Canada

New Brunswick : CANADA.:

Hi Mel ! you've done it again...another great card from your "Girls Cruise"  this one is a favourite "Did you Know " card from New Brunswick in Canada.Sounds like you girls are having a blast..Thank you so much for taking time out and sendin me this great card .Love it !!
Posted New Brunswick :13 September : Arrived Sydney :10 October : Traveled 27 days..Thanks again Mel.

Canada.

New Brunswick : CANADA,:

Firstly Thank you Christine for this lovely card I always love to receive indigenous cards with various art and indigenous culture.. This is a fine card from New Brunswick in Canada and shows this stone land mark "Inukshuk" a man made landmark that is used by Inuit peoples of Northern Canada to aide in Hunting and many other things.The Stone landmark contains many words that represent Canadian Cultural Heritage and also pop culture.. Thank you Christine and Yes ..would love to have that beer one day !!
Posted 14 October : Arrived Sydney 31 October : Traveled 16, 696 kilometers in17 days..

Canada

New Brunswick : CANADA..

"Did You Know " card shows info on the "Magnetic Hill" that is so popular with visitors..where things run "uphill"..another Did you know card from my friend in Texas..Thanks Ruby..
 Posted San Antonio Texas : 01 August :Arrived Sydney 12 August: Traveled 11 days..

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THE LADY'S SLIPPER

Prince Edward Island : NB.

Another "Did You Know" card from my mate Ruby...Thanks so much Ruby You know how much that I like the really informative cards. This card shows you "Did You Know " about The Lady's Slipper ? This is the Floral Emblem of Prince Edward Island .(Cypripedium Acaule ). A delicate pink orchid the Lady Slipper blooms in late May and June and is found in swamps and Forrests, beneath Beachwood, Spruce, and Pine trees.,it was first designated as Prince Edward Island's floral emblem by the Legislative Assembly in 1947..Thank you Ruby ...

Canada.

"ANNE OF GREEN GABLES"

New Brunswick:PEI.: CANADA.:

Another loveLy "Did You Know " card from my mate Ruby in Texas ..and thank you for all these "Did You Know" Cards that you have sent me..This card shows the house of the author of the famous novel "Anne of Green Gables".
Visitors to the smallest province in Canada, Prince Edward Island.,make Cavendish  one of their first and favourite stops. This famous farmhouse is the setting for  "Anne of Green Gables"written in 1904 by Island authoress Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Anne story is presented each July and August at the Charlestown Festival..Thank you Ruby for these very informative cards ...I love them.!

Canada.

LOCAL PIPER

New Brunswick: CANADA.:

Here, as  in many parts of Canada can be heard the sound of a piper..they say during the summer months in New Brunswick  pipes can be heard and seen at the border to Nova Scotia from the Province of New Bruswick. Also the sounds of many pipers in a band of Pipes And Drums that  can be quite stirring...They are seen on many special occasions ie.: Military Rememberence days and celebratory event .ie: St Patricks Day. ,  in areas, as where I live in Australia ,and many other English speaking countries also are represented by local Pipes and Drum bands  Many Military regiments in the British Commonwealth of countries have their own bands of Scottish Pipes and drums. A lot of  the famous Regimental bands can be see at world Military Tattoos especially the huge  Military Tattoo every year held in Edinburgh Castle, in Edinburgh Scotland..My brother is a drummer in a local Scottish band which was recently invited to Edinburgh to participate with other famous Military Regimental bands ...famous bands such as The Black Watch, The Regimental Guards bands  of the Queens Household Division  (Scots Guards , Irish, Welch, Grenadier and Coldstreem Guards) and many of the Scottish Highland and Lowland Military Regiments..in this yearly event of marvelous military pageantry..Bands from every corner all over the world are invited to Edinburgh to participate..in this  amazing annual event.that every year puts on a spectacular military pageant.

 A Piper was once asked what was worn under his kilt ? !..and he answered "Nothing Madam"!, "Everything is in fine working order",.  "thank you.".
Thank you Ruby for this another "Did you Know" card. I love them.. they are so informative.

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LUCY MAUDE MONTGOMERY    BIRTHPLACE   P.E.I.  CANADA.

Prince Edward Island.: CANADA:        " ANNE OF GREEN GABLES."

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born  in Clifton ( now New London ) P.E.I on November 30 1874. Thirty four years later in 1908 her first novel, Anne of Green Gables was published and put Prince Edward Island on the literary map of the world. When she died in 1942 she had published over twenty books and hundreds of short stories and poems. Amongst the treasured items to be seen here are the replica of the "old blue chest" that made her famous in her writings, also The authors wedding dress, veil, shoes and her many personal scrapbooks.
 Thank you Ruby for these latest "Did You Know " cards that you have sent me ..you know I love them.

 

Canada.

New Brunswick.: CANADA.:

I love receiving these "Did You Know " cards from allover, and I have just received some from my mate Ruby...Thank you so much Ruby as these cards are so so informative..This card from New Brunswick in Canada is about fishermens "Lobster Traps.." very interesting...please read card...
Thank you so much Ruby ...you spoil me.. and thank you so much for doing so..
 Posted 26 march 2015: Arrived Sydney 07 April 2015: Traveled 12 days.  Thanks Ruby..

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TIDAL BORE.

Moncton.: NB. CANADA.:
I always like to receive these "Did you Know " cards and this one is from New Brunswick in Canada.
"THE TIDAL BORE"   A rare curiosity called a "BORE" is formed by the Bay of Fundy on The Petitcodiac River in Moncton, N. B. and The Salmon River, Truro, N.S.   Each River emerges from the Bay, gradually narrowing and becoming more shallow,As The Tidal current enters this more confining region the waves steepen because the wave crest ( Foamy top ) is moving faster than the trough ( foot of the wave ) and finally the crest overtakes the trough and the wave breaks..It then continues up the River in  a surge, sometimes the wall of water is minimal and only a few inches highbut in the Spring tides it can reach a few feet. The height is determined by the depth of the Tidal Water which in turn depends on the Phases of the Moon. This explains the difference in the size of each Tidal Bore... I have witnessed such a large Tidal Bore in The Western part of the UK in The River Severn ,where, when this bore races up the river some people surf the large wave for miles..
 Thank you Ruby for swapping this card..
 Posted Texas 10 February 2015 : Arrived Sydney 19 February 2015 : Traveled 9 days..Thank you