Whyalla - Signwriting Capital of the World?

Day 5 - Tuesday 17th July - 763 Km - Port Lincoln to Adelaide

Whyalla, second largest city in SA, has an amazing collection of signage and fonts on shops and pubs. I couldn’t work out if they were conserved for heritage reasons or had just never been repainted.

A small sample:

Spencer Hotel - a lovely Art Deco building with brilliant signage.

The Whyalla Hotel looking a bit worse for wear. The verandah posts are rotting and the balconies are collapsing. Can someone help?

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2 Responses to “Whyalla - Signwriting Capital of the World?”

Joanne Says:
November 7th, 2008 at 2:32 am
You’ll be glad to hear that the Whyalla hotel in now being renovated. Pity you didn’t get to the Bayview Hotel on the next corner it has even more original art deco features especially interior ones.
brynjones Says:
November 7th, 2008 at 3:56 am
Thanks for the update Joanne. It looked a bit sad when I was there.

Whalla High School is now one of our customers so I might have an excuse to go back and check it out.