06

Aug

2010

Some firsts.

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I’ve finally got my incoming cards sorted into folders, with the countries alphabetically. It took forever, and I’m way behind in getting the newest ones filed, but it’s a much better system than having 90 albums all over the place. So today I’m sharing with you three cards that have caused me to create new country sections.

From India, this card shows the powders that are thrown during festivals. You buy the colours you want then toss them around, which sounds like 19  kinds of fun.

Tuvalu is an incredibly rare country to get a Postcrossing card from (brag brag).  Considering Postcrossing has just over 199,000 members as of today and only 8 of those members are in Tuvalu, you can see why. This is TV-96, and sent from the account of The Earth Day Tuvalu team – you can read more about it here on the Postcrossing blog.

Finally, from my long time friend Scott comes this card from Rwanda. Scott has been working in Africa for a few months and was kind enough to hunt up a postcard – Thanks Scott!

05

Aug

2010

I’m alive!

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Ooh it’s been a while. I have this excuse: I am incredibly slack. Anyways, onto the pretties, my pretties!

This one is off to Switzerland for someone who wants trains. Being as I am a nut for the Ghan (and being as I bought around 97, 000 postcards of the thing) I was happy to oblige. Check out how long the train is in the top photo – this was the first run through to Darwin and the train was over 2 kilometres long.

Off to Lithuania is this card for someone who wanted “Weird or unusual”. I think this covers both. These are mannequins from Istanbul (not Constantinople) .

Now you have the song in your head, I’ll leave you for now. Will be back within 2 months this time!

19

Jun

2010

In to the mailbox!

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A few of my sent from the past couple of days, all for Postcrossing.

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Heading off to Finland for someone who wants sunset postcards is this view of the Melbourne skyline. It’s my own photo, and I’m quietly proud of it.

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Someone in Germany likes city views, so this night shot of Melbourne will hopefully please them. To be 100% honest I have literally NO idea where these lights are, I assume Southbank, but I might be wrong.

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A Beatles fan in New Zealand lamented that Beatles cards were hard to find. I decided to cheer her up with this reproduction of the first Beatles publicity postcard. Because I’m lovely.

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An art student in Malta asked for art cards or “anything spiffy looking”. I hope she enjoys Rex Ray!

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A postcrosser from Singapore enjoys cityviews to study the buildings, so I picked the card with the most amount of city in it!

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This is heading to Canada, for a user without any preferences for cards, but who enjoys travel. I thought she might like some train waiting rooms from Budapest, because who wouldn’t?

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And finally, this Red Tailed Black Cockatoo is off to the USA for a wild life lover.

Now that I have 15 travelling cards on Postcrossing, I sure am giving the stash a kicking! What have YOU sent recently?

17

Jun

2010

Kuranda, then and Now.

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Well not really Kuranda, although I’d love some vintage cards of the place. I mentioned the other day I’d found some cards from Kuranda in my stack of forgotten vintage cards.

Barron Falls 1967

According to the back of this card (which is sadly unused), this photo was taken in March 1967. I love the gold leaf lettering, it’s so chic! The following photograph I took in late March, 2009.

Barron Falls Vista

I assume the postcard photo was taken in early March when the wet season is still roaring. Although it’s possible rainfall is down.

The other card is this one, of the Kuranda Scenic Railway. There’s no year on the back, so I’m assuming it’s also around 1967. I might be wrong. I’m not usually though :P

Scenic Rail Kuranda 1967

It must have been pretty awesome steam training though the rainforest. These days the train is electric, easier to run than a steam train.

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If that photo is not in the same place, it’s close enough for me to post as a comparison.

So there you have it, Greetings from Kuranda, late 1960s. Neither card is used, which as I’ve mentioned a lot makes me a little sad. As pretty as mint cards are, I do like to nose around in other people’s lives get a glimpse of earlier lifestyles.

16

Jun

2010

A little of this, a little of that

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It’s been a while since I posted any incoming cards, smacked legs for me. Here’s my most recent postcrossing cards!

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This one is from Sophie in the UK and I love love love love love it. This style of fashion illustration is one of my absolute favourites, and i love how dramatic she is on her black background.

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From Eveline in Poland – how gorgeous is this? What a view those buildings must have (unless of course it’s an industrial park over the canal…)

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From Vicky in Taiwan this colourful illustration of children playing. They’re catching bugs, I love the little girl on the left showing off her loot!

Now we move on to frog cards, my most best favourites (to channel Charlie and Lola for a moment there).

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Piyo from Finland sent me these lovely pudgy froggies with a Finnish and a Polish stamp. Too cool (Finnish stamps, for the record, are amazing – I’ll scan some).

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This one is from Tanja in Austria. It’s a duplicate, I’ve had it before, but I think this one must be the original kind, as on the back is a scratch off panel to reveal the Prince.

Since I’ve had a mouse plague, I had to take all my first batch of Postcrossing cards out of their album as the nasty little mice had eaten the edges of the album, then crapped all over it. I’m just saying, coz I know you’re interested. Anyways, I might shuffle through and get some Finnish Stamps scanned for you. Because I care.

