This cache is unique and sometimes referred to for mail delivery issues. BYO pencil
The arrival and distribution of mail in the early years of the Colony was chaotic. The earliest recorded evidence of delivery appears in the Sydney gazette on 10th July 1803. The announcement authorised boatmen travelling between Sydney and Parramatta to charge for the delivery of 'Letters, exclusive of Government Service, each two pence'. Before colonial control of mail started in 1809, mail was usually passed on by ad hoc arrangements made between transporters, storekeepers and settlers. These arrangements were flexible and inherently unstable. It was common for early settlers to ride many miles out of their way to deliver neighbours' mail that had been collected from informal distribution points. Thankfully mail delivery has progressed since those early days - although some would argue that it still can be ad hoc.