As I posted previously I am not in the country due to an unexpected trip for work and I won't be able to check my PO Box for at least another month. I wanted to thank you SS for your present and the thought and effort that went into shipping all the way to Australia.

UPDATE:

So, I finally wrapped up the business trip I was on and came back to Perth, Western Australia on the 3rd Feb 2012. First thing on the way home was I went to the Post Office and checked if the present that I'd marked as received (so the Gifter wouldn't get penalised) had actually arrived.

I found to my surprise a HUGE box, with the phrase "May contain awesome" on the outside. I took it home eagerly anticipating the interesting items it could contain. My attempts to decipher the customs declaration failed because it had been written very faintly and the trip hadn't been kind to the exterior of the box.

So I get home, pop open the box, taking the odd photo, and I immediately pull out two books on learning Latin, something that I'd mentioned in passing in a comment or two. My (awesome) Gifter had gone trawling through my comment history! Yay.

Next, I pulled out a book by Lucretius, The Nature of Things, which I look forward to reading, and then at the very bottom of the box was a Kindle reader!

So, Secret Santa, whoever you are I want to thank you for going above and beyond and for being totally awesome. I haven't named you, but please PM me if you want me to. Also, the present arrived 23 December, so had I been here, the timing would have been perfect.

Thanks again!