Western Australia

Received from: Australia
Category: from a friend
Date: June 2018

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres, and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants – around 11% of the national total – of whom the vast majority (92%) live in the south-west corner, 73% of the population living in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.

Greetings from... Australia

Received from: Australia
Category: swap
Date: September 2016

Perth

Received from: Australia
Category: Klub Polki na Obczyźnie
Date: August 2015

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with an estimated population of 2.02 million (as of 30 June 2014) living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area of Perth located on the Swan Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp, a low coastal escarpment. The first areas settled were on the Swan River, with the city's central business district and port (Fremantle) both located on its shores. Perth is formally divided into a number of local government areas, which themselves consist of a large number of suburbs, extending from Two Rocks in the north to Rockingham in the south, and east inland to The Lakes.

Canberra

Received from: Australia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2012
Distance: 15537 km
Time of travelling: 9 days

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 358,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), 280 km (170 mi) south-west of Sydney, and 660 km (410 mi) north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a "Canberran". The ACT, like Washington, D. C. in the United States, is independent of any state to prevent any one state from gaining an advantage by hosting the seat of Federal power.

Grantville

Received from: Australia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2012
Distance: 15474 km
Time of travelling: 19 days

Grantville is a small township of some 320 people located 103 km south-south-east of Melbourne 500 m from the eastern shore of Westernport. Grantville was once a supply port for the settlers in the adjacent hill country and a timber town with four sawmills linked by tramway to the jetty from whence the timber was shipped to Melbourne. The town's old mechanics' institute (1888) remains from the 19th century and the cemetery contains some historic tombstones.

Australia

Received from: Australia
Category: private swap
Date: February 2012

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent as well as the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.

Australia

Received from: Australia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2011
Distance: 15590 km
Time of travelling: 8 days

The flag of Australia is a defaced Blue Ensign: a blue field with the Union Flag in the canton (upper hoist quarter), and a large white seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter. The fly contains a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars – one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars.

Newport Beach

Received from: Australia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2011
Distance: 15478 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

Single view postcard presenting Newport Beach, Sydney, Australia.
With stamps showing Australian coast :). Additionally very long message that I really like.

Australia

Received from: Australia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: June 2011
Distance: 13045 km
Time of travelling: 10 days

Awesome stamps from Australia. Especially the one presenting Prince William and Kate Middleton. I have never been interested in them but the stamp looks so nice!