Portugal

Lisbon  PORTUGAL.:

A nice postcard showing this multi-view card from Portug.. I  love the musical instrument and the trams that they have there.. Thank you Tone for this card from your recent visit and thank you for thinking of me...This is a surprise card.
Posted Lisbon : August 2019 Received September 26 September .. Traveled   long time !!!

Czech Republic

CZECH REPUBLIC :

What a lovely card ..Thank you Eliska for this lovely card of this little Red Panda Bear.. They are so wonderful to watch..Thank you for this card from your visit to the Zoo there in Prague. This is a surprise postcard and thank you so much Eliska I love tis card.
Posted Prague : 06 September : Arrived Sydney 24 September : Traveled 18 days.

The Red Panda :
Red Pandas spend most of the day resting.This is why more often than not you will catch them resting on their favourite tree  in the middle of the run whis is covered in dense foliage  in the sumer. and is much easier to catch sight of them in the wintertime when their red fur sticks out among the branches.. (at the zoo )

Germany

Gabsen : GERMANY :

 What a great card !!   all of a sudden I get a few wildlife cards which are a favourite and such lovely cards from different swap friends.. This card shows this leopard  ( I am sure it is a leopard )  I sometimes find it hard to tell the difference between a leopard and a jaguar  such beautiful animals..This is a surprise card from Anke in Germany Thank you so much my dear  I love this card.
Posted 15 September : Arrived Sydney 24 September : Traveled 9 days.   Vierlen Danke ..Anke..

China

Shenzen : CHINA.

A surprise card from Wency in Shenzen..!!  How are you my dear.. and thank you for this meet up card from your Postcrossing meeting in Shenzen signed by so many . This was the first Postcrossing meeting held in Shenzen  Thank you for thinking of me and thanks to all that signed the cards also.
Psted Shenzen 17 August : Arrived Sydney 25 September :Traveled 27 days  Xie Xie..Wency..

United States of America

Atlanta Georgia : USA.

 What a great card showing this new amazing football stadium in Atlanta Georgia. The Mercedes Benz Stadium located in Atlanta Georgia is the home ground for The Atlanta Facons football team. ( NFL )..and The Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer. ) MLS )This new stadium replaces the old Georgia Dome that  was The Falcons home stadiun since 1992. Thank you once again Arnold for thinking of me on your recent trip to Atlanta and adding another great football stadiun card to my collection.. Check out the amazing roof !!!
 Posted Atlanta 13 September : Arrived Sydney : 24 September : Travelled 11 days  thanks mate.

Australia

Albany. Western Australia.:

Thank you Margaret for this surprise arrival card from your recent visit to Albany..  yes it is a nice place isn't it.. !! Albany was a large whaling station located in the south western part of Western Australia.. and today  one can see the remnants of that dreadful industry . The multi -view card shows part of that ..Thank you Margaret..

Russia

Novosibirsk  Siberia  RUSSIA.:

 A most welcomed card fro Siberia.. Thank you Lora for this nice card showing these shooting stars.. This is nice to see and thank you for your kind wishes.. ..and all the lovely stamps.This is a postcard united card..
Posted Novosibirsk.. 31 August : Arrived Sydney 22 September : Traveled 22 days.

United States of America

Michigan : USA.

 I love lighthouse cards.. This lovely card from a a fellow surprise swapper and thank you Stacia for this card from The Presque Isle Lighthouse in Michigan card taken from an old original poster.  Thank you..lovely stamps  This is a lantern Press card !
Posted 31 August Arrived Sydney 18 September 18 : Traveled 18 days.

Russia.

St.Petersburg.  RUSSIA.:

 A surprise card has just arrived and from a mini-meeting held there 19 August. Thank you Julia and Alena.. for thinking of me. with this lovely colourful card...
The card shows The The Bank Bridge across The Griboyedov Canal.
Posted St Petersburg : 19 August .Arrived Sydney : 19 September : Traveled 30 days.

Ukraine

Ukraine :

 Another welcome map card  (MCPS ) for my collection this one is from the Ukraine..Thank you so much Olga for this swap ..
Posted Ukraine 12 July : Arrived Sydney 18 September : Traveled 68 days.

Higher Ground | Playing For Change | Song Around the World

United States of America

Tennessee : USA.

 What a surprise!!  Thank you Mell   great to recive this card..I have seen it about and liked it...this is a surprise  Thanks you are always thinking of me.. This card is The Postcard Anniverssary of 150 years  amazing   still going strong.. I love this card Mel   hugs..
Posted TN 03 September : Arrived Sydney 12 September : Traveled 9 days...

POST CARDS  150 YEARS,:
Created as a simple way to send a quick message the humble postcard was introdced in  1859 and continues to this day to fill mailboxes around the wotld telling of places visited and adventures traveled .

Slovenia

Moravce : SLOVENIA :

A lovely wildlife card has just arrived  A PIF card # 117.Thank you so much Adri for this nice wildlife card.. I see a wildlife photographer of the year award for this pic.. Thank you again for this card Posted :Moravce 05 September : Arrived Sydney 14 September : Traveled 9 days.
BEAR TERITORY :
by Marc Graf  (Austria.)
Marc had discovered a route that Eurasian Brown Bears often used in Slovenias Notranjska Regional Park and so set up his camera alongside the path..but the observant bears which are hunted in Slovenia must have noticed something and changed their ways. it finally took 14 months to get this photograph.

