Telstra Streetcab FLPC (Full length payphone cabinet)

This is the current Australian full height telephone booth. It evolved from the previous flat roofed design and was designed to be doorless for accessibility (hence the full width opening). It typically houses the Telstra Smart Payphone.

NameSCS = Streetcab (FLPC) – standard full-cab, decal on back
FLPC (Full length payphone cabinet)
Date2000 to present
ManufacturerTelstra
UsagePublic call box
NotesSee below- modern version of the standard phone box that has no door and sits flat on the ground. Note the very narrow transoms at either side of the door entry.

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Above- the Telstra “Streetcab” model (incorporating advertising screen behind box). With thanks to https://wiki.payphonetag.com/wiki/Cabinet

SCS5 = Streetcab (Adbooth) – full-cab, built-in adcase

Above- Prestige booth (in Melbourne). Below- Prestige model at Tom Ugly’s Bridge in Sydney (rare model)

Above- Clem’s Chicken Shop’, King Street North Newtown, 2009
This is the current Australian full height telephone booth. It evolved from the previous flat roofed design and was designed to be doorless for accessibility (hence the full width opening). It typically houses the Telstra Smart Payphone.



Above- A phonebox that melted in the December 2000 “Black Christmas” bushfires in Cobargo and is now part of the National Museum collection in Canberra.

Below- Phone Box artwork by Megan Hales. Impressive live size painting of a phone booth.
https://visit.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/in-gallery/aws24-labels/sulman-2024-kids/megan-hales/
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