DIY Surfboards
Surfers in PNG are learning the traditional Hawaiian techniques of timber surfboard building from renowned Australian surfboard shapers Tom Wegener and Bryan Bates. Members of the Tupira Surf Club in Madang Province were taught...
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When Malcolm Fraser stopped military intervention in PNG
Malcolm Fraser, Australia’s 22nd prime minister, died aged 84. One little known story about Fraser’s time as Defence Minister under Liberal Prime Minister John Gorton was that he averted Australian military intervention in Papua...
PNG Visas for Australians
Sir Peter Barter, Chair of the Madang Visitors and Cultural Bureau, took up the issue of PNG Visas for Australians with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Rimbik Pato, at the opening of the Cairns...
The Symposium Dinner’s keynote speech by the Hon. Julie Bishop, MP
Thank you Charlie (Lynn). Yes I am an AFL fan (go the Eagles—but not this year). Mind you I have been introduced to the wonderful world of Rugby League and I’ve decided that my...
