Blue Mountains in Australia :)

Received in early August 2013 via Postcrossing official swap. Thanks Don! :)

Blue Mountains (Australia)

 

About Blue Mountains:

The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region in New South Wales, Australia. It borders on Sydney’s metropolitan area, its foothills starting about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the state capital.

Officially the Blue Mountains is bounded by the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers in the east, the Coxs River and Lake Burragorang to the west and south, and the Wolgan and Colo Rivers to the north. Geologically, it is situated in the central parts of the Sydney Basin.

The Blue Mountains are a dissected plateau carved in sandstone bedrock. They are now a series of ridge lines separated by gorges up to 760 metres (2,490 ft) deep. The highest point in the Blue Mountains, as it is now defined, is an unnamed point with an elevation of 1,189 m (3,901 ft) seven kilometres north-east of Lithgow. However, the highest point in the broader region once considered to be the Blue Mountains is Mount Bindo, elevation 1,362 m (4,469 ft).

A large part of the Blue Mountains is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site, consisting of seven national park areas and a conservation reserve.

(Thanks Wikipedia!)

 

Stamps with a matching theme:

Blue Mountains (Australia) - stamps

(32) Dahlia from the Philippines/Australia :D

Received on 6 April 2013 via Postcrossing private swap. Thanks a lot Dahlia! :D It’s my very first 愛 from the Philippines / Australia!

Note: Dahlia is originally from the Philippines but she sent her postcard from Australia, hence the above title. xD

Love:

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Elegantly decorated! :D

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A close-up of 愛:

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Thanks again Dahlia! :D