England ( UK )

 Oxford . ENGLAND :

  Thank you Jemma this loks like fun  dressed up in Trditional costumes  as you say !  cant beat some Tudor velvet !!  very colourful I must say..  Thank you for this card .. and will add to people in National Dress  .. hugs !  nice stamps that you have added ! Thank you .
 Posted Oxford 02 November : Arrived Sydney :11 November : Taveled 9days   fast !!!

Netherlands

 The Netherlands ! 
  Thank you Nolleke for this fine musical instrument card..  A nice one for my collection and Thank you for your thoughtfulness.  love the accordian player in his National dress  looks to be having a lot of fun. in what appears to be playing at a festival..  Thank you..Nolleke.
  Posted  03 November : Arrived Sydney 16 November : Traveled 13 days..

Mexico.

  Chichen Itza  MEXICO.:

  WOW..  What a great surprise this great card from Mexico and the World Heritage Site ..and also wonder of the World.  Chichen Itza in Mexico.  This amazing pyramid of Aztec culture  is  being a Wonder of The World is a huge attraction for tourists and sight seeres from all over the world.  They say that at  the spring and fall equinoxes  (March 21st ) the north face is the scene of Kulkans deccent to earth. Thank you so much Mel for this great card I am sure that your visit there was a great experience it is on my "bucket list " too.. Thanks again hugs..
Posted  IN USA after Mexico.!08 October : Arrived Sydney 16 November : Traveled : 37 days.

United States of America

 New Hampshire : USA.

 Another in this lovely series of State Birds and Flowers THis card shows the State Bird of New Hampshire "The Purle Finch" and what a lovely looking little bird it is  also shown is The State Flower of New Hampshire "The Purple Lilac" also a lovely coloured flower. Thank you Arnold for another in this great series for my collection.
 Posted  North Houston 06 November : Arrived Sydney 16 November : Traveled10 days.

Germany

Bielefeld GERMANY :

 A lovely surprise Postcrossing meet- up card from Geramany . This is from The Twelfth International Meeting  held in Bielefeld Germany  on 27 - 30 October 2022.  Thank you dear Anke for thinking of.. and including me with a card from the meeting ..  Also a big thank you to all who sighned the   card too.. A great special Postcrossing stamp  Thank you!  .Danke  Anke !
 Posted Bielefeld :02 November : Arrived Sydney 13 November .: Traveled 11 days .. 

 

Turkey

 Cappadocia : TURKEYE : 

  A big surprise card from a great friend in Turkeye  .so nice to hear from you Sema and your card from this trip to Cappadocia.. A place that I have always wanted to visit and angry with myself for not visiting there when I was in Turkeye.Card shows a balloon that Capadocia is famous for and it must be wonderful to sail over this area in a balloon and view the amazing landscape.  Thank you so much dear SEma.. hugs  and thank you for thinking of me.. 

United States of America.

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.:

These series of cards are always welcomed as they are so informing and educational. Thank you Arnold for this Map of the World card for my collection that is slowly  growing .. These are always a most welcomed card thank you again Arnold.
 Posted Houst TX.06  October : Arrived Sydney 11 November : Traveled 36 days.

Vietnam

 Ho Chi Min City :. Vietnam 

 Thankyou once again dear Trang for all these lovely cards.. also all the different indigenous groups in the country. This particular card shows a portrait of a "Red Dzao" lady in the region of Sapa.This is another card in the series of Characteristic ethnic minority people of Vietnam !Thank you Trang 
Posted Ho Chi min city : September 28: Arrived Sydney 14 October : Traveled 16 days.

United States of America

  Salem . Mas. USA 

 A great card from a fellow swapper for Haloween day ! Thank you Arnold for this card and thinking of me on this special day  The card shows bats on a full moon in Salem Massachusettes.. The scary city !
Posted Houston 27 October Arrived Sydney 11 November . Traveled 16 days  

India

 Kolkata.! INDIA.:

  Always so nice to receive a postbox card  . This one entitled "local postbox" looks to be in an isolated place in the mountains like in Darjeeling  I wonder how busy it is a,nd how often that it would be cleared  ..looks cold there !!  Thank you Poonam for thinking of me and also the nice stamps. A really nice card !
   Posted Kolkata:04 October "Arrived Sydney :07 November :34 days.. 

