The Gardener's Cottage

04/06/2026

Google declares Mara Creek is a tourist attraction!
https://www.thegardenerscottage.online/2026/06/04/1261/
I can't wait for the flood of sightsee-errs

18/05/2026

https://www.thegardenerscottage.online/2026/05/18/the-revenge-of-the-post/

21/04/2026

Finally, after two months, Australia Post will mark where I am supposed to put a letterbox. Or will they?

Australia Post threw down the gauntlet and announced a meeting which they insisted was arranged for 12:00pm. A meeting to discuss letterbox placements. Not to assess the delivery to Warrentinna Road. Not to address the Branxholm Issue. It was as clear as mud. Sophie from Launceston may or may not ha...

15/04/2026

Curiouser . . . and curiouser . . .
We live in hope . . . We die in disappointment

The Mystery of the debacle plunged further into the murky depths when there was a call from an unknown number. Probably more of the usual spam it was ignored, but they left a voice message. The message was retrieved with the anticipation of the sound of someone hanging up or the discordant ching cho...

09/04/2026

https://www.thegardenerscottage.online/2026/04/09/posting-a-clarification/

After the Easter weekend, true to form Australia Post counter proposed meeting times. The same unsuitable time on different days, designed to create another irrelevant back and forth commenced via the intermediary Contact Centre without knowing whom the meeting would be with or what was on their age...

06/04/2026

https://www.thegardenerscottage.online/2026/04/06/the-tentacles-tentatively-extend/

Finally, the official refusal was provided by Australia Post. Rather than answer questions, the pretext was that Australia Post had corrected unspecified problems with internal management had been addressed and so the new delivery regimen was perfectly clear. The rejection of the request allowed a c...

29/03/2026

blind, deaf and dumb

As the performance of Australia Post to date was lacking the urgency necessary to address the threat of the Stoke Street mail boxes disappearing in a puff of insanity, e-missiles were fired at the responsible ministers. To ensure total transparency of accountability the responsibility for Australia....

19/03/2026

Another Surprise Delivery by Australia Post

11/03/2026

Scottsdale PO has provided advice on deliveries of parcels by companies that do not deliver to PO Boxes “What you have to do is specify the Ringarooma CPA on King St Ringarooma, followed by your PO Box number at Scottsdale; so that the parcel is not returned to sender.”
This might raise the minor problem being that you might not know whether your order specifying a PO Box address will be rejected after acceptance of the order because it contains a PO Box somewhere in the address.
However that scenario may be prevented, because addresses usually have to be selected in correct postal format from a search drop down.
Contemplation of this meaningless fluff revealed further ambiguity in what is contemplated by Australia Post’s commitment to serve communities throughout Australia. Where will items addressed to a PO Box in Scottsdale go?
The helpful descriptions on the Australia Post website indicate it will be a Scottsdale pickup not Ringarooma; so perhaps if it were possible the mangled ‘care of Ringarooma’ should be used for all parcel deliveries.
If only it was known beforehand whether the item would not be considered small enough to be treated as a letter by Australia Post, because then the advised addressing might be considered as illegitimate and the package returned to sender!

10/03/2026

the debacle of the mail box. episode 2

After the posting the original story, Australia Post Delivers, alerting Ringarooma Out and About and Australia Post the mailing mystery has only deepened. The situation, clear as mud, has been confirmed by Australia Post to be clearly murky as part of their obligation to provide a letter service rea...