Post Office Stamp Map

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Look at this amazing Post Office stamps map of Route 66 in the USA

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It took Ken ‘TheLandrunner’ Turmel two years to traverse the route and collect all the commemorative Post Office stamps created for the 70th anniversary of Route 66, in the USA.

He has now reproduced the artwork for resale as a Post Office Stamp Map limited edition

With the Australian school holidays in full swing this map is great inspiration…

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If you’re heading off on a car trip this school holidays and want a great way to keep the children occupied?

Play eye spy for the Australia Post symbol

aus_post_symbolor the Visitor Information symbol

Visitor Info symbol

and when spied, take a (well earned) break to go in and ask for a stamp!

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Not all Visitor Information Centres have their own stamp, but as seen from this example compiled by my good friend Sam (age 6 years) on a recent trip down to Sydney, NSW, they usually have some kind of either rubber or sticky stamp they can improvise with :)

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If you’re on Facebook, Route 66 Artwork have a fan page.

Consider creating your own Post Office Passport this school holidays :)

We’d love to see your efforts ~

Either upload to our Facebook Wall or

Send us a photo so we can share it here, on our blog

[Editor's Note:

Many thanks to Amanda Markham of Travel Outback Australia who drew my attention to the amazing Route 66 PO Stamp Map :) ] 

How many Australian Animals can you find on our Map Journal?

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With the coming of the  school holidays here in Australia and their associated car trips with children, to help alleviate the ‘Are we there yet?‘s, I’ve created an Eye Spy game with the aid of either of our maps ~ the Map Journal, which is A2 size, or a little Mail-It Map that is A3 size.

1.  See how many animals you can spot on a Journey Jottings Map ~

(Clue: There are 27 different creatures illustrated)

Journey Jottings Map of Australia

2. When, after a period of time, only ”some’ have been found and the need for a few pointers are required ~

 

Click this link:  How many animals can you find LIST

and print out ready to provide either a list that can be called out one by one, or if the child can read to mark off the animals as they are found.

Some are fairly easy such as this kangaroo…

Kangaroo

3. When it gets to the point of needing a few visual clues, have the pages in this

 

Click link: Find the Animals

ready printed out, which offers pictures of what to look for ;)

Such as this koala…

Koala

Some are a little more tricky to spot than others, such as this crocodile

Crocodile

Now, where could he be lurking? ;)

There is one ‘sneaky’ animal, and that is the platypus, who is only visible by the ripples he’s making on the water’s surface, which is accurate in that that is usually all you do see of them! :D

Platypus

Is he too shy to show himself?

Looking for other car game ideas?

This time last year I posted the Post Office Passport game ~ For this, children have to Eye-Spy the red Australia Post Office  ”P” symbol, which then requires a pit stop so as to get your Map Journal or Mail-It Map rubber stamped with the individual postmark for that location ~

And here is a link to ’10 fun family games for travel time’

Happy travels!

Share with us below…

 

How many animals did YOU find? ;)

On the Move

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Moving House

Are you moving house?

Do you want to visually show people the spatial relationship of where you’ve moved from and where you’ve gone to?

We’ve had a major removal company take our Mail-It Maps!

They’re giving them to clients (like you) who’re moving home to use as change of address cards that will visually illustrate where they used to live and where they are now!

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We’re over here… where are you? :-D

Journey Jottings highlights holiday adventures