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Australia / Re: Advice regarding NSW address please?
« on: Wednesday 29 August 07 12:26 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Just wanted to add that if you found the address on whitepages.com.au , this directory only states the street number of an address. This means that if the recipient lives in an apartment eg. Unit 3 of number 123 Malabar Road (usually written as 3/123), then the postman may not be able to deliver it if you only have '123 Malabar Road', especially if the building contains a large number of apartments (hope that makes sense). Of course it's difficult to know if the premises is an apartment complex! But if your letter is returned again, this might be why. There's no other locality in NSW called Maroubra so even without a postcode it should have been possible to deliver the letter if the property was a house ie. freestanding dwelling and the address and recipient's name was correct.
good luck
Just wanted to add that if you found the address on whitepages.com.au , this directory only states the street number of an address. This means that if the recipient lives in an apartment eg. Unit 3 of number 123 Malabar Road (usually written as 3/123), then the postman may not be able to deliver it if you only have '123 Malabar Road', especially if the building contains a large number of apartments (hope that makes sense). Of course it's difficult to know if the premises is an apartment complex! But if your letter is returned again, this might be why. There's no other locality in NSW called Maroubra so even without a postcode it should have been possible to deliver the letter if the property was a house ie. freestanding dwelling and the address and recipient's name was correct.
good luck