Australia Post

The post service in Australia is owned by the government and Australia Post is the responsible company for that. Australia Post provides service for all residents of Australia regardless of where they live, including the outback. More than a million people pass through the post offices everyday.

Australia Post has in total of 4,400 offices in every city and many districts. The opening and closing times depend on the location of each shop. All of the shops are open from 9am to 5pm on the weekdays while some shops in the big city centers are also open on Saturdays between 8.30-12.00.

Australia Post has the reputation of delivering %95 of the letters either on time or early. Normal air mail usually arrives from the big cities in Australia to almost every country in the world within 4-7 days. From smaller cities it can take longer time. However, express delivery can go within as fast as 2 days. Australia Post provides overnight delivery service for urgent domestic delivery, where the recipient gets the post on the next day.

On Australia Post web site it is possible to find the locations of the post shops and search for zip codes online. Besides, Australia Post is a very good address to pay the bills. The web site has online billpay system, commonly being used for payments. You can get the same service at the post offices as well.