Quaint and often overlooked, payphones continue to provide an essential public service, with millions of free calls being placed each yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man I’ve never met stands at a payphone in Sydney’s central business district.“A serene small park directly to the right of the payphone,” he says poetically into the receiver. “There’s a man with an interesting cap sitting down there, and an ibis. I guess they’ll be immortalised in this phone voicemail forever.” Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/12/payphones-phone-booths-free-calls-australia-resurgence