United States of America

San Diego : CALIFORNIA : USA.

Another great card from my good friend and fellow card swapper Arnold. This card sent from San Diego in California fro his recent visit and thank you heaps Arnold you definately keep me in great cards of my interest. This card shows The Museum Sip ( now ) The USS MIDWAY CV 41. located now it is retired from duty and it can be found in San Diego California. Thanks again Arnold..

The USS MIDWAY CV 41 is the longest serving Carrier in The US Navy .Commissioned in 1945 and served as The Flagship in Desert Storm in 1991. The USS MIDWAY remained at the "tip of the sword" on a 47 year odyssey shred by 225,00 Americans.That spanned The surrender of Japan in WWII, The Cold War , The Korean War, Vietnam , The eve of Detente and Desert Storm.

Russia

Surgut .Western Siberia. RUSSIA.:
A lovely card with also many lovely stamps from a Postcrosser in Siberia...Thank you Natalia for this lovely card of this woman in beautiflul traditional dress.
Posted Surgut : 24 September : Arrived Sydney 11 October Trveled 12657 kilometers in 18 days..

United States of America

San Diego  CALIFORNIA :  USA.;

Thank you Arnold a great Baseball Park card to add to my collection now...The card shows The Petco Park Baseball stadium in San Diego California .This is the home of The San Diego"Padres" baseball team...great card thanks mate for this swap ..
Posted San Diego 26 September : Arrived Sydney 11 October : Traveled 16 days.

Germany

Dusseldorf: GERMANY.:

A lovely colourful card showing these Budgerigas all colours...A great little bird that can be a great talker.These birds are native to Australia and be seen in huge flocks in the outback around water holes in their thousands.. Thank you Nicole for this nice card
.Posted Dusseldorf : 25 September ;Arrived Sydney 11 October : Traveled 17 days..Vierlen Danke Nicole.

Kazakhstan

Astana.: KAZAKHSTAN.:

A surprise card from a friend in Kazakhstan. Thank you again Gulmira for this swap card..The card shows 'Kaindy Lake in Kazakhstan.Thank you so much Gulmira for this nice card and matching stamp.
Posted Astana.:30 September : Arrived Sydney 10 October.: Traveled 28 days..

The Kaindy Lake means  "The falling Rocks /landslide lake is a 400 meters long Lake in Kazakhstan that reaches depths to 30 meters in some areas. The Lake was created as the result of an enormous limestone landslide , triggered by the 1911 Kebin Earthquake. The track that leads to The Kaindy Lake has many scenic views of the Saty Gorge, The Chilik Valley and The Kaindy Gorge.

Bangladesh

 Dhaka :BANGLADESH.:

A long awaited card has finally arrived.. This is another of the "Flags of the World" cards for my collection ..thank you so much Foysal for this swap..
Posted Bangladesh 26 September : Arrived Sydney :10 October : Traveled 14 days.

BANGLADESH : Covers an area of some 147,570 KM2.
POPULATION : of Bangladesh is 168,957,745 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY : of Bangladesh is Dhaka.
LOCATION : of Bangladesh is southern Asia.
UNIQUE: to Bangladesh is Cox's Bazar the worlds longest smooth straight 120km long
sandy beach,
MANGROVE FORREST : The "Sundarbans " The largest single block of tidal holophytic mangrove forrest in the world with 20,400 KM2 of area covered.
FAMOUS: The Royal Bengal Tiger is the National animal of Bangladesh.
NOBEL PRIZE: Muhammad Yunus Nobel Prize 2006.
NCO.: Fazle Hasan Abed is the founder of BRAC largest NCO in the world.
HISTORY : Bangladesh  known as Bengal and was divided during the British Occupation so now one part is Banladesh ..the other is West Bengal India.
INDEPENDENCE :  Independence Day for Bangladesh was March 26 from Pakistan.

Russia.

RUSSIA.:

A loved card just received from a member of our group and card is PIF # 30. Thank you very much Julia for this nice card showing a group of lovely girls in traditional dress enjoying their traditional Tea Ceremony."Tea Party" with a beautiful samovar. Thank you Julia for this card.also the lovely stamps..
.I remember how good the Samovar was on the long Trans Siberian train journey where at any time of the day you could get yourself a hot tea or coffee..
Posted 20 September : Arrived Sydney 10 October : Traveled 21 days.