3187 - Urana, New South Wales, Australia

The sender is a farmer, a nurse, and a sheep rancher. They live near Urana. Urana is a small town of 300
people. Its an agricultural area known for sheep ranching, growing wheat, and growing other grains. The sender grows barley, wheat, canola, and lupins.

Ulrana is an aboriginal word that means temporary shelter.

The notorious bushranger (men who took robbery under arms as a way of life), Dan 'Mad Dog' Morgan and an accomplice, held up the police magistrate in Wagga Wagga in 1863. Wagga Wagga is close to Urana. The magistrate that was held up was Henry Baylis. After the incident he led a group of men to chase down Morgan and his accomplice, Clarke. At the bushranger's camp, a firefight occurred leaving Baylis and Clarke wounded. Morgan and Clarke still escaped the firefight.

Morgan was finally caught and fatally shot in April of 1865.

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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!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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