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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

Okay what’s My Choice

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 10 January 2012 by Chinwagger5 June 2021

The next morning in Moree I took the car to the tyre repair place which was within walking distance, a good thing in long run as I did a lot of walking between them and the motel room. They looked at the car and declared I had bent the wheel, which means I needed a new one, and on closer observation … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Expensive Flat Tire, Road Trip | Tagged Moree, Scrivener | 1 Reply

Pierce Brosnan passed this way in Madang PNG

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 30 December 2011 by Chinwagger29 September 2019

We had read about a wildlife sanctuary or something like that, where a sulfur stream passed and Pierce Brosnan had played some scenes in the 1997 interpretation of Daniel Defoes , “Robinson Crusoe”.

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Leaping fish of Madang

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 29 December 2011 by Chinwagger29 September 2019

Beneath this layer is a marine wonder world of reef fish in bright blues, yellow, black and white like a zebra, and long grey fish like garfish. Looking intently more and more wonderful fish appear right below deck in the mottling of the moving lagoon.

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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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