Tales from an active (but not currently erupting) volcano

There is an old garden right in front of my veranda that still has sweet potatoes growing. Some of my cargo of carrots from the mainland d...

It's rather poetic when your “shopping” becomes “cargo”. Visions of the “cargo cult” of the Pacific Islands spring to mind. After two...

I made it!!! My plane had been delayed an hour and it was pitch dark and raining buckets as I stepped off the plane at the tiny airport on...

After months of planning and paperwork, I'm finally on my way to PNG. The anticipation has been killing me. I've been googlin...

I have a new job as a teacher on a copra plantation in PNG.  I'm flying there tomorrow.  Stay tuned!!!

There was a movie called “Bran Nue Dae” filmed in Broome a few years ago.   It was based on a musical comedy theatre production that ran fo...

We took a whole convoy of SUVs down the river fishing yesterday. We were delayed at first while someone jumped out of a car to kill a goanna...