February 2014

After a wonderful break in Brisbane over Christmas we arrived back in PNG the first week in February and back into the Kompiam lifestyle. First few photos below from the holiday back home.

Nancy's birthday scavenger hunt through Brisbane city - Selfie of Wendy and Heather

Nancy's birthday scavenger hunt through Brisbane city - Selfie of Nancy, Bonnie and Russell

Conwell family photo

All the granddaughters and one very spoiled great grand son

Lady Elliot Island

Lady Elliot Island and a very tired turtle after laying it's eggs

Filling out immigration forms as we leave Brisbane

Back in Kompiam with our good friend Susie

Playground still holding together and providing lots of entertainment for young (and old)

Unity and Dodo

Bradley and his new toy (hospital left overs)

Digging our new Pipia (rubbish) hole in the back yard

The boys and their car

Russell at the bottom of the pipia (rubbish) hole with some help from above

Climbing up the cliff onto the Kompiam plateau (hard to capture how steep this is)

Wendy hits the wall and still smiling

Bonnie worn out after a tough rock climb

15years of hospital septic plugged up and ready to be cleaned out (by bucket)

The Bucket brigade gets to work (note the hygienic pink crocs)

What more needs to be said?

December 2013

Back in Brisbane for a bit of a break over Christmas and enjoying catching up with friends and family. We left PNG on the 15th Dec and below are a few of the pictures from those last few weeks.

A member of the Meakambut tribe that have only been discovered in the last few years

A member of the Meakambut tribe that have only been discovered in the last few years

The Baptist church in Kompiam

What an outfit - our next door neighbor Bradney!

Bradney again

Irish Dancing Breakup

The generator shed finally finished

Dr Mill's leading singing at the staff Christmas party

Pastor Laowa gets stuck into the Christmas party chow

Wendy and a new friend

Heather and Napos practice some gymnastics on the trampoline

  

School concert

Russell's first "selfie" - council president Joe

Leaving Kompiam and heading to Hagen with the car full as normal.

Prime Minister O'Neil visits Kompiam and given the tour by Ps Laowa and Dr Eileen

Dr Jake giving the Prime Minister a tour through the hospital

November 2013

November has flown past and now into a busy few weeks at the start of December before we head home to Brisbane on the 15th for a break over Christmas. Highlight of November for Russell was a week spent out at one of our remote aid posts called Mengau. Only about 10-15 minute flight away, but another world with no services and living like the locals. Wendy and the girls very busy closing up the school year and looking forward to a break. 

Dr Mill's coming across the river crossing with the backhoe for some road repairs

These guys turned up for peace talks between two tribes involved in a recent killing

The new playground in use

View down the Sau Valley

A recent visitor in the house

View down over Kompiam when off for a walk

Wendy about to cool off after a long hike

The girls off to church at the Mission station near Kompiam

Rainforest near one of our remote aid posts

Playground gets a hammering

A mumu to thank the recent rotary team who visited for 2 weeks

Nancy and Juliette ready to go in to watch a C-Section

In the thick of it

Success

What could be better on a hot day!

More seesaw action

Russell almost finished the new generator shed (alternatively his doghouse)

Views from Mengau

A Mengau local

Another Mengau Local