Vicki (aka Mundoo), a very valued member of the Postcrossing team, has been involved in Postcrossing for over four and half years. She is a self-professed computer geek and enjoys Geocaching and Pathtags.
- How did you come across Postcrossing? What got you hooked?
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I saw Paulo promote it on bookcrossing.com and wondered what it was about. I was the third Australian to join and loved the international aspect of it. I got hooked when I received my first postcard. It was such a good thing to find in my letterbox instead of a bill. So bright and colourful, so full of good wishes and friendship.
- Do you have any other interesting hobbies?
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I am a computer geek. Before Internet, (yes there was a time before Internet) I used to operate a BBS (Bulletin Board Service) from my kitchen. In 1988 I was the second female in Australia to be a sysop of a BBS. It was called Computer Connection.
I enjoy geocaching from geocaching.com as it challenges me to find hidden treasure in my surroundings with my GPS and takes me to places of interest and out of my computer chair. I have a collection of pathtags that I collect via pathtags.com, they appeal to me because they are similar to postcards in that they tell a story with just a picture.
I love to do cross-stitch and since getting a digital camera also take heaps of photos of the everyday world around me. I take a lot of sunrise photos which show where I live which is about 20 feet from the water’s edge in the estuary of the longest river in Australia – the Murray River. My house is surrounded by a national park – Coorong National Park – which is a RAMSAR world environment site and I am very interested in the environment and my surroundings. I am an active board member of a govt. environment group and a member of my local Hindmarsh Island Landcare group. I like planting trees. I am also the Postcrossing Forum Administrator and part of the Postcrossing Team.
- Show us your mailbox, your mailman/mailwoman, your postoffice or the place where you post or keep your postcards!
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Hindmarsh Island has no mail delivery so I rent a post office box in the nearest town of Goolwa (15km away). The Goolwa post office was the longest active post office in Australia still in its original premises since 1857 but has recently moved to new premises. My PO box is very nondescript and surrounded by equally nondescript boxes.
The new premises are in the local shopping mall.
There is a small staff who are always cheerful and used to me always buying postcards and international stamps. The lone male postie was camera shy but the ladies insisted and as you can see he ducked behind them at the last second.
- Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.
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So hard to choose my favourite. I actually have 2 that I always smile about a bit more often.
Beautiful handmade postcard that I have framed and put on my bedside table. I love waking up in the morning and seeing the friendship in this postcard sent by flyers.
The other is a delightful postcard. It comprised of the shaggy dog who was holding the tiny envelope in its mouth. The envelope contained the little card.
As you can see I appreciate the work that goes into handmade postcards.
18 comments so far
Thank you for sharing and nice to see you here on spotlight ;-)
Whow you have such interesting hobbies!
But what I really want to say is...THANK YOU so much for all what you do for all of us, the postcrossing community!
You are part of those that work behind the scenes and make this all possible for so many people! One should not take this for granted! And here is our possibility to say Thank you and you are doing a great job!
I think you are an amazing person !
And so are those cards! Especially the one with the dog!
Have a great day
Greetings from Luxemburg
Diane
Nice to see you here Vicki! Like Luxi pointed out, thank you for all that you do.
Reading this put the hugest smile on my face. It's nice to see you featured, Mundoo, and also nice to get to know a little more behind the forum name! Thank you for all the work and time you donate to this project! It's such a thankless job it seems, but it is deeply appreciated by more than just me!
How wonderful to read about you and where you live, Vicki, and introducing me to pathtags!
Echoing the sentiments previously expressed, I also thank you, Vicki, for all that you and your team do for us in Postcrossing, making it truly one of the best obsessions/addictions in my life.
Thanks a lot for your sharing, Mundoo! And the postoffice seems to be nice, too.
Do you know that there still are thousands of people using BBS in Taiwan? The largest BBS called "PTT", and there are up to 14,000 people lingering.
Thank you for everything you have done for us postcrossers and still do.
Postcrossing is a great way to make new friends, and find new hobbies - I have recently joined Geocaching :)
3 (or more!) cheers for Mundoo, Paulo, and the rest of the Postcrossing team.
ohhhhhhhhh mama mundoo! you still scare me! just kidding! i haven't been active lately or had time to say hi but it's great to learn more! hugs mama! love, captain
Great to see you featured, Vicki, thank you so much for all the hard work you do and for the unstinting help you give to us computer illiterates :-)
It is very uplifting read such a positive interview. Thanks for all the monitoring you do for the forum and for the guidence over the years. cheers for 4 more years on postcrossing.
TAM
Great interview of the greatest Vicki! :)
Greetings Vicki from another crafty, geocaching postcrosser :) I’d like to add my thanks to the others for all the hard work you put into this fantastic project, bringing smiles into our mailboxes daily.
It's great to read about you here Mundoo! Thanks for the great job on the forum and thanks for sharing your favourite cards :D
That's nice you were around in the BBS times, I used to be hugely into it. I wasn't a sysop, but I had romance with one. Haha. Oh memories :) It was lovely to see Australian boxes and a post office!
Thank you all for your kind comments. It was a lot of fun doing this interview.
Great to be creative. Postcrossing enhances our imaginative brainwaves to come together and foster friendship not only with fellow postcrossers but we also give importance to the people behind the Post Office who manage our mails and everything. Good on you Ma'am!
so it could be your fault that I started postcrossing
I work with mail and saw a postcard on a bundle with a reference to postcrossing.I am trying to get a cousin of mine interested next
MEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!