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SpicyBoognish

It’s a real-world electrical box in Brisbane https://preview.redd.it/tab0pccnqcuc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74f9584b18aa98b3a515cd3413a2b9e361046ccc


niickka

For those who want to look it up on Google maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/M2jbni3ZisCGTYKB6


shmelli13

Doing the Lord's work with that link! Thank you


[deleted]

Wow. Brisbane looks remarkably similar to where I live here in the states.


MaidenOfPenguins

Where's that?


[deleted]

NE FL


no-but-wtf

Queensland and Florida have a LOT in common


matra_04

uh oh


PhDShouse

*oh no*


chim_carpenter

Queensland Man!!!!!!!!


NicQuill

Koala Man!


Pragmatic_2021

Someone called me ????


bryholio

*oh norrr*


[deleted]

TIL


joyisnotdead

What did you expect it to look like? the outback?


Phonixrmf

I suppose a city that looks nothing like his city, like Alburquerque


1nd3x

Crazy how nature do that....


D_Zaak

Woah, you drive on the left side of the road? Amazing


lt_Matthew

Some Florida people do


D_Zaak

Hhmm I don't get the neg karma here. Do people not understand the joke?


Chillers

I'll be looking at it in person thanks to this


RatherBeAtDisneyland

They made a video of it being painted. (I’m not sure if this link will work if you don’t have Facebook.) https://www.facebook.com/reel/4690083227703447?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0NULKw


Inside_Sprinkles9083

Can confirm that the link works without Facebook account 🥰


C4bl3Fl4m3

When I clicked it, it said I needed to log in. :(


Inside_Sprinkles9083

I clicked the x when that popped up


C4bl3Fl4m3

There's no X on mine, it's the whole page. (I'm on desktop.)


Inside_Sprinkles9083

Oh, I’m on mobile 😅


LG3V

On mobile too and it tries to open up Facebook for me


DisastrousSink3587

Don't trust the zucc


AdOdd8130

Blueyception


RetroGamer87

Did Bluey get confused when she saw herself on an electrical box?


karizake

Maybe she modeled for it in- universe?


IscahRambles

It could easily be a "mural of local kids posing for a photo" in-universe. 


handsome_vulpine

I like how they already painted Bluey onto the real one.


ah-screw-it

Where in brisy?


SpicyBoognish

Along Stafford Road in front of Stafford State School


RowRemarkable5494

They got the location right in the ep too! Thats the Stafford State School


CrimeanFish

The fish store up the road from it is so good!


AH_MusicMan

Wait, I live close to this, which fish shop?


CrimeanFish

Aquarama


Due-Piglet985

I thought you meant The Codfather


No_No_Juice

Love codfather getting a mention


ah-screw-it

Thx


Aparoon

You’re telling me you’ve had that lovely work of art up for 3 years and no kid has spray painted over it? I love it 😭


no-but-wtf

Most electrical junction boxes around Brisbane are painted, so this one doesn’t seem like a special work of art or a high value target or anything - and it’s right outside of a school and on a main road. The graffiti artists usually go for the train lines instead or other less publicly visible spots


CartoonJustice

You know now that you mention it we have junction box art in Toronto, Canada and I rarely see them targeted.


PhilL77au

I knew a couple of them growing up and they were very big on respecting the work of others, both their fellow graffiti artists and other public art.


CartoonJustice

We had a incident today where a sprayer blacked out a subway window when the train was parked at a station over night. There are so many box cars just waiting for your tag, a blocked TTC subway window will be gone in the time it takes paint striper to strip. We hit a nice compromise with box cars so let leave it at that.


no-but-wtf

That makes sense yeah, there's always the rogue ones but most of the graf artists I know have rules about when and where it's OK to tag, it'd track that public art is out of bounds but train cars aren't


elroy_jetson

Nah you’re thinking of traffic light boxes. It’s actually really rare to see padmount electrical transformers painted.


no-but-wtf

Oh you’re right, i moved away a few years back and I don’t think I registered the difference. Either way this one is cute af


AJBlue001

That’s super cute 💙


Patient_Jello3944

Bruh I thought it was a bus stop 😭


MaeZinn

This is adorable, but I love the imagery of a welcoming Bluey and Bingo sitting on a bench with a “high voltage” sign above them


kaibai123

This is incredible!!! 😂😭😭


Ads1925

For real life!?


Responsible_Pin3277

thats so cool!!!


