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

ServiceCut Off Date
Parcel PostFriday December 20 2024**
Express PostMonday 23 December 2024
StarTrack Premium Monday 23 December 2024
* Items sent to and from Perth and Darwin with Parcel Post and Express Post need to be lodged by 13 December to be delivered by Christmas.

** 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

LocationLast Day to Ship
Remote WA and NTMonday 9 December 2024
RemoteWednesday 11 December 2024
Regional, All deliveries to and from PerthFriday 13 December 2024
NationalMonday 16 December 2024
Near MetroWednesday 18 December 2024
Same City, Near CapitalFriday 20 December 2024

International

LocationLast Day to Ship
Rest of the WorldFriday 29 November 2024
Major European Destinations Tuesday 10 December 2024
United States, United Kingdom, and CanadaFriday 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.

James Messer

James Messer

James Messer is a copywriter specializing in shipping, logistics, and ecommerce.