Germany

 Wuppertal : GERMANY :

   A great rail card showing this suspended railway in Wuppertal in Germany that has been operating since 1801. This is an unusual railway train as it is suspended 10 meters above the ground ..operating at a distance of 13 kilometers in the town of Wuppertal in Germany  Thank you so much Sabine forthis nice and unusual card .This is a surprise card !Thank you also for adding the Postcrossing stamp.

Vietnam

 VIETNAM :
  Thank you  dear Trang for this yet another card in the lot that you have sent me on indigenous and   ethnic minority peoples of Vietnam.This card shows a faamily out with their pet buffalo.. The card says " The little Fllower" The humong familyin Moc Chau...Son La!   
 posted Saigon 28 September :Arrived Sydney 15 October : Traveled 16 days.

Germany

 Berlin : GERMANY ;

 How lucky am I !!  Another World Postcard day card  this one is from a fellow surprise card swapper in Berlin THank you so much Gaby for this lovely card  They are all so different these cards love it !  ( vierlen Danke ) Gaby.
 

Vietnam.

Hanoi : VIETNAM :

         What a great card !. This  surprise card  arrived today from a friend in Singapore who always thinks of me with train cards . This is a great card sent from Hanoi and shows the "Kam Then Street " train  where the train goes through the neighbourhood and as it does it iis so close to shops and housing that the shop owners must put up their awnings so that the train does not hit them..  this is a place that I wanted to visit but I beleive now that this has been suspended.  Thank you so much Adriana  you are so kind in thinking of me with this card from your recent visit to Hanoi ! 
 Posted Hanoi October 11 : Arrived Sydney 02 November : Trabeled 22 days ..
 

Australia

 Australia. 
  This is something that I read and  was just so impressed  by that I just had to add this story to my blog. !!  We as humans think we are so good and strong with enourmous endurance !and are the best on the planet !! Well, I've got news for you.!! having read this article and looking at this luttle birds Amazing acheivement I felt commpelled to share it. I hope that you share the same interest in this amazing story as I do!    This is endurance !

                                           WORLD CHAMPION RECORD HOLDER .

 THE  BATAILED GODWIT :
  This story begins with this very young juvenile bird of some five months old  that was "tagged "leaves  YK Delta Alaska  on the 13th October 2022 on its most amazing flight to Australia of some 13,560 kilometers in  11 days .. NON STOP !  unbeleivable.. to think that this was a non stop flight without food and water ,sleep .with an average of 51 km/hr for 11 days.!The flight ended in Ansons Bay  Tasmania Australia on the 24th of October 2022.  This amazing feat of endurance has  beaten, and created a  new World Record for the longest continual flight of  a bird   The bird arrived and is lterally skin and bone using all its bodyweight to make the flight , and now rests to build up its strength again..  I find this so amazing ! I think of all that stormy weather encountered on this little birds journey !!
 The above  Maxi Postcard is a  First Day release by Australia Post in Seaspray Tasmaninia3851 on  18th May 2021  " Entitled Migratory Sea Birds"

Japan

 Tokyo : JAPAN.:

  This card has just arrived ,, and another great train card for my collection/. Thank you so much "Arigato " Eri   for this card that you have produced yourself from your pown photograph  well done a great black  /white image of this great locomotive. this is a Postcard United card.
 Posted : Tokyo 01 September : Arrived Sydney 01 October : Traveled 30 days.

Poland

 Wroclaw  POLAND :
  I am so pleased to receive yet another "World Postcard Day " card  World Postcard Day falls in the 1st October and  is a lovely thought to receive one .. This is a surprise card from a lovely girl in Poland . Thank you so muchGosia  for thinking of me with this thoughtful card .Thanks again !
 Posted Wroclaw 28 September : Arrived Sydney30 October : Traveld 33 days. 

Belarus

 Minsk   BELARUS. 

  A surprise card from a friend in Belarus.!  Thank you Alena for this  nice card ..that is a Flag of  Belarus .. in the  Flags of the World series.  I will add this one to my collection.  These are a very intereting series as they have so many facts about the country and are very educational !  
 Postrd Minsk Belarus:September 28 : Arrived Sydney  01 November : Traveled 33 days.