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Arriving in POM

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 9 August 2012 by Chinwagger7 December 2018

The hop from Cairns to Port Moresby is quite short.  I’d always imagined PNG to be a wet, a hot steamy and stormy jungle sort of a climate but arriving in POM (Port Moresby) it appeared the complete opposite. The country side is dry and the grasses and bushes appear as if a big bush fire had just rushed through. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Talawi PNG, Feature, Front Page, PNG | Leave a reply

Tawali Resort

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 8 August 2012 by Chinwagger21 October 2019

I am not sure how we ended up on our recent trip to the Tawali Resort in PNG. It was a complete blast I cant believe I have had the opportunity to do these things.

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Posted in 2012 Talawi PNG, Abroad, Front Page, PNG, Resort Holiday | Tagged PNG, Talawi Resort | Leave a reply

Bigger Pot Holes than you

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 9 January 2012 by Chinwagger5 June 2021

Bang!, Bang! The road is straight for as far as eyes can see in the fading light, immediately in front of us is a concrete structure, like a low bridge or causeway, guarded by a depth measuring pole rising two meters either side of the entrance, disappearing in my rear view mirror heading the opposite direction is a double trailer … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Expensive Flat Tire, Front Page, Road Trips | Tagged Moree, Road train, Scrivener | Leave a reply

Christmas in Lae

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 20 December 2011 by Chinwagger30 September 2019

Not the first place you think of for Christmas, however a choice we really enjoyed. Would we do it again. You bet!

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Breakfast for Bush Rats

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 20 November 2011 by Chinwagger5 June 2021

The bush rat had eaten its way into the tent, yes the tent, a bush rat sized gnawed hole in the tent, the shopping bag and the bread bag,

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Posted in 2011 Bribie Passage Camping, Fishing | Tagged Bribie Island, Camping, Crabbing, Donnybrook, Lime Pocket, Pumicestone Passage | Leave a reply

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Houseboat on Caboolture River

Buying a House Boat

The phone call came late in the evening. I usually leave calls after eight at night. The phone played that stupid noise I had assigned the ring tone. Who the hell is this bloody phone bloody scam? I thought I'll ...
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A pair of Ugg Boots

Carpet Laying by Gazza

Through my life my close friend and ally in the sometimes serious and sometimes mischief passage of our joint existence has featured in a number of incidents that somehow become known as the Gazza Curse, I will leave the reader ...
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The Forklift

My son and I own a small flooring store, part of a bigger franchising network. He runs the store and I get to do all the jobs that are not selling flooring. There appear to be a lot of these ...
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First Red Claw Catches

First trip for our camper, we  travelled very west of here, to a place called Lake Boondooma . This is a man-made lake which has a huge area for camping. The camping is "bush camping", off grid no power, no ...
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Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

After my assignment in Taipei Al and I decided to brave the wilds of inner Taiwan and find somewhere to spend a few days doing very little other than a some walking and perhaps some bike riding. Our destination is ...
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Coast Guard Rescue

Coast Guard Rescue

Sometimes things just don't go as right as they could and sometimes when that happens particular people are always present. You feel that perhaps, just perhaps they have a little bit influence, it could be some sort of bad air ...
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Caught by a Lure

Caught by a Lure

“Bugger it’s got me” The sound of a fisher that’s just been hooked by their own lure. Fishing in the Upper Noosa we only use lures. Mostly traditional lures, although we have tried various squidgy soft baits and this time ...
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Is Easter fishing cancelled again

Its Thursday 21st April 2011 and its been raining for three days, our back garden has had 24cm, 23cm and 19cm, Harley tells me there has been more further north at Cooroy. Great as Cooroy is close to where we ...
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Toilet paper and snorkelling

The morning constitutional, is always a ritual taken with some trepidation when camping. The facilities can vary from nothing at all, that's the dig your hole and bury your own business,  to full clean flush toilets with hot and cold water ...
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  • 1997 Lord Howe Island
  • 1998 Travelling West from Canberra
  • A drink in Wentworth
  • Toilet paper and snorkelling
  • First Fish on the Caboolture River
  • The Traditional Game
  • Signs of a storm everywhere
  • Off to Charleville
  • 2003 March Breaking Bones
  • Motor Won’t Start.
  • Sixteen Hundred Kilometres from Home to Kuranda
  • Duaringa Hotel
  • First time to Stanthorpe
  • 2007 To the Rock and Back
  • Chinchilla to Charleville via Muckadilla
  • Birdsville
  • Plane on the road, Mungerannie hotel, finished with a spar
  • A night at Walkabout Creek
  • Outback Pub Crawl
  • The last leg home
  • Phuket for my Birthday
  • Is Easter fishing cancelled again
  • Perfectly Still
  • Stalking Goannas
  • Caught by a Lure
  • ANZAC Day
  • Focus on the Kin Kin Pub
  • 2011 Rarotonga
  • Big Game Fishing
  • Off Fishing for the Weekend
  • Fishing Sandbanks
  • Breakfast for Bush Rats
  • Christmas in Lae
  • Bigger Pot Holes than you
  • Tawali Resort
  • Arriving in POM
  • Gazza Curse Again
  • Coast Guard Rescue
  • Sun Moon Lake Here We Come
  • First Red Claw Catches
  • Christmas Island for Christmas
  • Camera Work a Reflection of Forty Years of Making Memories
  • You Know You are in the NT
  • The Gazza Curse Strikes Again.
  • The Gazza Curse, Croc what Croc
  • Just Fishing – What Could Possibly Go Wrong
  • Unfortunate Incident at Lake Barambah
  • Bulldozers, Golf and Fishing
  • Exploding Wheel Barrows
  • Scrivener On the Go
  • European Football Cup Final
  • The Forklift
  • Carpet Laying by Gazza
  • Buying a House Boat
  • A Visit from Grant
  • Rainbow Beach 2024

More Journals

  • 1997 Lord Howe Island (14)
  • 1998 West from Canberra (12)
  • 2002 Korea (1)
  • 2002 West to Waltzing Matilda (8)
  • 2003 March Breaking Bones (1)
  • 2004 Cairns and Surrounds (10)
  • 2005 Stanthorpe (3)
  • 2007 Red Centre & Back (22)
  • 2009 Easter at Boondooma Dam (1)
  • 2010 Jan Marlborough Sounds (1)
  • 2010 Phuket (9)
  • 2011 Bribie Passage Camping (3)
  • 2011 Christmas in PNG (7)
  • 2011 Easter Fishing (7)
  • 2011 Rarotonga (14)
  • 2012 Expensive Flat Tire (2)
  • 2012 Talawi PNG (6)
  • 2015 Oct Taiwan (4)
  • 2016 Christmas Island (1)
  • 2016 Feb NZ (1)
  • 2019 Travelling to Katherine (1)
  • 2021 Touring Australia (1)
  • Being Family (3)
  • Gazza Files (8)
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