Henry's Drive Vignerons, Padthaway Shiraz

"Return to sender, address unknown," or so the song goes. But what happens to mail of abstruse or absent address or origin? Enter the brave postal clerks of the Dead Letter Office. Only they...

In an age of instant gratification, the pillar box is a stoic reminder of the virtues of patience. The act of writing and sending a letter is matched by the anticipation of the receiver.

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In 1863, the bushranger John Montford, wearing a brown handkerchief to cover his face and brandishing a revolver, robbed the mail coach a few miles from Padthaway in a town today known as Naracoorte.

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The Henry's Drive range reflects exactly our approach to winemaking. Our fruit is carefully graded with only the very best from small sections of our vineyards being selected for Henry's Drive....

Bronze, gold, green, blue and chocolate brown were all colours applied to pillar boxes. In fact, their livery mainly depended upon the personal choice of the district surveyor. That is until 1874, when...

The mail coaches of the nineteenth century not only carried mail, but also had an important function in connecting isolated country communities. It was not uncommon for the district parson to use the...