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doratroad23 (formerly kakaduhwy21)

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Nov 8, 2020, 2:00:18 AM11/8/20
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Hi

What do you all think is the worst sign in Australia. It can be about anything, e.g. inconsistent info or ugly. Lots of vandalism on it.

I've got some below:

At Stuart Hwy/Dorat Road junction


At Stuart Hwy/Central Arnhem Road junction - how the hell did the NT government forget to add a C24 marker on all the signs at the junction - https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-14.6582954,132.6650095,3a,15y,88.29h,88.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srJtKd8HjAV3pXBwwrswtGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A87/C16 junction - missing NH87/S16 marker

At NR1/NH1/NH95 junction in WA - Its meant to be bloody NH95 or A95

and all of the Princes Highway signs from Helensburgh to Waterfall - too much vandalism.

and - at the A1/C192 junction is SA - seriously, can't put a sign up straight?

What do you all think?


Paulg

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Nov 8, 2020, 10:10:18 PM11/8/20
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doratroad23 (formerly kakaduhwy21)

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Nov 9, 2020, 2:51:41 AM11/9/20
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ugly

doratroad23 (formerly kakaduhwy21)

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Nov 9, 2020, 6:35:18 AM11/9/20
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BingPress

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Dec 30, 2020, 7:46:32 PM12/30/20
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Main Roads WA has been installing signs in Perth lately with completely wrong fonts. The chevron and border on this example look weird as well:

Brendan Terrett

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Dec 31, 2020, 9:16:43 AM12/31/20
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Lol that's atrocious!

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#130km/hforthehume

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Dec 31, 2020, 9:58:38 AM12/31/20
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And anyway welcome to the group

Paul Rands

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Jan 1, 2021, 8:46:40 PM1/1/21
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Yes, sign contractors have been doing some pretty sloppy work of late. Main Roads are aware of the issue though


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Squeeowl

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Jan 4, 2021, 4:50:05 AM1/4/21
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This has been an ongoing issue since at least 2016 (This example on Kwinana Freeway was the first one I saw in the flesh, and GSV has it dating back to Mid 2017) , but it seems like a large minority, even a majority of new AD signage last year rolled out in Perth had this error.

#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 4, 2021, 10:59:25 PM1/4/21
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Jesus Christ, At first I was like, there's nothing wrong with this sign but then I realised that the font is all screwed up

#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 14, 2021, 3:25:26 AM1/14/21
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Better version of this sign (plus with alphas). It's a bit rushed, but since I've never been to WA before, the only way to see it is by these images.

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BingPress

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Jan 20, 2021, 7:49:32 AM1/20/21
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Sam Laybutt

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Jan 20, 2021, 7:59:15 AM1/20/21
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I like how the designer thought hard enough to remove Fremantle as a focal point, but not hard enough to correct the complete circle on the roundabout symbol. 


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#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 20, 2021, 7:18:48 PM1/20/21
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Here's another one that's bad enough https://goo.gl/maps/aKqw9sV1EfAEBU8g8 (see tourist drives for more)

And for the one on Nicholson Road. Here's a very bad sign of mine but better than that. (again in RMS style as I've never been to WA to see how it is in general, also in alphas) 
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#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 20, 2021, 7:24:50 PM1/20/21
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Here's another bad one in the NT. Obviously found it on the web but how hard is it to use just one sign.


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Sam Laybutt

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Jan 20, 2021, 7:28:38 PM1/20/21
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I really hate this one ever since I first saw it. The legend re Lajamanu makes no sense whatsoever. 

The way I (and I'm assuming most stranger drivers) would read it, is that Lajamanu is 327km away from the sign and you need to turn off B96 in 104km to reach Lajamanu. But actually, it's 327km to the turnoff, then 104km along the side road to reach Lajamanu. What an absolute mess. 