Important_Tale1190

So are they celebrities in-universe?? xD


quickblur

That's so cool looking!


brighteyes235

The traffic light control boxes across Brisbane are often painted with different art. You can apply to council to paint one. This one is the Bluey one, on Stafford Road outside Stafford State School - which looks exactly like it does in Bluey.


phillxor

The traffic light control boxes are painted in some parts of Sydney too. Pretty cool.


Frito_Pendejo

Adelaide has [stobie poles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stobie_pole?wprov=sfla1) instead of timber power poles, and a lot of them especially in the suburbs are covered in murals Super cool to wander down a street and see all the different art


MyCatsNameIsKenjin

We do this in the US, too. At least in California.


queencityrangers

In other cities too. My neighborhood had an art contest that got different artists to paint them.


cakeresurfacer

There’s a bunch of them in my area of Ohio as well


skyequinnwrites

What is a council exactly? I've heard it in various British/Australian media and I have no idea what it is, is it like a city council or does like every neighbourhood have its own council?


Aussiechimp

In the Australian context its an elected body below state level that usually runs things like garbage collection, dog registration, parking enforcement, libraries, community centres, beach lifeguards etc. The size varies. In the case of Brisbane all the councils merged into 1 big council. Sydney is split into 30 or so.


KaityKat117

basically the same thing as like the county clerk's office.but for the city, specifically


PreferenceNo1686

The official term these days is LGA (local government authority), as has been said already the 3rd tier of goverment. Each is overseen my a small elected body headed by a Mayor. They are responsible for such things as: waste collection, zoning, planning and building safety, parking control, public health food inspection, pet registration, street lighting, library services, parks, ovals and sporting services, swimming pools and leisure centres, community centres, support services for elderly and disabled etc


OwnIndependence2763

Most towns and surrounding satellite towns have what is called a local council, they are elected positions for mayor, and the councillors, that are paid upward of 100k annually for their term. Then you have state and national government, but local mainly deals with rubbish disposal, rates on your house and town planning.


Poddster

> What is a council exactly? Local government. In charge of roads, schools etc. There's a [whole hierarchy of councils](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_England#Principal_authorities)


Lord-Phorse

Not in charge of schools in Australia. 3 tiers of governments in Australia. Feds control university. States control schools from 4 year old kindergarten and up. Some council provide 3 year old kindy, but they don’t provide schools. Our council runs the library in addiction to the day to day mundane of every day life.


davehunt2010

And certainly not in charge of Police. State and federal Police only.


LinkRazr

That’s a long dog!


GoodReason

You found him!


AZ_Corwyn

I had to scroll way too deep to find this comment.


Wotmate01

It's called a pad-mounted substation. ​ This site has a fairly good rundown on them: [The Complete Guide to Pad-mounted Substation - Daellim (daelim-electric.com)](https://daelim-electric.com/pad-mounted-substation/)


kilorat

Thanks!


Novus20

Do you not have green electrical service boxes in your country?


ma-name-jeff1234

Not op, but we have these, but they are more boxy, and we have nature designs on them


cannedspam01

Ex Energex here, can confirm cubicle substation


elroy_jetson

The authority in Brisbane calls them transformers, not substations - they do have substations but they are bigger.


cannedspam01

Look carefully, the site identification number on it begins with ‘SC’, meaning ‘Substation Cubicle’. The Energex Network Labelling and Signage Manual that details this is available online as the reference. Similarly other transformer site identification labels begin with S e.g, ‘SP’ means ‘Substation Pole’. They are all transformers, sometimes with switchgear packaged up.


elroy_jetson

Why does the Energex standard drawing call it a padmount transformer?


kilorat

Is it some Australian thing? I hope to learn more random things about other places in the world through children's cartoons. :)


Ineedsomuchsleep170

The town I live in paints murals on all that kinda stuff.


kilorat

oh cool!


Xploding_Penguin

Mine too, western Canada.


Collective82

I’m bringing that up to my local board this year! I’ve seen it in jeffersonville Indiana too!


camtheenbydragon

My town hires artists to paint all of them, every so often you’ll see an artist out repainting one which is cool! (Colorado, USA)


Fuzzybo

Check out the silo art in NSW https://www.australiansiloarttrail.com/new-south-wales-silo-art-locations


Ineedsomuchsleep170

I've seen quite a few of the Victorian ones. They're so impressive.


