Posties

I am always amused by the little trucks the United States Postal Service sends. Impressed by the six day a week delivery, and bemused by the fact that the USPS has allowed itself to be outranked in parcel delivery by FedEx and USP (United States Parcels? A big brown van). Also, how the physical post offices are generally run down or non existent. I sort of imagine that the reason they're still in business is because they deliver junk mail, and lots of it. Our mail boxes do not have a slot that is open to the public, so if you want your flyer in our box, you need to send it via the postal service. There are no brochure runs with people wheeling prams full of brochures here! (for that matter, in this part of the country, there are no pavements for them to wheel the prams on either, but that is another story)
Here is a picture of an Aussie postman, on a bike - either motor bike or push bike is common, or they push a little cart down the main street to do businesses. Very very bright yellow safety gear (although that is rain gear too), very red bike.
Contrast and compare with the cute little van that comes to do our post here!