Sent yesterday for 12 AU dollars express post our fancy Postal Service allows up to 5 kg in their lousy smallish Express Envelopes,the blanks and pen should be down 400 miles in two working days. I queried the changes (includes 100.00 AU insurance and tracking). Most vex thing how would you ever get 5kg in that new envelope,was told it could be bricks etc (no room I say). An ordinary letter is now 1.10 AU. With our 76 Wilma ,me and us thats 150.00 per annum ,chuck in the dollars for the kids twice a year etc getting very interesting. A normal time in Aus is around a week for delivery and often double that. Our messengers use a variety of scary motor bikes on footpaths trollies ,step through electric pushbikes and private contractors for parcel delivery.