Living overseas but still need an Australian address for bank statements, government letters, licence renewals, or personal mail? This guide explains how our Personal Mailing Address in Brisbane + Mail Forwarding helps Aussies overseas receive and manage their mail securely from anywhere in the world.
Need an Australian Mailing Address While You’re Living Overseas?
Set up a secure personal mailing address in New Farm, Brisbane – with email alerts, scanning, and optional mail forwarding to your overseas address.
Set Up Personal Mailing AddressWhy Australians Living Overseas Still Need an Australian Mailing Address
Even when you’ve moved to another country, there are plenty of reasons you still need an address back home:
- Renewing a driver licence or updating ID details with your state transport department
- Receiving bank and credit card mail (e.g. CommBank, NAB, Westpac)
- Letters from super funds, insurers, or government agencies
- Personal mail from family, online orders, or important documents that can’t be emailed
If you don’t have a home base in Australia, it can be stressful asking family or friends to handle all this for you. A personal mailing address gives you a stable, secure address in Brisbane – without relying on anyone else’s letterbox.
What Is a Personal Mailing Address in Brisbane?
Salt Space Coworking in New Farm offers a Personal Mailing Address service designed for individuals (not businesses). You receive a real street address in Brisbane where your personal mail and parcels can be sent, safely received, and held for you.
Included in your $25/month Personal Mailing Address:
- A real Brisbane street address (New Farm, QLD 4005)
- Mail & parcel reception from Australia Post and standard couriers
- Email alerts for every item received (often with a photo)
- Secure storage of your mail and parcels on-site
- Mail receipt for up to 4 names (primary contact + 3)
- Up to 5 items scanned and emailed to you each month on request
👉 Full details: Personal Mailing Address – Salt Space
Important: This service is for personal mail only and cannot be used for business registration or Google Business listings. For business use, please see our Virtual Office membership.
How Our Australian Mailing Address Works When You Live Overseas
- Set up your personal mailing address online.
Complete our quick form and we’ll send you an invoice. Once paid, you’ll receive a written “permission to use address” authorisation so you can update your details with banks, government, and other senders. - Update your address with banks and agencies.
Use your new New Farm address for personal mail such as bank accounts, driver licence renewal, super funds, and other correspondence. - We receive your mail at Salt Space.
Mail and parcels arrive at our secure mailbox or reception. We log each item and store it safely in our office. - You get an email alert.
We email you (usually with a photo) so you know exactly what has arrived and who it’s from. - Choose what happens next.
You can ask us to:- Scan & email the contents (great for letters and statements), or
- Forward your mail to your address overseas using our Mail Forwarding Credits add-on, or
- Hold it safely until you’re next in Brisbane.
Mail Forwarding from Brisbane to Overseas (Flexible Credits System)
If you’re living in another country, you probably don’t want everything physically posted – but some items do need to reach you. That’s where our Mail Forwarding Credits add-on helps.
How Mail Forwarding Credits Work
- You purchase prepaid credits (e.g. $15, $30, $50)
- When mail arrives, we email you a photo and you reply with “please forward”
- We forward your mail on the next business day
- From your credits we deduct:
- $10 service fee per forwarding trip (covers handling up to 1kg), plus
- Postage/courier charges at cost (Australia Post or chosen courier)
- We can forward within Australia and internationally
Full details & form: Mail Forwarding Credits – Salt Space
Who Is This Australian Mailing Address with Mail Forwarding Ideal For?
This service is perfect for:
- 🇦🇺 Australians living overseas long-term who still need an address back home
- ✈️ Digital nomads and remote workers moving between countries
- 🎓 Students on exchange or working holidays who still receive Australian mail
- 👨👩👧 People who don’t want to burden family with handling all their mail
- 🏠 Australians between addresses (e.g. travelling while renting out their home)
- 💌 Anyone who wants a stable, private postal address in Brisbane while they’re abroad
Why Not Just Use a PO Box in Australia?
A traditional PO Box can work for some people, but for Aussies living overseas it often isn’t practical:
- Most PO Boxes can’t accept courier deliveries (DHL, FedEx, Toll, etc.)
- You generally need to visit in person to clear the box regularly
- They don’t include scanning, photos, or flexible forwarding by default
Our Brisbane Personal Mailing Address gives you a real street address in New Farm, accepts couriers, and includes email notifications, optional scanning, and on-request forwarding – everything you need if you’re managing your life from overseas.
Get Started in 3 Simple Steps
- Set up your Personal Mailing Address using our quick online form.
- Update your address with banks, super funds, government departments, or personal contacts.
- Choose how you want your mail handled – scan & email, hold for collection, or forward using credits.
FAQs – Australian Mailing Address & Mail Forwarding for People Living Overseas
Yes. You can complete the online form, receive your invoice by email, and pay from overseas. Once payment is received, we’ll send you written permission to use our address, so you can update your details with banks, government departments, and other senders.
In most cases, yes – as long as it is for personal mail. Many members use this address for:
- Driver licence renewals and transport department mail
- Bank and credit card letters
- Superannuation, insurance, and personal documentation
We always recommend confirming any specific address rules with your bank or government department if you’re unsure.
Yes. Our Mail Forwarding Credits add-on can be used for domestic or international forwarding. We deduct a $10 service fee per forwarding trip (for up to 1kg of items) plus postage or courier charges at cost from your credit balance.
You don’t need to forward everything. Your Personal Mailing Address includes up to 5 items scanned and emailed each month on request. For many customers, this covers most letters and statements, and they only forward the occasional item that needs to be physically in their hands.
No. This is a personal mailing address service only and must not be used for business registration, company mail, or Google Business listings. If you need a professional business address, please see our Virtual Office membership .
We securely store your mail for up to one month as standard. If you’re overseas for longer, you can request scanning or forwarding instead, or contact us to discuss your situation.
The Personal Mailing Address is $25 per month for your Australian address, notifications, secure storage and scanning (up to 5 items per month). If you add Mail Forwarding Credits, forwarding trips are charged at $10 service fee per trip + postage/courier costs, deducted from your credits.
Still Overseas and Not Sure If This Will Work for You?
If you have a specific situation (e.g. certain government mail or a unique country destination), feel free to get in touch and ask. We’re happy to clarify what’s possible before you sign up.
Phone: (07) 3063 7264
Email (Preferred): work@saltspace.com.au
Address: Level 1, 888 Brunswick St, New Farm QLD 4005