An old topic but one dear to me 
A current comparison of Auspost ‘tracking’ to the United States Postal Service for a priority post from New Caney TX USA, an outer suburb of Houston, to Eltham VIC is
Auspost tracking as of 10 Jan 2023.
In contrast USPS tracking.
The item posted at New Caney TX travelled 3,700km to North Houston TX to Houston TX to Chicago IL to Dallas TX and back to North Houston TX over 8 days. It was finally off to Melbourne via Doha Qatar and is currently processing in Melbourne. nb. The distance from New Caney to the IAH airport facilities is about is 30km.
Sometimes we get confounded by mail starting from ‘Bourke’ going to a capital city or worse only to come back again for delivery 2km away. We are not alone.
