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Service	Delivery speed	Coverage
Courier Post	Delivery speed Same business day delivery¹	Coverage Metro to metro delivery within the same state only.
Express Post parcels and Express Post letters	Delivery speed Next business day delivery	Coverage Covers 80% of Australian business addresses, private addresses and Post Office Boxes. Service operates between all capital cities (except Darwin and in Perth CBD only) and some major centres. Outside metropolitan areas guaranteed service is to and from townships only. If your item is for an address outside the Express Post network, we'll use the fastest possible transport links, but it won't be covered by our Next Day Guarantee.
Parcel Post	Delivery speed Delivery in 2 or more business days after posting	Coverage Covers all of Australia. Sending to same state: Metro - up to 2 business days Country - up to 5 business days Sending interstate: Metro - up to 3-6 business days, depending on lodgement and destination points Country - Please ask at your local Post Office
Priority letters	Delivery speed 1-4 business days after posting depending on lodgement & destination locations	Coverage Covers all of Australia. Sending to same state between: Metro locations - 1 business day⁶ Metro & country locations - 2 business days⁶ Country locations - 2 business days⁶ Sending interstate between: Metro locations - 2 business days⁶ Metro & country locations - 3 business days⁶ Country locations - 4 business days⁶
Regular letters	Delivery speed 2-6 business days after posting depending on lodgement & destination locations	Coverage Covers all of Australia. Sending to same state between: Metro locations - 2-3 business days⁶ Metro & country locations - 3-4 business days⁶ Country locations - 3-4 business days⁶ Sending interstate between: Metro locations - 3-4 business days⁶ Metro & country locations - 4-5 business days⁶ Country locations - 5-6 business days⁶

Find a postcode Downloadable post guides

You can use Courier Post to send an item from a Post Office, where your 'from' and 'to' postcodes are within the same state, and they're listed here:

Postcodes
Location	Postcodes
ACT	2600-2607, 2609, 2611-2612, 2614-2615, 2617, 2619, 2900, 2902-2906, 2911-2914
NSW	2000, 2006-2011, 2015-2050, 2060-2077, 2079-2082, 2084-2097, 2099-2122, 2125-2128, 2130-2138, 2140-2148, 2150-2168, 2170-2171, 2173-2174, 2176-2177, 2190-2200, 2203-2214, 2216-2234, 2558-2560, 2563-2568, 2745, 2747-2750, 2759-2763, 2765-2768, 2770
QLD	4000, 4005-4014, 4029, 4030-4032, 4034, 4051, 4053-4054, 4059-4061, 4064-4068, 4072-4078, 4101-4123, 4127-4128, 4151-4161, 4169-4174, 4178-4179, 4300
SA	5000, 5005, 5006-5025, 5031-5035, 5037-5052, 5061-5070, 5072-5076, 5081-5098, 5106-5118, 5121, 5125-5127, 5950
TAS	7000, 7004-7005, 7007-7011, 7015-7019, 7050, 7052-7053, 7055, 7170-7171, 7172²
VIC	3000, 3002-3006, 3008, 3011-3013, 3015-3016, 3018-3034, 3036-3068, 3070-3076, 3078-3079, 3081-3085, 3087-3091, 3093-3095, 3099, 3101-3109, 3111, 3113-3116, 3121-3138, 3140-3153, 3155-3156, 3160-3175, 3177-3202, 3204-3207, 3337-3338, 3429, 3752, 3765, 3786, 3802-3806, 3931, 3975, 3977
WA	6000, 6003-6012, 6014-6029, 6050-6069, 6076, 6081-6082, 6090, 6100-6112, 6147-6170

Sending with Express Post

Express Post next business day delivery is only available within the Express Post next business day delivery network. If you're sending outside of the next business day network, download this PDF to get a day range estimate for the delivery time of a parcel, based on the origin or destination.

Postcodes
State	Location	Postcode range(s)
ACT & NSW	Location Canberra	Postcode range(s) 0200-0250, 2600-2639, 2900-2920
	Location Sydney and suburbs	Postcode range(s) 1000-1404, 1411-1920, 2000-2249, 2555-2574, 2740-2786
	Location Gosford Region	Postcode range(s) 2250-2263
	Location Newcastle	Postcode range(s) 2264-2310
	Location Wollongong Area	Postcode range(s) 2500-2530
VIC	Location Melbourne and suburbs	Postcode range(s) 3000-3210, 3335-3338, 3340², 3427-3429, 3750², 3755², 3757², 3765-3767, 3782, 3785-3796, 3800-3810, 3910-3915, 3930-3934, 3975-3977², 8000-8899
	Location Geelong and suburbs	Postcode range(s) 3211-3220
	Location Ballarat	Postcode range(s) 3350, 3353-3356
	Location Bendigo	Postcode range(s) 3550, 3552-3556
	Location Shepparton/Mooroopna/Kialla	Postcode range(s) 3629-3632²
	Location Seymour	Postcode range(s) 3660-3661
	Location Latrobe Valley <

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