Moods Of Port Stephens

Sender: Becks

Shoal Bay

Moods of Port Stephens

Awesome card!!

Lemonade On The Beach

Sender: Katya
Lemonade on the beach....But beware of the oncoming crab!

Port Macquarie

Sender: Becks

Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

Aerial view of Port Macquarie's popular surfing beach, Flynn's Beach, with the city stretching inland and Hastings Range to the distant west. 

Oregon Coast

Sender: Hootnoodle
Oregon Coast: Dusk along the coastline near Manzanita, Oregon
Unusual bat stamps!

Point Lookout

Sender: Crizle
Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia

'I' is for 'Island'

Foreshore, Cairns

Sender: Millierose
Foreshore, Cairns, Australia

The highlight of the Cairns Foreshore Promenade is the 4800-sq-m saltwater swimming lagoon, a feat in landscape architecture bringing the beach-cum-swimming experience to the heart of the city. Fitness enthusiasts blade, cycle or just walk the 3km Esplanade Walking Trail, and travellers meander lazily up and down the Esplanade, popping into restaurants and shops until the wee hours.

Prayers at the Beach

Sender: Daliz
'B' is for 'Boy' 'Breathing' on the 'Beach'

Chester Higgins Jr.
A father prays over his sun at sunrise. Ghana. 1973

Urlaub

Sender: Goyesca
"Urlaub" is the German word for vacation/holiday...
My family vacations are normally by the beach!!

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Sender: Tom
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Vacationing in the Carribean

Nationalpark Wattenmeer

Sender: Alienne
Nationalpark Wattenmeer

The Wadden Sea National Parks (in English), are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and located along the German coast of the North Sea. Named after the Wadden Sea, they consist of three national parks. Alienne writes that the birds are common redshanks, looking for food in the mud flats. Love the view! I guess it is around sunset? 

Ostsee

Sender: Dawo

Ostsee (East Sea) or the Baltic Sea. Bordered by the coasts of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.

Aim For the Moon

Sender: Emiliya
"Aim for the moon: Even if you miss, you'll be amongst the stars".

A Rocky Beach, Taiwan

Sender: Hsin Tung
A rocky beach somewhere in Taiwan...

1977 Weekend

Sender: Ivan & Lena

I'm not sure by what name this Russian beach is called but this postcard shows a typical summer weekend in the year 1977. I love a weekend by the beach, don't you?

Camping Tolosa

Sender: Nordbaer

'C' is for 'Camping'!

Aerial view of Les Rotes. Tolosa Camping.

Les Rotes is one of the beaches on Spain's Costa Blanca coast, perfect for snorkelling and scuba diving. Nordbaer wrote that he used to be a camper, but not anymore. Me? I've never been camping out in the open where overnight stays have to be done  :)

The White Book

Sender: Wilma

Soizick Meister "Strandbuch"

The White Book. 12 x 10 inches.

This card made my day as Wilma chose it based on my love for reading and beaches!

Soizick Meister is a Swiss freelance Canadian artist/illustrator living in Vancouver, Canada. This is one of her conceptual illustrations. I realise now that I have received a postcard of her work before, called "The Reader" which I loved but did not realise the artist's identity.

Wicker Beach Chair

Sender: Alienne

Text on card: Wicker Beach Chair in Ahrenshoop on the Darss.

Ahrenshoop is a popular Baltic resort. Most of the Darss is covered by woodlands but this card shows part of its coastline. Funny how we can look at a beach view and know that it is not a beach in our home country...Maybe it's something about the sand, the landscape...and  for sure, that wicker chair! We don't have wicker chairs by our beaches :)

Baby at the Beach

Sender: Monkeyflower

'B' is for 'Baby' at the 'Beach'

I tried to translate the words on the card, "Children enjoying the moments which a few of us question?" Now, is that correct? :)

Świnoujście

Sender: Dawid

Świnoujście is a port town on the northern coast of Poland, famous for the magnificent Baltic shoreline, a popular tourist destination and health resort, as well as modern and bustling harbour.

The beach is so packed!!

Looe

Sender: Ichabodhides
Text on card: The Harbour Entrance and Banjo Pier Looe, South-East Cornwall.

I read that Looe was an important major Cornish fishing port, and is still with a sizeable fleet and busy fish market. Tourists can catch a boat from the quayside to nearby Looe Island, or visit Cornwall's second busiest fish market. Looe's narrow streets have much to enjoy too.

Happy to get a Roald Dahl stamp!