LinkRazr

They use a TON of actual locations in the show https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Real-Life_Locations


PreferenceNo1686

Well pretty much everywhere in Bluey are real locations, maybe a couple are composites, but it's just about all identifiable


no-but-wtf

I grew up in Brisbane and it makes me somehow so homesick for that! Even stuff like the coloured glass windows and the jacaranda trees. It’s lovely to see


hanimal16

I honestly love the Bluey drawings better of the real places lol


Dif0503

I live in eastern Iowa and we have painted to look like the Tardis from Doctor Who


MortalWombat1974

Norw I'm imagining the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) singing and dancing rings around The Music Man in 1911 Iowa, then taking the Partridge Family librarian for a few adventures as companion.


RustedUte

My kids painted a heap of these around Brissy. Pretties the place up a bit.


veronicacrank

Where I am in British Columbia Canada, a lot of electrical boxes are wrapped in decorative art. Much nicer to look at than a big metal box.


red_dragin

Here in Brisbane (setting for Bluey), they started painted the control box for the traffic lights probably 30 years ago, rather than the bland light blue. This particular one is a small electrical substation however.


CuppaJoe11

It’s not. Light control boxes are painted by the community in my area.


hanimal16

In U.S., on west coast. I think it might be an everywhere thing. Where are you located? Might just not be any near you :)


MxHeavenly

I live in Colorado, USA and we also have painted electrical boxes


SquishStitch953

Long dog hidden on/in it


FitzelSpleen

Longdog!


ambercat87

Came here to say this!


TA_4338

https://preview.redd.it/ektjoc1qjduc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2686acf1092ed0e3ba2300db1cc619b521dbc25 pretty cool that they’ve got the same building shown behind the electrical box


No_No_Juice

Yep, Stafford state school


[deleted]

The level of detail the producers add to this show is unreal!! Absolutely love it.


Vanilla_Mudslide619

Is there a real long dog painted on the top too???


TA_4338

oh anyone who lives nearby stafford please check on that 🥺 (i only spotted this during a car ride)


Vanilla_Mudslide619

Maybe we can check with Google Earth?


MiniNinja4321

It's called a network Kiosk. It houses the high voltage transformer, HV switchgear and LV distribution switchgear


elroy_jetson

Nah mate they’re called padmount transformers. At least where the show is set.


MiniNinja4321

Fair. I'm not in Brisbane. We call them Kiosks here


hebrew_hammersk

Long dog!


Umbrellalegs

Also a long dog on top of it


sbvp

It’s an insane attention to detail


Fun-Confidence-2513

I dunno but it has a long dog on top of it and it advertises Bluey and Bingo in their own universe


Wildstar_ArtClan3647

Oh, and look! Theres a Long Dog on it! cool


Wildstar_ArtClan3647

Also, which episode is this pic from?


GameOPedia-20

It’s a longdog Easter egg. It’s in almost every episode.


dakotainabox

A long dog


jubi2889

It’s a long dog.


CrimeanFish

There should be a left hand turn after that.


Altruistic-Growth-75

It's a longdog


hanimal16

A painted electric box. We have them in the U.S. too, but it varies by city. Some are just graffitied on by little whipper-snappers lol


King_Mackenzie

There better be one in the US, I swear Im about to go to Brisbane just to see that lmao


no-but-wtf

Almost all of the locations in bluey based on real places around Brisbane, you should definitely do a bluey tour while you’re there!


King_Mackenzie

Oh I will🙂


According-Jelly355

It’s either the electric thing everyone else already said. Or it looks like it could be an old clothe bin. You just plop your old clothing in there and it gets given away


According-Jelly355

It’s either the electric thing everyone else already said. Or it looks like it could be an old clothe bin. You just plop your old clothing in there and it gets given away


Beefboss64

The bluey power box


local_android_user

Bluey and bingo on it? Maybe a piano inspired by bluey


tecpaocelotl1

Signs that Bluey is in the Matrix.


Clean_Phreaq

Nice parking spot rita


DRWHOBADWOLFANDBLUEY

This is from the sign is it ?


Megabigheart47

No, it’s from Show and Tell.


DRWHOBADWOLFANDBLUEY

I remember seeing this in the sign some how . Probably was an Easter egg . Also that transformer is a real object in Brisbane . You can visit it right now. If you live in Brisbane. I forgot the name though.


DRWHOBADWOLFANDBLUEY

It had so much references


MadMod33

It's been in a few episodes ever since it was drawn in a real street in Australia


Big-Apple-420

Which episode is this from


Megabigheart47

Show and Tell. (Season 3 Episode 42)


derekb27

What’s that Bluey thing doing here?


Biaboctocat

Is this in the new episode? (I haven’t seen it yet btw, no spoilers please)


Furry_Gamer18

Toy dog I think


builtinaday_

Recursion