14

Jun

2010

Five for posting

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Which is like Five for Fighting, which I seem to think is a band? I’m not sure. Maybe I made that up. Five cards going out for Swap Bot today, in two different swaps.

International (Non USA) Postcard Swap
This swap was designed to avoid postcards from the States. There’s nothing wrong with postcards from the states, let me add right now, but the host wanted a bit more of a country mix, which she certainly got.

Sent: International (non US) PC Swap

This one is off to Slovenia, where I started my penpalling with an advert in some Slovenian magazine in 1992. The more you know. I’m not sure if the idea of the swap was to send local cards, but my partner listed buddhas as a thing she likes, so I thought this might suit her. It’s Peace Buddhas in Amsterdam.

Sent: International (non US) PC Swap

This one is off to New Zealand. My partner didn’t have any postcard preferences, but most people I’ve sent the Kuranda Markets card to have really liked it, so touch wood.

This reminds me, I uncovered a stash of vintage cards today while mouse hunting (long story) and two of them are from Kuranda, so expect a post about those soon. Ish. Soonish.

Sent: International (non US) PC Swap

Heading over to Malaysia is this card from the Great Barrier Reef. Couldn’t you just dive in and float forever? My partner here likes the ocean, and UNESCO Heritage sites. Hopefully this covers both likes!

Multiview Postcards #7

This swap was, exactly as it says, for Multiview cards. That is, cards with more than one picture. It’s very hard to send these via postcrossing as most people prefer single view, so it’s nice to be able to share these.

Sent: Multiview PC Swap #7

This one is off to the US, and shows all the capital cities of Australia. I’m quite impressed that there’s only 2 I still need to visit – Perth and Hobart. Though, to be fair, I was only in Brisbane a total of 2 hours. But I was there!

Sent: Multiview PC Swap #7

Also off to the US is this one showing some highlights from Melbourne, and the Crown Casino (NOT a highlight). Phar Lap is awesome, and I’ve visited him every time I’ve been to the museum for ever. Uh, that’s the horse in the middle.

So these are off to their people! Not right now, it’s 11pm and too cold. Tomorrow morning!

09

Jun

2010

5 Million Giveaway Winners.

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WINNAHS! Once again using the trusty random number generator at Random.org I grabbed 5 numbers.

Click that to see the image in the original size.

So who won?

Julie, Evie Miles, Rebekah Hale, Lieve and Leah Warner are all winnahs! Congrats guys, I’ll be in touch by email for the address harvest.

We now return to the regularly scheduled blogness.

08

Jun

2010

5million Giveaway!

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5 Million K!

See that? It means that postcards I have sent through postcrossing have traveled more than 5 million kilometers! FIVE MILLION!

I feel like celebrating, so I am! It’s giveaway time.

Five winners will each receive 5 blank postcards from my stash. To enter, just leave a comment on this post. I’ll leave entries open for 24 hours, and change the text below when the entries close.

Comment away and good luck! (PS. Comments are moderated, so don’t worry if yours doesn’t pop up right away)

Entries are CLOSED.


08

Jun

2010

I have excuses!

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Okay it’s been more than a week since this blog was uperdated. Angie is having a busy time at the moment, and also doesn’t love you anymore. As for me, well that cold kicked my butt in the end, and then I was without internet for a few days. Being without the internet is a bit like living in the early 90s, but with slightly better haircuts.


Since catching you up on ALL my mail over the past week or so would kill you with the awesome, I’m going to pick out a select few incoming.

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This one is from Singapore and it’s too awesome for words. Stare at it too long and your eyeballs will revolt, but it’s such a grouse photo.

I can’t believe I just said “grouse”. It’s Australian for “awesome”, I kid you not.

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Click through for the bigger scan, but seriously, awesome. Okay, grouse. Shut up. It’s police at the opening of Parliament House in Canberra, which would have been 1927. The longer you look at this one, the more things you notice, like how the photographer has made it symmetrical (check out the 3 people on each end of the second row from the bottom to see what I mean there).

So that’s a taste of what’s come in over the past few days. I will blog more! Promise!

30

May

2010

*cough cough sneeze*

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I’ve been laid up with a nasty cold (I’ll pause here for your unprompted sympathy) and therefore haven’t visited a mailbox in a few days. Today I managed to not only dress myself like a proper adult, but to leave the house and so I mailed the following cards.

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This one went off to the USA for a homeschooling family who wanted to see some culture. I love sharing our native art with the world, I think it’s spectacular and I was more than happy to send this platypus over to show off a little of our culture.

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The phrase “I would like to see native animals” in a postcrossing profile always enhappies me, mostly because I buy so damn many native animal cards (I’m a sucker for the cutes). This one is off to the Ukraine.

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This one is off to Thailand, with the usual information that these gorgeous beaches can’t be used for swimming. For 6 months out of the year, there’s too many jellyfish and for 12 months a year there’s too many crocodiles. There’s actually a lake set up in Darwin which uses filtered seawater for people to swim in. The filters prevent jellyfish, and it’s too far inland for the crocs to want to play in it. I’m nothing if not long windedly educational.

Also going out today were 4 RAK cards, which I’ll post when they arrive to their various peoples.

I’ll catch you up on the incoming tomorrow, I am fading. FADING. Send soup!

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