BR-34770

BR-34770
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger

A postcard received from Graca in Brasil via Postcrossing. Thanks Graca!

NL-81126

NL-81126
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger

An unusual postcard received from Romy in the Netherlands via Postcrossing. Thanks Romy!

Sugar Loaf & Botafogo, Brasil

Sugar Loaf & Botafogo - Brasil

Another wonderful postcrossing post card.

Many thanks to Giullia from Brasil who sent me this postcard of some of the sights near Rio De Janiero.

Vasa - Sweden

Warship Vasa - Sweden

Another postcard from Don.

The Vasa sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. Not in battle - but because she was built incorrectly, and none of the designers had the courage to tell the king that there were problems. She just tipped over as soon as she got into rough waters.

She sat on the ocean floor till 1961, when she was raised, and is now in a museum in Stockholm.

Tallinn Estonia

Tallinn - Estonia

We received this lovely postcard from Don today.

Postcard From London

"The Dance" South Bank, London

Many thanks to my friend Don for this postcard from London. He's on a well-earned vacation there at the moment.

Happy Birthday Lizzie!

You just get better every year.

I hope we have many more together, Liz.

My first PostCrossing Postcard!

I joined PostCrossing recently. It's a website that lets you send and receive postcards from all over the world.

I've sent out six cards so far, and this is the first one I've received. I'm looking forward to receiving more.

Thanks Melanie, for the lovely card.

About my Postcards

I love exchanging postcards.

Rather than just put them in an album and forget about them, I thought it would be a good idea to scan them in here so everyone can see them.

Most of my postcards are received via PostCrossing - a great site that gives you a random address to send a card to. In return someone sends a card to you at random. It's a very clever way to interact randomly with thoughtful people from all over the world.

But I also nag friends who live overseas to send me postcards.

If you'd like to swap one with me, just send a postcard to:
Musings
PO Box 30
Petrie Qld 4501
Australia

Put your return address on the card, and I'll send you one back!

"Federal Pioneer" (aka "Brazillian Prince", "Outremont Park")

"Federal Pioneer" (aka "Brazillian Prince", "Outremont Park")

In the late 1950's, my Dad (Bruce) got a job working on merchant ships. Once of the first ships he worked on was the "Federal Pioneer" which was operating out of Montreal at the time.

She was built in Montreal in 1944 by United Shipyards Ltd, was owned by the Canadian Governments's Park Steamship Company. She was originally named "Outremont Park" and was chartered to the Ministry of War Transport for about 12 months.

After the war, Furness Canada Ltd bought her and renamed her "Brazillian Prince".

In 1954 she was transferred to Furness (Montreal) Ltd and renamed "Federal Pioneer" in 1958.

She was eventually broken up in China in 1971.

Length: 441' 6"
Beam: 57' 2"
Service Speed: 10kt
Tonnage: 7,158grt