2012/05/12

Christmas Island


The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. Christmas Island has a population of 1,403 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove (also known as Kampong), Silver City, Poon Saan, and Drumsite. The island’s geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism among its flora and fauna, which is of significant interest to scientists and naturalists. 63% of its 135 square kilometres is an Australian national park. There exist large areas of primary monsoonal forest. Phosphate, deposited originally as dead marine organisms (not guano as often thought), has been mined on the island for many years.

This cards is one of the gems in my collection. Many thanks to Shurbani who generously helped my collection grow! :)

4 comments:

  1. sve mi je prekrasno na ovoj razglednici, haha, baš sam skroman :D

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  2. pa nemaš ti šta biti skroman, nisi ju ni tiskao ni pečatirao! :P stvarno je super :)

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  3. :)

    hmmm...sad mi pade na pamet da bih ti možda mogao srediti da i ti dobiješ jednu od tamo. ajd mi pošalji mejl da ti objasnim šta i kako, da ne pišem ođe ;)

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