Sending Parcels Within Australia

When sending a parcel within Australia, you'll want to make sure your package arrives safely. This means packing your parcel securely, clearly marking it and including the correct address, and providing clear instructions for the recipient on what to do if they are not home when the courier delivers.

Australia Post offers a range of domestic products that let you know the postage cost upfront, based on the size of your packaging. You can choose from their tough bags, padded mailers and tubes as well as Parcel Post and Express Post satchels or the new Express Post parcel boxes. You can also use their 24/7 Parcel Lockers, found at railway stations, petrol stations and many 7-Eleven stores.

If you need to get your package from A to B fast, some local couriers offer same day delivery, with pricing based on distance, tolls and time taken, just like a taxi or rideshare service. Tilly Barber, owner of Melbourne vintage furniture e-shop Homebody, says Uber Connect is great for this, and she recently used them to send borrowed upholstery tools back from one end of town to the other, which they did within an hour!

We compared prices and delivery times for the best providers when shipping within Australia. Overall, Australia Post was cheapest, followed by Sendle and Couriers Please. If you're shipping a larger 20kg package overseas, Interparcel was cheaper than Pack & Send and Ship2 Anywhere.