Black Fingerboards
I was in 2 minds whether to put this picture here or in the rare signs section as black signs are now phased out and replaced with a sign using a green background. But these signs are still in use at Coonabarabran NSW, April 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Black Distance Sign
I was in 2 minds whether to put this picture here or in the rare signs section as black signs are now phased out and replaced with a sign using a green background. But this sign is still in use at Nundle, near Tamworth NSW, March 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Black Directional Sign
Taken May 2005, this photo is of one the many black signs still in use on council maintained roads in the Coffs Harbour area.

Image © Paul Rands

Black Directional Sign
Taken May 2005, this photo is of one the many black signs still in use on council maintained roads in the Coffs Harbour area.

Image © Paul Rands

Black Direction Sign
Older directional sign found on Epsom Road Bingara NSW.

Image © Paul Rands

Black Directional Sign
Although getting quote rare, this style is sign is still common in country areas of NSW. This one was found in September 2004 at Bendemeer.

Image © Paul Rands

1950's Road Sign
1950's roadsign still in use August 2002 on the corner of Durham Street & Church Street Hunters Hill, NSW near Burns Bay Road (SR21). If you look hard enough, you can find little remnants of days past in Sydney. The last place you'd expect to find anything old, seeing the RTA repalced so much before the Olympics.

Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 43 B3

ACT Shops Direction Sign.
Found on the corner of Heysen & Gruner Streets, Weston (in Canberra) this black sign was common to most suburbs (they are now blue) and are used to denote the direction to the local shops.

Image © Sam Laybutt (ozroads.com.au)

Black Kilometre Post
Still very common on roads are these old black kilometre posts. Nowadays they are green. This one is on the Waterfall Way, Armidale, and denotes Tamworth is 110km away.

Image © Paul Rands

Old Canberra 1930s Street Sign Post
Found on the corner of Mugga Way and Baudin Street in Forrest is the little piece of history. Being one of the earlier suburbs in Canberra there's plenty of old houses and lamps plus a handful of these old posts, image taken 2002.

Image © Paul Rands

Black Fingerboards
Typical old black fingerboards and rod name plate on the corner of Back Kootingal Road and Nundle Road at Nemingha, near Tamworth NSW.

Image © Paul Rands

Old Directional Signs
Typical Directional Sign that were once used at numerous intersections, non reflective black. Found on Hogbin Drive in Toormina NSW.

Image © Paul Rands

Street Name Sign
Old style street name sign from the 60s still in use in 2005.

Image © Darren Hodges

1950s Black Directional Sign
Very old directional sign in used 40 odd years after install.

Image © Darren Hodges

Wooden fingerboard signs
These old signs were found on the former Midland Hwy in Victoria.

Image © Darren Hodges

Old Black Directional Sign
Seen better days this was once a main route which is now council maintained. It looks like the route number was added sometime after the sign was installed and the coverplate is a lot newer than the sign, but more than 15 years old. Taken 2004.

Image © Sam Laybutt (ozroads.com.au)

Small list style sign
These signs were once common in the 50s and 60s in Australia, and this one is still doing its intended purpose in 2005 on Phillip Island.

Image © Darren Hodges

Road Widens Ahead Sign
This sign is from the 50s or 60s and was still in use August 2004. It warns drivers the road ahead is about to become wider. A yellow diamond warning sign with a similar message was once common on roads too. Taken on the corner of Botany and Bunnerong Roads, Matraville, NSW.

Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 338 B1

Old Route Reassurance Sign
Removed in 2003, this old relic was found Northbound on the corner of the Hume Highway, Henry Lawson Drive and Woodville Road Lansdowne at the intersection known by Sydney-siders as the "Meccano Set", a photo of which is located in the traffic signal gallery. The national route status was removed several years before the sign was removed. The route was relocated to the M5 motorway.

Image © Sam Laybutt (ozroads.com.au)
Ref: 292 B9

Motor By-Pass Sign
Old enamal hand painted guide sign from the 1950s, on the wall of the Inverell Motor Museum.

Image © Paul Rands

Black AD Sign
Old black 1980s directional sign on the corner of Ellerslie Road, University Drive and Loganlea Road at Meadowbrook, in suburban Brisbane. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands