I saw this bottom view with my own two eyes–although it was during my last visit to New Zealand in 2009. This trip, we visited Muriwai Beach, although I found the Piha card on this trip and not a Muriwai Beach card! I suppose I’ll find that one next time 🙂
Can you believe this card is from Qatar? Yes, my sister went there, as well, and picked up this very cool art card!
Another card from Maria’s trip to Qatar — this represents one of the prizes of my collection since Qatar is not an easy country from which laptop travelers like me can get cards! I love the city view in the background as well, showing how contemporary Doha is, at least architecturally!
This card and the NZ cards that follow come from my sister Maria — thanks! 🙂 According to Maria, this is where New Zealanders come for holiday! From the back of this card: “Named after hot springs which seep through the beach. Visitors can scoop out their own hot pools in the sand to relax in.” Would love to visit here one summer!
“The Cathedral, a gigantic arched cavern which gives an air of grandeur to the whole of the beach, is about 20m wide by about 10m high and was formed by sea action.”
Another lovely view on the Coromandel Peninsula.
Had I purchased this card, I would only have been able to tick two of the boxes: Auckland and Rotorua! Obviously there is much more of NZ left for me to see! 🙂
This interesting and beautiful card shows the topography of New Zealand, including the large lake on the North Island, which I think is Lake Taupo, about an hour south of Rotorua.
This neat card shows lots of the sights in the Auckland area! Very neat!
I had to do a double-take when I saw this funny card, which shows Australia and Tasmania together as New Zealand’s “West Island.” From the back: “A little known fact about New Zealanders — their ability to keep things in their proper perspective.”
