Build us a post office

I have regularly pestered Australia Post’s social media team about my plea for a Post Office in Southbank, Melbourne.

They have told me to submit a request in writing – so I did: Addressed to Australia Post:

  The need for a post office in Southbank would seem to be self-evident.

It is Victoria’s most densely populated suburb with an estimated daytime population close to 30,000. It is home to a number of large businesses, the Crown Casino, and a 100-storey building now under construction. Despite having virtually every amenity under the sun, somehow it no longer has a post office.

Yes, it has 24/7 pick-up lockers. Yes, it has convenience stores that sell stamps. But I think you’ll agree these don’t replace a fully functioning post office.

Your staff has informed me (repeatedly) that it is just a ‘short’ walk up to Collins St, across the river, to reach the closest post office.

With respect, as I have stated in social media correspondence, the walk is not ‘short’.

From mid-Southbank (Southbank Blvd and Sturt St), the walk to the Collins St Post Office is approximately 16 minutes.

Spend 12-15 minutes there and by the time one walks back it’s turned into a 45-minute chunk of time.

Bearing in mind the number of Post Offices that serve much more sparsely populated suburbs, isn’t it time the 30,000 residents and workers of Southbank have a post office that is actually convenient to use?

I look forward to your response. ---ENDS--- The silence has been deafening.

Regards, Norman Hermant