On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 22:18, Michael Collinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> in Ireland a "descriptive" address "The blue house called Bob, on the > other side of the stream in the village of Inverkeith" is also formally > acceptable - this is rare globally though. > Way back in Telecom days, so ~ early 80s, I spotted info on somebody's phone service, which had their address listed as "the first driveway on the right after the big Ghost Gum, 500m past the Rock Pools, Currumbin Creek Rd, Currumbin Valley" Here's Currumbin Creek Rd: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/576351#map=13/-28.2019/153.4181, & the Rock Pools https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/-28.2075/153.3878 I've driven past there several times, looked for the big Ghost Gum, & said Yep, *that* would be their driveway! > > https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/how-to-name-your-house-stsetivw-vs~50717452 > Interesting photo of one house in that article: https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/summerlees-a-living-piece-of-australian-history-traditional-garden-sydney-phvw-vp~7570749 Address out the front is 219 over 7207? Never seen an Aussie numbering scheme like that before? Thanks Graeme
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