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#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 20, 2021, 7:42:01 PM1/20/21
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Honestly, sometimes I feel like I should redesign all the misleading signs and the signs that are missing a route number. Has DIPL forgot about Territory Route 28 and Territory Route 9? What have they done to 23. Maybe they should have left it as TR23. And then there's this route that's missing the duplex. At least, the one and only route to be properly signed is A87 having being the longest. If they can do A87 properly, why not the others.

#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 20, 2021, 8:22:02 PM1/20/21
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I'm pretty sure it's this sign: https://goo.gl/maps/PiVWP2deAJra4Uno8

Whats even worse, the turn off bit is also confusing. Does the 104 mean 104km to the turn off or 104km mean Lajamanu is 104km away from the turn off. Its pretty annoying how for someone who doesn't have some sort of map with them. I wonder how the signage looks from the C5 Tanami Road side.


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Paul Rands

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Jan 23, 2021, 7:23:38 AM1/23/21
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The Vale bit for Canning Vale is on a coverplate too

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Paul Rands

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Jan 23, 2021, 7:24:14 AM1/23/21
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Damn that's a mess

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#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 24, 2021, 7:49:02 AM1/24/21
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Here's another bad one: https://goo.gl/maps/UEoGgDn1yPstdU8j8
Is that bent arrow common in WA?

#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 24, 2021, 7:49:15 AM1/24/21
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Let's take it this way, it has a route number and it is the correct route number, and this is neither one of those typical NT signage errors. 


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Paul Rands

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Jan 24, 2021, 7:50:39 AM1/24/21
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The bent arrow is quite common and signifies the right turn after the immediate junction

#130km/hforthehume

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Jan 25, 2021, 10:15:55 PM1/25/21
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I suppose the sign designers don't have the roadgeek fonts? https://goo.gl/maps/YKmqdzoifH4UiZwo6

Sam Laybutt

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Jan 26, 2021, 8:53:56 PM1/26/21
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The bent arrow is the standard method of signing the approaches to diamond interchanges in WA. 


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Paul Rands

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Jan 31, 2021, 3:15:29 AM1/31/21
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You'd hope not. They need AS1744

#130km/hforthehume

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Feb 17, 2021, 2:47:01 AM2/17/21
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There is a similar sign like this further up on Buntine Highway. See OP here. Looks like it's done by the same designer.
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Paul Rands

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Mar 21, 2021, 9:25:35 AM3/21/21
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Yep that linked sign is poo too

Adrian Biankin

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Jun 8, 2021, 8:06:40 AM6/8/21
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#130km/hforthehume

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Jun 9, 2021, 6:22:12 AM6/9/21
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and i love this sign below too:

only a few hundred metres from the one you linked

AlienChex

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Jun 10, 2021, 5:31:51 AM6/10/21
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The signs in central coast and Newcastle areas have really suffered. Most of them are the same signs from early 2000s with tacky coverplates

Paul Rands

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Jun 10, 2021, 6:04:56 AM6/10/21
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It's the same in many regional areas. If the coverplates were installed properly then it'd be less of an issue, but many were not.

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#130km/hforthehume

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Jun 10, 2021, 10:04:46 AM6/10/21
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All the signs on A43, A37, B53, A49 (except the black one in Erina) should be replaced. A37 even led me to thinking whether there was something underneath it.

#130km/hforthehume

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Jun 10, 2021, 10:31:59 PM6/10/21
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Also, the signs in the NE area or the Central West is a lot better than these. The Riverina has suffered a lot too, with whacky B75 coverplates, and a sad woomargama way sign (which Mark spotted) and some SR86's which were never meant to be there in the first place, (although it is a somewhat useful route)

The far west is not bad, but there's a couple of missing B79's northbound near Broken Hill, and the mid north coast and north has not suffered a lot. 

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Adrian Biankin

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Jun 28, 2021, 3:33:29 AM6/28/21
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Adrian Biankin

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Jun 28, 2021, 3:46:10 AM6/28/21
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Another one!

Wrong markers markers for the Southbound side of the F3 (this was before 2013). It was meant to have NH1 on both sides.

Sam Laybutt

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Jun 28, 2021, 4:15:49 AM6/28/21