Road Photos & Information: Road Signs
Vintage Signs: Warning Signs

This section features photos of now-obselete standard signs that appear in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Devices used by various road agencies and councils around Australia. This section also includes signs that may have only be used in a specific state or territory but not nationally.

This page concentrates on standard warning signs.

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Traffic Signals Ahead Sign :
Warning sign with the WA specific signals pictogram. Sandridge Rd, Bunbury, WA, December 2007. This sign has since been replaced.

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Traffic Signals Ahead Sign :
Warning sign with the WA specific signals pictogram. Phelps St, approaching North Western Coastal Hwy (NR1), Geraldton, WA, December 2007. This sign has since been replaced.

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Caution Sign:
Very old Caution sign with wooden post and supporting frame, Wheatley Coast Rd, Quinninup, WA, February 2009.

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Caution Sign:
Very old Caution sign with wooden post and supporting frame, Wheatley Coast Rd, Quinninup, WA, February 2009.

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Hand-Painted Speed Bump Sign:
Hand-painted speed bump sign at the entrance to the Win Television studios (formerly CTC-7 and Capital 10), Aspinall St, Watson ACT, January 2014.

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Hand-Painted Warning Sign:
Hand-painted Handicapped School Children warning sign, Werrington Rd, Werrington, Junary 2019. This sign has been in place since at least the 1980s.

Image © Sam Laybutt (Ozroads)

Curve Speed Advisory Sign:
Hand-painted curve speed advisory plate on display at the Tasmanian Transport Museum at Glenorchy, June 2019.

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Older Traffic Signal Warning Sign:
Older style traffic signal warning sign on display at the Tasmanian Transport Museum at Glenorchy, June 2019.

Image © Paul Rands

Priority Road Warning Sign:
Priority road side junction sign on Old Cooma Rd approaching Fernleigh Dr at Googong, NSW, February 2017.

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Handpanted Turn & Speed Advisory:
Handpainted turn sign and speed advisory plate on Queen Elizabeth Tce, Parkes, ACT, February 2017.

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Children Warning Sign:
Old text children warning sign with faded fluorescent background, Cunderdin, WA, April 2018.

Image © Paul Rands

Handpainted T-Junction Sign:
Handpainted T-junction sign on Old Menzie Rd approaching Goldfields Hwy at Mullingar (Kalgoorlie), WA, April 2018.

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Handpainted End Divided Road:
Handpainted text End Divided Road sign on Dempster St, Esperance, Wa, April 2018.

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Slippery When Wet Sign:
Text Slippery When Wet sign on Pugsley Rd, Lowden, WA, April 2018.

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Elderly Pedestrians Sign:
Old pedestrians pictogram sign not used on the mainland and elderly warning plate, Normanstone Rd, South Launceston, Tas, July 2018.

Image © Paul Rands

Steep Climb, Use Low Gear:
Handpainted steep climb, use low gear sign, corner of Denison Rd and Wilhelmina Av at West Launceston, July 2018.

Image © Paul Rands

Slipper Sign:
Slippery sign with earlier style pictogram, Wilhelmina Av, West Launceston, July 2018.

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Last updated: 03-Aug-2020 23:53

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