So tatt's where she lived! Woman gets her old postcode inked on her arm because she loves it so much and wants it reinstated
- Woman has vowed to get her town's old postcode tattooed across her arm
- Cookernup, located in Western Australia, lost its original postcode 6219 in 1974
- It was then grouped together with five other communities under postcode 6220
- Jac Taylor is so passionate about changing it back she's willing to get it tattooed
A woman has vowed to get her town's old postcode tattooed across her arm because she's so passionate about having it reinstated.
Cookernup, located in Western Australia's south-west, lost its original postcode 6219 in 1974 and was grouped together with five other communities under the postcode 6220.
Despite the town having the current postcode for more than 40 years, Jac Taylor is so passionate about changing it back she's willing to get it branded on her.
Despite the town having the current postcode for more than 40 years, Jac Taylor (pictured) is so passionate about changing it back she's willing to get it branded on her
The community is pushing to get the postcode changed because they're concerned over fire safety and higher insurance premiums, according to the Harvey-Waroona Reporter.
Ms Taylor also said the community is seeking a sense of identity and wants to break away from the other communities in the 6220 postcode.
'I'd be quite happy to run out and have my postcode tattooed on my arm somewhere if I had the opportunity,' Ms Taylor said.
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'It is about a sense of identity, people move to a place and stay because they love it and are proud of it, they identify with it.'
The Cookernup woman started a petition in 2016 after there were bushfires in the area and residents believed emergency messages were sent based on postcodes.
Residents believe they may have been alerted to the danger late as their postcode includes suburbs that were further from the fires.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services said phone numbers are registered based on their service address.
Ms Taylor also said the community is seeking a sense of identity and wants to break away from the other communities in the 6220 postcode
Ms Taylor's push to change the postcode in 2016 failed, but she has now kicked off the campaign again after the matter was raised at a council meeting.
'Let us have our postcode, let us stay being Cookernup and not just fade into one of those little towns dotted into nowhere,' Ms Taylor said.
The community also has concerns insurance premiums will rise as companies will look at the postcode and associate it with nearby town Harvey, where there's a higher crime rate.
A spokeswoman from Australia Post said postcodes were assigned to efficiently process and deliver mail.
