National Postcard Week

Happy National Postcard Week.

This week is National Postcard Week in the USA.

Post Card - Jekyll Island, Gergia. Golf House and miniature golf course. Marsh Post Card Service. Postally unused, undated

We're huge fans of sending and receiving postcards and have built up a big collection of minigolf, crazy golf, putting and adventure golf postcards over the years.

Post Card - South of the Border. South Carolina at the N.C. - S.C. Border. ACE-HI ADVERTISING, INC. Postally unused, undated

Post Card. Grand Haven State Park, Grand Haven, Michigan. Water Wonderland Card Company. Postally unused, undated

• When did you last send a postcard?

• When did you last receive a postcard?

• Do you have a favourite postcard?

Check out Reflections of a Bygone Age for more information on postcard collecting.

The 2022 Picture Postcard Annual is available now and includes a feature that I wrote about Butlin's Monorails.

Butlinland Skegness – Putting Green and Monorail by John Hinde Studios. Sent on 4 Aug 1980

Here's a selection of postcards from our collection.

Bridlington Princes Parade. The Spa Boating Lake. Photochrom Co. Ltd.

Crazy Golf, North Shore, Blackpool. 50. Bamforth Post Card. Unposted. Undated

A Weetabix Gang Crazy Mini Golf Weeta-Card postcard from 1983

Pat Regan's Putting Green in Broadstairs - postcard. Undated

Miniature Golf Links, Brighton. Postally used 29 August 1927

One of two postcard designs you can find at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing

Worthing, Denton Gardens, Putting Green. The Photochrom Co Ltd. Posted to Birchington, Kent on 30 July 1928

Butlinland Minehead. Crazy Golf and Chair Lift. John Hinde Studios. 24 May 1976

Putting Green, Great Yarmouth. Postcard postally used on the 11th November 1927. Publisher unknown

Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua, New Zealand

Finding out more about the Lumberjax Mini Golf course in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua

Minigolf is a wonderful game and we've met some great people on our travels. Last April James Astrop from Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua, New Zealand visited the UK with his family and I met up with them for a look at the minigolf courses in Manchester city centre. James brought some superb minigolf items from his course and his own miniature golf travels. They are some fine minigolf collectibles.

A marvellous selection of minigolf items from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecards from James' minigolf travels!

Lumberjax Mini Golf is the brainchild of James and his father Alan, who work together at 3D Workshop in Auckland. The 1850's logging-themed course they've created looks amazing.

Leaflets and scorecards from Lumberjax Mini Golf

The Lumberjax Mini Golf course website is well worth a look as it's packed with information and photos of the course, from the initial concept through to installation.

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

You can also follow the Lumberjax Mini Golf course on Facebook and Instagram.

A pencil from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A very smart badge from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A logo golf ball from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Lumberjax Mini Golf is located within Motion Entertainment, New Zealand's number one Entertainment Mall and the largest all-weather action-packed indoor entertainment centre in the country.

A game card from Lumberjax Mini Golf

James has got a brilliant job title!

A flyer / coupon from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A flyer / coupon from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A scorecard from the New Zealand Mini Golf Pro League played at Lumberjax Mini Golf

A scorecard from the New Zealand Mini Golf Pro League played at Lumberjax Mini Golf

Emily has been lucky enough to visit New Zealand and while there managed to play at Lilliputt Minigolf in Auckland. Like Lumberjax Mini Golf, Lilliputt Minigolf is also a venue on the New Zealand Minigolf Federation's tournament circuit.

A cap of the New Zealand Minigolf Federation

In March Lumberjax Mini Golf will be the host venue of the New Zealand Minigolf Open tournament.

We're looking forward to having a holiday in New Zealand in the future and we'll definitely be having a few games at Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua.

Related blog posts:
- New Zealand
- Scorecards
- Ephemera

Links:
- Lumberjax Mini Golf
- New Zealand Minigolf Federation

Minigolf goodies from across the pond

Check out this brilliant selection of minigolf items from our friends at A Couple of Putts.

Many thanks to Tom and Robin at A Couple of Putts for sending over this great minigolf stuff

A BIG minigolf thank you goes out to Tom and Robin at minigolf review site A Couple of Putts for sending over this fine selection of minigolf scorecards, stickers and other stuff.

A Mini Golf is for EVERYONE bumper sticker designed by Tom and Robin

We love seeing and collecting scorecards and other ephemera and merchandise from miniature golf courses around the world. Seeing these items gives a wonderful insight into the game and also showcases the variety of courses and venues out there. Hopefully we'll get to visit some of them in the future too.

A Big Thrill Factory Mini Golf course scorecard from the 18-hole course in Oakdale, Minnesota

A Big Thrill Factory Mini Golf course scorecard. Check out the course review at A Couple of Putts

A Can Can Wonderland mini golf course sticker from the course in St Paul, Minnesota. Read the course review at A Couple of Putts

A coloring book from Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota. Sadly this venue closed down in July 2017. You can read an extensive history of the location at A Couple of Putts

Three Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park scorecards

Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park scorecards

Scorecard for the Championship course at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Championship course at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 1 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 1 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 2 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Scorecard for the Executive course 2 at Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park in Minnesota

Sticker from Goony Golf of Spring Lake Park

Scorecard for the Mini Golf course at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). Check out A Couple of Putts for two reviews of the course - including details of the holes they designed and built for the course in 2016 and 2017

Scorecard for the Mini Golf course at the IMA

Scorecard from Pocono Family Golf in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Check out the review at A Couple of Putts

Scorecard from Pocono Family Golf

Scorecard from the Walker Art Center Artist Designed Mini Golf course. Tom and Robin have been involved with this art center and the various incarnations of the minigolf course there for a number of years. Check out the A Couple of Putts website for more info

Scorecard from the Walker Art Center Artist Designed Mini Golf course

Scorecard from the Walker Art Center Artist Designed Mini Golf course

Please do visit the A Couple of Putts website for stacks of course reviews and follow Tom and Robin's adventures on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

Related blog posts:
- A Couple of Putts
- Sparkle City Mini Putt in Spartanburg, South Carolina