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Road signs do more than point the way. Through the lens, they become small records of place: rusted, weathered, humorous, official, handmade or fading quietly beside the road. This photo essay explores the typography of travel across Australia and New Zealand.

The Coromandel Loop is one of New Zealand’s great slow road trips, linking Thames, Coromandel Town, Whitianga, Tairua, Whangamatā, Waihī and Waihī Beach. Expect beaches, galleries, gold-mining history, forest detours, winding roads and plenty of “just one more stop” moments.

Waikato is made for slower road trips. This scenic drive guide connects surf coast, farmland, river towns, limestone country, heritage villages and quiet backroads across New Zealand’s heartland

The Whanganui River Road is a slow scenic drive beside one of New Zealand’s most significant rivers. This one-day road trip follows a narrow, winding route through river settlements, historic places, marae, forested hills, fossil cliffs and landscapes shaped by people, memory and the awa.

The Forgotten Highway 43 is a slow New Zealand road trip through podocarp forest, gravel roads, ghost towns, waterfalls, hand-cut tunnels and the Republic of Whangamōmona

Whitianga to Tauranga, part of Pacific Coast Highway road trip is a road trip of surf towns, estuaries, old gold-mining landscapes, quiet forest detours and summer holiday places where generations of New Zealanders have returned with chilly bins, jandals and sandy towels.