Photos

Kuriva (Brown River)

This is the picnic area of a local river that Steve went to before Monique and I arrived.  I'm really looking forward to seeing this soon. 

Kuriva (Brown River)

Les (one of the HD guys who lives in our compound) getting into the river for a swim.

Kuriva (Brown River)

Some of the local kids were having a lovely time jumping in from the trees.  Steve was asked by their mother if he could take a photo.  Spectacular fun.

This is one of the really old bridges

that is outside Port Moresby on the way to Kuriva (Brown River).  It was built during the war.

Local Markets

These markets are on the way to Kuriva (Brown River) and is probably the best fruit and veg

market around.  I haven't been yet but Steve said he would take us next Sunday.  You have to get up

really early to go to these markets.

Our Lounge and dining room

Quite basic but really comfortable.  I have done a bit of decorating for christmas.

1999 Chardonnay

This is the chardonnay that Monique found at the bottle shop.  It was so very golden and

tasted great.  I am still on the look out for something similar.

   Looking at the back verandah

from the pool area. 

Pool area.  The

house in the background is the biggest one in the compound.  It has 4 bedrooms and is where Robyn

and her husband and family live.

This is looking up the

hillside behind the compound.  It is very peaceful to sit in the bbq area and stare up the hill.  It has

been raining heaps lately so everything is green.  You can just see where the nationals have been

getting the ground ready for planting. 

Bbq area

The big tv is on the wall in the cupboard and we have a fridge, and kitchen bench/sink.  It's a really

lovely place to spend the weekends.

This is my first PNG art piece. 

I have named her Celeste.  She is really quirky and I think she is great.  She is made of really black

wood and has a lovely bead necklace and potato sack skirt.  Her eyes are inlaid shell.

Our car

The front of our house

The gardens are so beautiful.

Gardens beside the house.  Steve found

two huge chilli bushes in the gardens this morning and I am going to be planting heaps of

herbs shortly.

Monique pointing out the

barb wire coils at the top of the fence.  This is the entrance to the residential portion of the

compound.

The guards with Monique at the

 front of the compound.  The are really happy to have photos taken as long as you show them

afterwards.  You can see a car on the freeway in the background.  The compound comes off the

freeway.

The front gate.

The gates are usually open during the day Monday to Friday but are closed at night and on the

weekends.  We pull up and beep the horn to get them open.  The guards all know the cars

that belong to the compound.  At night, you beep before you pull up so that they start

opening them before you get there for safety reasons. 

This is me pretending to

be running towards the res part of the compound.  Monique is crazy for taking it.

A view off the freeway.

A huge sign in the middle of a

roundabout wishing Merry Christmas

This is one of the market

areas in town.  The nationals shop here for cheap fruit and veges.  Plastic bags are a real

problem here.  In some towns in other parts of the country, plastic bags are banned.  It would

be good to see that in Port Moresby.

You often see masses of people

in the back of utes and trucks.  We were on the way to the airport when I took this photo.  The truck

in the background had about 30 people in it.

Big Rooster.  We haven't tried this yet

but I have heard from lots of people that the food is really good.  The tip is not to go through the

drive through though as it takes ages to be served.

Two guys playing in the

eating area of the Airways Hotel.  They were so very good.  One played a guitar and the

other was playing the saxaphone and using a long seed pod as a tamborine.  Very very good.

The little boy in the photo wandered up and started tapping his feet and boogying.  So cute.

Steve and I walking to the car

in the Yacht Club carpark.  You can see the gated entrance in the background. 

These are some of the shanty

houses on the edge of the ocean.