"It wasn't a parcel I was expecting at all and I had no idea when I rang them who it was from or what was in it."
The sender, Irene Meekings, who is in her late 70s and lives in a rest home in Christchurch, had written her name on the back.
"Once the lady at the Cust Service Centre gave me the name I just put two and two together," said Worthington.
Meekings is almost blind and had come to the Worthingtons' home for a meal a couple of times while visiting her daughter-in-law who lives in Cust.
Despite her poor vision, Meekings sews and enjoys making clothes and accessories for people.
She wanted to send Worthington a gift but didn't know her address and so wrote down the directions as she remembered them from the drive to the farm from her daughter-in-law's.
"She just got her distances a bit mixed up because we live in Fernside," Worthington said.
She described Meekings as "a lovely old lady". "She's quite a quirky person."
Inside the parcel, which Philip picked up later on Wednesday, was a peg apron and a tablecloth.
"First of all a bit surprised then chuffed that it had got here and got to us and then a bit of that 'it could only happen in New Zealand' reaction," said Worthington.
She had received phone calls and Facebook messages about what had happened and was surprised by the reaction the Facebook post had received.
"I guess it just reinforces that rural New Zealand is a small place - the two degrees of separation."
Worthington is yet to speak to Meekings, but their friend, Meekings' daughter-in-law, Rachel Macdonald, had talked to her and relayed her response.
"I think the words [she said] were 'Irene's absolutely stoked' it had got to us and a little bit embarrassed to be a hit on the interweb."