United States of America

Woodward  OKLAHOMA.:; USA.

 I really am lucky to have such good friends  today sees the arrival of a large envelope containing nine great poststcards from the Shattuck Windmill Museum in Shattuck ..Oklahoma.. Thank you dear Ann for sending these cards to me.. and I will put them on here one at a time as they are all such lovely cards. I really them so much.
Posted Oklahoma City :03 September : Arrived Sydney 10 September : Traveled 7 days..   fast post!

This postcards shows The 18 foot Fairbanks-Morse Railroad Eclipse windmill. A large designed mill to pump water from deep wells or for large amounts of water for railroad steam locomotives..This mill required a telescoped tower  and was manufactured from the 1870's to the 1920's .and was available in 16- 30 foot sizes..

Diego Garcia ( B.I.O.T.)

Diego Garcia. (BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY )
What a great surprise that turned up in my mailbox today..  Thank you so much Arnold for this great bird card from such an amazing place.. This was a big surprise and thank you so much mate ..one doesn't get cards from Diego Garcia very often...
Posted Diego Garcia 21 July : Arrived Sydney 08 September : Traveled 49 days..

Germany

Hamburg GERMANY.::

Thank you Peter for this card from your recent visit to the Wasser Schloss ( "Water Castle").. This is a surprise card and thank you for thinking of me from your visit.. The Water Castle is a Unesco World Heritage site.. Thank you Danke..

Germany

Wiesbaden  GERMANY.:

A nice multi view card from the German town of Wiesbaden  , sent by a friend who recently visited the town where his wife was born.. Thank you Staff and Sherry for this colourful card from your trip.

United States of America.

North Carolina  USA:

 A nice lighthouse card arrived from a friend  Thank you so much John for this card   lighthouses are also among my favourite cards  This card shows the  "Oak Island " Lighthouse in North Carolina and is one of the most recent lighthouses built on the Atlantic shoreline. Built in 1958 and stands at 169 feet high... Thanks again John

Philippines

MIndanao : PHILIPPINES.:

Thank you for this lovely waterfalls card from Mindanao in the Philippines.. This is a PIF card # 33  Thank you for this   I really like waterfall cards  they are among my favourites.. The card shows The Tinago Falls in Barangay Ditucalan  located on the Island of Mindanao.. The falls  are 200 feet high.
Posted 08 August o8 : Arrived Sydney : 06 September : Traveled 29 days..  Salamat.. for this great card.

United States of America

Wyoming  : USA.:

A new series of cards from America.. so nice as they are the birds of the various states..Thank you so much Arnold for this swap.. I like these cards and maybe will get some more.. Card shows the State bird of Wyoming on this card..The western Meadowlark..also shows the State flower.. The Indian Paintbrush..  nice.. Thank you mate
Posted August 27 : Arrived Sydney 06 September : Traveled 10 days.

United States of America.

Woodward OKLAHOMA.: USA.:

What a great card.. I had admired this card and    !! here it is thanks to a really good friend in Oklahoma..Thank you so much Ann you are such a love.!! Thank you so much for sending me this card.. The  card shows the wind mill receiving some maintenace..and many thanks for the fantastic railroad stamps.

The Samson Oil-Rite windmillwas manufactured in Freeport , Illinois  from 1927-1942. . This windmill has a large 18 feet  wheel and originally pumped from a deep well in Texas .and was donated to the museum by The Heinrick Kolln Family.  what a great card.Thanks Ann
Posted Oklahoma : 22 August : Arrived Sydney 02 September : Traveled 11 days.

Finland

Finland :

Thank you so much once again Jarja for all these Postcrossing meet up cards that you have sent from the various meetings held across Finalnd and the Islands also.. so kind of you to send me these nine cards.that have come in an envelope and a surprise christmas card also..  KITOS...
Posted Helsinki 30th July : Arrived Sydney 12 th August : Traveled  13 days..

India

Mangalore : INDIA.:

A waterfall card with a difference.. This one is frozen   amazing!!.. The only frozen waterfall that I have received.. I love waterfall cards.. the sounds of waterfalls is most calming ..but this frozen one !!!!
 Located in Kasmir This waterfall is located in the Armanath Caves and is a Hindu Shrine.and is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Thank you Sanjay for this nice card 
Posted Mangalore 11 August : Arrived Sydney : 28 August : Traveled 17 days.. 

Germany

Wismar : GERMANY.:

A surprise card from a fellow card member.. Than you so much for this lovely card of your hometown it looks really nice by the water.. Vierlen Danke fur die wunderbarre postkarte.
Posted Lubek : 19 August : Arrived Sydney 29 August : Traveled 10 day.. Danke..

Wismar is a port and a Hanseatic city in the north of Germany on The Baltic Sea.in the state of Meklenberg- Vorpommern. The city is located 45 kilometers (28 miles ) east of Lubeck and  30 kilometers (19 ) miles north of Shwerin and is part of the  Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The natural harbour is located in the Bay of Wismar and is protected by promontory and it is the capital of the  district of Nordwestmecklenburg

Iceland

Reykjavik.; ICELAND.

Thank you Arnold for remembering me on your recent trip to Iceland...great another MCPS card for my collection.. I like this series of cards and my collection is growing  Thank you.
Posted Reykjavik. 31 July : Arrived Sydney : 04 September : Traveled 35 days.. WOW  the long way around !!