2998 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Hirrem is the reason I'm back on my blog as she wondered on her card how I will feature her card. Her card is from Broken Hill.

Broken Hill is an inland mining city in the far west of the New South Wales outback. The discover of silver ore lead to the opening of various mines, which back Broken Hill prosperous up to the 1990s. The economy of Broken Hill experienced a slowdown in the late 1900s and early 2000s. It was added to the National Heritage List in 2015 and is still Australia's longest running mining town.

The 53 Mega Watts Broken Hill Solar Plant was completed in 2015 and is one of the largest solar power farms in the Southern Hemisphere. The Australian and New South Wales government largely funded the building of the plant in order to move away from coal generated power.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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