My Australian experience so far is that I ordered my Pixel XL from Google on 18th October. [EDIT: Oops, was so angry I posted this in the wrong Pixel thread. Never mind]
El Goog did their bit and despatched it to me - presumably from the Singapore warehouse - on 20th October. Yay! Sent on the release date.
Then I saw the courier. Toll Group. My heart sank...
My Pixel XL duly arrived in Sydney, Australia on Monday 24th, after a 7 hour flight that somehow took 3 days.
Here we are Friday night, 28th October, and I'm still waiting to get it.
Just got off the phone to Toll Group after a 40 minute queue; they tried to deliver it yesterday to my home address. I'm fairly sure I was home at the time they said they attempted delivery but oh well, benefit of the doubt and all that. It was carded in my letterbox so when I got home again I redirected the parcel yesterday afternoon via their website to my work address. Never came today. Toll Group say I should get it Monday 31st October.
But who knows. Would've been fun playing with it over the weekend. I thought I was doing the right thing ordering through the Google Store rather than going to a local retailer. Toll Group let me and Google down
Note to
El Goog - you might want to take a look at the couriers you contract.