old!
The town clock from the Gates
Thanks for the share ~ these were great.
ReplyDeleteLove the letter box !!
You are welcome, and thank you.
DeleteGreat photos! The red letter box is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks Beth. It's different to how letter boxes are now.
DeleteI love the old, ornate gates to the park. Are all your letter boxes painted red, like in England? It makes them so easy to spot. We hardly have any anymore. You must get in your car and find the post office.
ReplyDeleteYes, all our letter boxes are painted red, though modern ones today.
DeleteThe Post Office is where the town clock is in the photo.
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ReplyDeleteThese gates are particularly handsome, as is the verandah which runs around the house. And it is amazing to think that the wisteria was planted in the very year that Queen Victoria ascended to the throne.
Increasingly in the United Kingdom there are fewer and fewer of the old post boxes, and the same with telephone boxes, to be seen. It is such a pity.
Even though Australia is a new country compared to Europe and other parts of the world, it does have good history. The city is the 3rd oldest in Australia.
DeleteWe don't have as many mail boxes left either, and fewer telephone boxes I presume.
An exceptional gate on the first picture.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
They are beautiful.
DeleteJust lovely town to relax. The post office the same red as in Great Britain.
ReplyDeleteYes, same colour I believe.
DeleteLaunceston looks a lovely town - I love the very bold and stately gates at the parks entrance.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a lovely city :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful town, and I love that mailbox!!!
ReplyDeleteCute it is :)
DeleteIt's wonderful to see all! I love the gate and the post box!
ReplyDeleteThe total look :)
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