| I don’t know why it has taken so long but | | | | for the big bright blue letterbox." Or the traditional |
| I’m delighted to say that I have found the | | | | postie red. |
| perfect letterbox for Australian conditions, both | | | | The capacity of the Nuquoll letterboxes beats any |
| urban and rural. It is designed and made here in | | | | other box I have had. The wide slot makes the |
| Australia what’s more. The Nuquoll Urbo, as it | | | | postie’s job easier in that it takes the full |
| is called, is available everywhere as it is sold via | | | | width of magazines and large envelopes without |
| the website . First to the design features which | | | | folding. Once in the box there is room for a real |
| make it so special as a box – it is made from | | | | stack of mail – very handy if you’re |
| rotor-molded polyethylene – what’s so | | | | unable to clear the box for a number of days. |
| good about that? It is seamless, waterproof, | | | | The sort of package which is too big for normal |
| rustproof, unbreakable and capacious. There are | | | | boxes can be fitted into this one – saving a |
| no sharp edges or corners to damage either you | | | | pick up trip to the Post Office. Even the locking |
| or anything which may come into contact with it. | | | | system has been thoughtfully designed. It can be |
| Scrape it with your car – the box is still | | | | installed so that the box is opened with or without |
| perfect, and so is the car. The Urbo is for posts | | | | a key. |
| or the top of fences. | | | | On the subject of installation, this is brilliant, |
| Then there is the Nuquoll Upright. It has all the | | | | innovative and unique. Nuquoll have solved that |
| great features of the Urbo but is designed for | | | | problem of needing home handyman skills and the |
| those tight driveways and apartment blocks. | | | | need to go looking for screws and tools to install |
| It’s brilliant with its breadbox type opening. | | | | letterboxes. The online purchasing site provides all |
| You don’t even have to get out of the car. | | | | that is required for easy do-it-yourself installation. |
| And it takes easily foolscap mail which can be | | | | Nuquoll have thought of everything, with an eye |
| removed with the pull down opening. As with the | | | | to making installation as easy as possible. The box |
| Urbo, all the lines are soft, no sharp corners, and | | | | comes with a mounting plate and all the screws, |
| no possibility of water getting in. | | | | allen keys and a lock and key plus clear English |
| Australia is a land of extreme weather. All Nuquoll | | | | instructions (nothing quaintly quirky in translation |
| letterboxes take that into account. When it pours, | | | | here – after all this is an entirely Australian |
| the mail in this letterbox stays dry thanks to the | | | | product). It can be mounted on top of or on the |
| computer designed construction, the thickness of | | | | side of your existing post or wall (a side-mounting |
| the polyurethane and the uniquely-designed and | | | | bracket is available if needed). The attaching order |
| water tested openings which prevent rain from | | | | is designed specifically to protect your box from |
| entering the box. No more soggily protruding | | | | thieves – and there will be those who covet it |
| envelopes and packages. | | | | – once it is installed on the mounting bracket |
| When it’s as hot as an Australian summer | | | | and locked, the nuts cannot be accessed from |
| can be, the box remains durable and as freshly | | | | the exterior of the box. A Nuquoll post is available |
| coloured as the day it was bought. There are | | | | in a variety of toning colours if preferred. |
| colours to choose from – some bright, some | | | | Nuquoll have gone beyond my expectations. All |
| subtle shades of nature. Have a look on their | | | | their letterboxes are made from materials that |
| website. You won’t find anything like it | | | | can be recycled, even in the knowledge that their |
| anywhere else. Beautiful, colourful and bright. Eight | | | | letterboxes have lifetime guarantees! And a nice |
| different colours to choose from. Want to choose | | | | touch is that Nuquoll have a community spirit. A |
| your own colours? No problem, Nuquoll will make | | | | percentage of their profits go towards the |
| to your colour requirements (but you will need to | | | | protection of the Australian endangered Quoll |
| order a few..) Again, how thoughtful of Nuquoll | | | | (hence the name Nuquoll). Nice. Well done Nuquoll! |
| – in a country where the rural mailbox is often | | | | This all-Australian made mailbox looks good in |
| the marker for the property – it’s a real | | | | town or country, addresses every requirement of |
| help to be able to say, "We’re the bright | | | | a high quality letterbox and will not break the |
| yellow mailbox – you can’t miss it." "Look | | | | bank. |