Gift Hampers Delivered to Lithgow

Two postcodes, and a Hampton that is not the Melbourne one

West of the Blue Mountains at roughly 950 metres above sea level, Lithgow anchors a spread of Central Tablelands localities about 150 kilometres from Sydney. Postcode 2790 holds Bowenfels and South Bowenfels, Marrangaroo and Littleton, then Rydal, Lidsdale, Cullen Bullen, Hartley, Little Hartley, Clarence, Hampton and Jenolan Caves, while Wallerawang and Angus Place keep 2845 between them.

Hampton is the name to be careful with, because the tablelands locality on 2790 is not the Melbourne bayside suburb on 3188, and an address field will happily offer you the wrong one. The City of Lithgow administers the lot, and the workplaces gifts most often go to are Lithgow Correctional Centre, the small arms factory and Mount Piper Power Station, which employs around 250 people.

Shift work above the mountains

Mount Piper keeps about 250 people on its books, the correctional centre is a round-the-clock workplace and the small arms factory has been part of the town far longer than either. That mix means plenty of hampers here are sent to a workplace where the recipient may be off for several days when it arrives, so a named person and a department keep the parcel moving rather than sitting at a gatehouse.

Further out the 2790 localities thin into rural properties, and Rydal, Lidsdale, Cullen Bullen, Clarence, Hampton, Hartley Vale and the Wolgan Valley all want their names written out in full. The free personalised gift card carries whatever you want to say, which matters when a hamper turns up before you can ring. The gourmet food hampers are a sensible opener, and the sweet hampers work when all you know is that they have a sweet tooth.