Loloata Island Resort
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... would lose their livelihood and their way of life. They won. Six months later the same company, under a different name, was trying again and the fight is on again. These battles are expensive and small communities run out of funds pretty quickly but Woodlark is determined that their island will remain palm free!
By the time we got away cloud was building up and all I could think of was the 1st rule of flying in PNG Mark's father would tell: fly above the clouds ...
Get Me Out Of Here!
... rich and poor, have and have not that pervades PNG. This feeling was heightened of course by the stories from Australian media about the bad things that happen in PNG.
Outside was a state of chaos and disorganisation. There were lots of nationals sitting on the ground and around the edges of the airport. The building is very old and tired and has no class or style to it and even though they work ******* keeping it clean, ...
Meeting Nishimura and Ben Moide
... he experienced until very recently from the Japanese Govt, the Military and from families of the war dead. As Angela DP is want to say 'Anything can happen, you just have to live long enough.' Well he's done that!
While Sarah and I were at Tufi, Mark met up with the owner of one of the biggest trekking companies taking people on the Kokoda Track, Charlie Lynn (some of you may know him better as a NSW Liberal senator) It wasn't the 1st time their ...
A Tragic Tale
... open on 3 sides and a roof provided by a Cassia Tree. Here, out in the elements, he hangs his paintings! The actual painting is either done on the kitchen table or on the ground. When we arrived 2nd son, Henry, was sitting on the ground painting and the rest of the family was at the table. It was a real Master Artist's workshop with the apprentices being members of his family! It transpires that R gets the concept down on canvas, marsden matting, pieces of vertical ...
Land of the Unexpected
... CBD, collapsed into a creek bed almost 2 weeks ago and the road is still closed. The trip from home to the Yacht Club usually takes 10-20 mins, depending on the time of day and whether there are any break downs along the way, is now taking up to 1½ hours. The trip to the airport from our place normally takes 5-10 mins but at the moment it can take ¾ hour due to the huge pot holes on the major round about. Needless to say all this standing traffic is proving an ...