Is this the end of GA as we know it?
Well, if you are from Sydney and are too scared to venture west of the Blue Mountains where there are marauding natives, poisonous snakes and desert heat then it probably is the "end of GA as YOU know it.....".
Auspost is quite efficient these days-You can mail your dirty washing to your Mum and have it returned within the week. Katherine in the NT even has a bedwetting clinic