what do I do with my mail on a long trip? any advice please

Thanks Bushpig - I'll look into that one as it sounds just the sort of thing; as we don't know when or where we'll end up so this can be our new address and it can forward to us at each new location until we eventually settle.

Along the lines of Fred's thought's, I printed off a couple of sheets of address labels to my new forwarding address and that way the new owners spent minimal time just sticking a new label on any mail that came to my old address. The simpler it is for them, the more likely they are to do it!.
Cheers
Ian

hi iamian
you are right on the money
i paid a $3o mail with holding fee and gave the local gpo all the required details and off i went up north confident that no mail would be dropped in my mail box while away also told the neighbours that no mail to collect

rang a neighbour while away to be told that the mail had never stopped coming so rang the gpo they said sorry we will attend to the error

got home to find the mail had just kept coming so went and had an interveiw with post master and blew my stack he apoligised and made lots of excuses but had to wear it fair square and refunded my w/holding fee but if it hadnt been for the old guy over the road
who knows what would have happened to some important letters that came together wth the usual junkmail

so i have never fully trusted aus post since and have met others who tryed withhold and redirection etc with simular results so i'm saying do as you have to but be aware that these simple procedures do have major failings cheers and wish you better luck in your experiences

Unfortunately we only have a PO Box as semi rural here so couldn't get anyone to sort it.

thanks everyone for the good ideas.

I am currently doing this for a friend. He got a box at my local PO and gave me a key. Every so often he texts or emails his current address c/o his local PO and I readdress everything and send it on.

You are lucky because i got mail sent to one place and when it hadnt arrived I asked them to forward it to where i was going..


We can only do that with a redirection order was the answer.

Also forgot when we sold our house to include the bank mail for my wifes investment account which was in a corporate name.

Have to do a whole new redirection order and its a business now (it isnt) and that will be ??$ several hundred for 6 months.

Told them to stick it and got the address fixed ourselves



Also you are lucky the guy worked in one place for so long.

Cheers