Friday, April 8, 2011

The Postcard Files: Aussie Tourism and Portarlington



This one is a reproduction of a tourism poster, but I still think it's cool. It's a much better image for Australia than Paul Hogan or any of the frantic, bogan dreck Steve Irwin was responsible for.




Ahh, an honest, straightforward postcard made in the good old days before town councils became convinced that if they didn't pay a consultant to come up with a logo and tagline, they wouldn't be taken seriously by anyone. Good for you, Portarlington!




This is the only other postcard available for Portarlington, and I can see why. If this is the best they had for card #2, clearly they were way too short of material for #3. I'm not sure what's going on here. Is this mass transit for old people? If this was a stop on the bus tour, then judging from the fact that the three old ladies on the left are staring at their shoes, it's time to leave. Or maybe they've just finished the train ride and are trying to figure out what happened to the person who was sitting in the chair.



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