Nelson Bay

Sender: Becks
Nelson Bay, Port Stephens

Moods Of Port Stephens

Sender: Becks

Shoal Bay

Moods of Port Stephens

Awesome card!!

Powerful Waves

Sender: K2whitehouse

Waimea Bay - Oahu - Hawaii

Waimea Bay is allegedly the most famous of all big wave surf spots in the world. Here surfers can experience big wave-riding phenomenon. Look at the size of the powerful waves in the picture...!

Orange Sunset

Sender: Dai
A beautiful sunset reflected by the sea...

Triskel

Sender: Vitalia

Triskel - Representing the 3 forces of nature: Earth - Water- Fire. 

One of the oldest Celtic motifs representing 3 rays of sunshine.

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.

Krabi, Thailand

Sender: Irani
Crystal clear seas of Krabi, Thailand

I've been to parts of Thailand, yes. But I've never been to any of its beach resorts including Krabi. The seawater looks divine! Okay, to be added to my bucket list of places to go to!

I've never seen/received a card with Malaysian Police stamp before. Awesome. Funnily, I think I used 50 sen stamp for Irani's card, forgetting that it is only 30 sen for domestic postcards!

Costa Vicentina

Sender : Miceu

Costa Vicentina, a very beautiful and "savage" coast along Algarve and Alentejo provinces, and a tentative UNESCO site, writes Miceu. Savage but eye-catching and picturesque!

Inukshuk

Sender: Purpleferret

Vancouver ~ British Columbia ~ Canada

Inukshuk at English Bay, on a blustery spring day, with sailboats scurrying along the shoreline. The Inuit inspired Inukshuk is the symbol for the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010. The Inukshuk was used as a landmark and navigational aid oon the barren northern landscape, its meaning translates to "stone man that points the way".

Promajna

Sender: Sabine37

Promajna, Dalmatia

Promajna is a little village situated between Baška Voda and Makarska. It is a lovely place for peaceful vacations and pleasant walks, with its ideal combination of plenty of sunlight during the summer months and mountains and sea views.

The Oregon Coast

Sender: Beth
Text on card: The Oregon Coast is replete with historic and scenic interest. The beauty of the forests, mountains, waterfalls, lakes and wild flowers - the endless march of surf. The Oregon's coast is a photographer's paradise.

The Oregon Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is 362 miles long, with beautiful sandy beaches, rugged rocky cliffs and charming coastal towns. Driving the coast can take 10-12 hours, non-stop but it will take longer if one explores its cities, beaches, nooks and crannies. The ocean can be calm as a lake or pounding the shore, on any given day. The forest often meets the sea.

Gdynia

Sender: ewejka

For centuries Gdynia was little more than a humble fishing village. However, with Poland's rebirth after the First World War, the Polish Government decided to build a deep-sea port in northern Poland. Gdynia became Poland's main harbour and the big sea port at the Baltic Sea. Today, Gdynia is a modern city with a population of a quarter-million and is the second major polish port in the Baltic Sea after Gdansk. There are great views of the sea, and long promenades, beautiful waterfronts, marinas, yacht clubs and great sand beaches.

What a fantastic aerial view of a well-planned sea-port!

Port Olympic, Barcelona

Sender: Coralfish
Port Olympic, Barcelona

Barcelona's Port Olympic was built to co-incide with the 1992 Olympic Games. Once it was little more than a disused wasteland but the Olympic Games turned it into a prime piece of real estate on the coast and one of the most attractive areas of the city to visit, full of bars, restaurants, leisure facilities and modern sculptures. 

Coralfish went there for a vacation and from her postcard you can see the Marina with white sailing boats and yachts, and two of the city's most instantly-recognisable buildings at the port: the Mapfre and Arts Hotel ("twin towers"). They were built as part of the Olympic Village to house athletes during the Games, but are now an office building and 5-star luxury hotel respectively. The beach below stretches south from the twin towers and is a favourite with visitors. Those who enjoy outdoor sports can surf and swim but many just lay on the golden colored sand. Hmm..heaven!

Galicia

Sender: Earwen

Galicia. Sunset

Galicia is located in the green and lush north western corner of Spain and is often described as "Green Spain". It is rich and fertile with an abundance of beaches and spectacular mountainous views. It is made up of 4 different provinces: la Coruna, Pontevedra, Ourense and Lugo.

Great Ocean Road

Sender: AussieBear

Great Ocean Road is a 243km stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia. It winds alongside the wild and windswept Southern Ocean from Geelong to Portland, passing by surf beaches, historic ports, whale lookouts, breathtaking mountain ranges, rainforests and national parks. Apparently you can’t miss "the Twelve Apostles", the famous craggy limestone stacks rising majestically from the Southern Ocean.

I read that many of the natural features have surrounding walks. There is even a 91km Great Ocean Walk. That's it! When can I go there??!! (Though I may only last for less than 1km on that walk...thereafter I may seriously be in need of a piggyback ride!)

It's a baby dingo! Even though it is a wild dog, this baby does not look potentially dangerous.. instead it is so cute :)

Rialto Beach

Sender: hootnoodle

Text on card: Rialto Beach - The wilderness beach from La Push, Washington to Cape Flattery is controlled by rules of the Pacific Ocean. There are no sheltered lagoons. One must climb headlands, cross numerous streams, enter cocoons of fog and watch for storm waves that could trap you against sheer cliffs. This beach can be an experience of solitude never seen before.   

Olympic National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a protected forest area in northwest Washington State renowned for its diverse ecosystems. It comprises the Pacific coastline, the Olympic Mountains, and the temperate rainforest. Rialto Beach is one of the most accessible of the West End beaches.

Cisingtan

Sender: Ishyz

Text on card: The beauty of Hualien & Taitung. Nature Layers. The gradient blue is the most beautiful layers in nature. 

The pictured beach is marked on a map at the back of the card, "Cisingtan, Xincheng township, Hualien county". I read that the beach is only a ten-minute ride outside the city and is a great place to enjoy expansive views of both the turquoise sea and the mountains. But the beach is covered with black stones and not sand.

I love the colour turquoise and a turquoise sea is divine..

Punakaiki, West Coast

Sender: Wildfire

Text on card: Punakaiki, West Coast: The rock formations at Punakaiki have created a series of caverns and underground passages that capture the swells as they roll in from the Tasman Sea.

Wildfire writes that the rock formation is said to look like lots of different animals.

Punakaiki is also famous for "the Pancake Rocks" (limestone formations that began forming 30 million years ago, when lime-rich fragments of dead marine creatures were deposited on the seabed, then overlaid by weaker layers of soft mud and clay) and "blowholes" (where the sea bursts though a number of vertical holes during high tide). Wildfire lives within easy reach of this lovely place. I wish I do too so that I can explore its main attractions to my heart's content. 

Kenting National Park

Sender: yeeyeeya


Text on card: Sandstone Coast (Jialeshuei).

I read that it is Taiwan's oldest and southernmost national park, covering the southernmost area of the Taiwan island. It is well-known for its tropical climate and sunshine, scenic mountain and beach. What a beautiful sight!

Durban, South Africa

Sender: Lisette
Durban * Kwazulu-Natal * South Africa
Quiet waters of the small-craft harbour and the Esplanade with the city in the background.