Holiday Shipping Deadlines for Australia
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This year’s Australia Post Christmas cut off and other holiday posting deadlines are quickly approaching. During the holidays, there’s one thing you need to take care of: your shipping and fulfilment process.
A big part of that is communicating to your customers your last posting dates for Christmas delivery to make sure they get their holiday parcels in time for gifting.
You need to find out the holiday shipping cut off dates of your preferred couriers. But you don’t need to worry about the hassle of going to each courier’s website to find its specific last posting dates for Christmas. Because we already did!
Australia Post Christmas cut off dates
Excludes items sent to and from Perth and Darwin
Service | Cut Off Date |
Parcel Post | Friday December 20 2024** |
Express Post | Monday 23 December 2024 |
StarTrack Premium | Monday 23 December 2024 |
** For all items collected by one of our trucks or vans and taken directly to our processing facility. For Parcel Post items lodged over the counter, please lodge by 2:30pm on 20 December.
Sendle Christmas cut off dates
Domestic
Location | Last Day to Ship |
Remote WA and NT | Monday 9 December 2024 |
Remote | Wednesday 11 December 2024 |
Regional, All deliveries to and from Perth | Friday 13 December 2024 |
National | Monday 16 December 2024 |
Near Metro | Wednesday 18 December 2024 |
Same City, Near Capital | Friday 20 December 2024 |
International
Location | Last Day to Ship |
Rest of the World | Friday 29 November 2024 |
Major European Destinations | Tuesday 10 December 2024 |
United States, United Kingdom, and Canada | Friday 13 December 2024 |
New Zealand | Monday 16 December 2024 |
If you use our holiday shipping deadlines to start your holiday prep now, you’ll have plenty of time to calculate your own cut off dates for Christmas. And once you know your shipping schedule, you can start optimising your shipping workflow to handle increased order volume. Plus, you’ll have more time to decide on which shipping promotions are best for your business and your customers.