Dave Hammond's 420km mail run near Quilpie is one of Australia's longest Dave Hammond has a postal route of 400km servicing 10 stations starting on the outskirts of Quilpie. MEET the postie delivering the goods on one of Australia's longest and loneliest mail runs. Twice a week Dave Hammond dodges road-hogging kangaroos and slithering snakes to deliver mail to ten remote properties on a 420km, 13-hour run. The Canaway Downs run, west of Quilpie, is officially one of the country's longest mail runs and also one of its sparsest. He starts at 6am and doesn't get home til 7 o'clock at night. Outback Postie Dave Hammond Some of the letterboxes are at the end of driveways several kilometres long and most of his customers he has never met. But on the plus side, no one screams at him to get off their lawn either. "I actually really enjoy driving, so it suits me fine," he said. Outback Postie Dave Hammond has a postal route of 400km servicing 10 stations starting on the outskirts of Quilpie. Pics Adam Head It would be one of Australia's loneliest mail routes - if it hadn't been turned in to a tourist attraction during the outback tourist season from April to October. Curious travellers can accompany Mr Hammond every kilometre of the journey as part of the Outback Mail Run. He regales tourists with tales of the area's pioneering families and historic homesteads, but on days when no one shows up, it's just a lot of open road with only the roos, snakes and some rock'n'roll for company. "I listen to a bit of AC/DC," he said. Highway to hell is a good one.