May 2013

May has seen us move into our new house, and with the arrival of the container from Australia we have been busy putting together Ikea furniture and getting a lot more settled. Another highlight was a trip down to Goroka for Russell and a few others from the hospital to have a look at AT Projects who are doing some great work in remote communities and health centers around the country.  Sandy continues to grow and finally got a flea collar sent up from Australia so hopefully this helps with the problem common to all PNG dogs. The girls have had fun playing soccer and volley ball and we have started touch footy for sport on a Friday afternoon so enjoying playing again.

Sandy having his bath

Kids Playing in the Guava tree - local playground

Heather and Chelsea-Vienna

Outside the new house

Wiring the new clothesline

Water tanks for our health center on the new truck with Charles the driver

Bird of Paradise

Bridge that we had to use when the road was cut

Micro bat drops in for a visit

Bridge repairs on the road - the hospital does a lot of this work to keep the road open

Kompiam little terrors / cuties

Police Highway Robbery Unit on the way to Goroka

Took a walk into one of PNG's few National Parks with our trip to Goroka - Mick, Garry and our expensive, but informative guide Apex

Doing a fan dance in the National Park

Chooks at Christian Leader's Training College - where we get all our eggs

Russell's 'relatives' the Andira's (parents of a workmate from Talisman)

Family snap including out youngest Sandy

After the Kompiam Hospital Youth scavenger hunt - great fun!

A new swimming spot on the river

Nightly guests

Another nightly guest who decided to check out the new house (A "Manaken" in Engan, apparently this is a baby and it's venomous but not deadly)