I took my Grand Daughter to the Zoo today and was fortunate enough to see the new Baby Orang-utan playing with her mother. Even though there was a Nikon user hogging the prime spot..I managed to capture this precious moment…pretty happy with the outcome!
Mike has just advised me that his PNG video is now ready for viewing. I have seen the teaser and for sure this will be one of his best videos yet!!
You can see it at:
This is one of my favourite excursions in PNG. There is a torrent of freezing cold fresh water raging out of the mountain side being fed by the 6m rainfall in the area. The cool water is so refreshing and as it meets the 29 degrees salt water a nice little peak is formed for some good body surfing.
The people come down from the highlands and travel for 2 days to meet us.
Once again very humbling.
This is typical of some of the sunrises you get in PNG. How cool are those pink rays!
This shot was taken by my trusty offsider…Rod Thomas!
I cause a real stir when I lifted this little tacker onto my shoulder. The kids loved it and I have a fan club for a while after!
Thanks Rodney for capturing the moment so well!
This Island is just down the way from Luscernque Island. Rod, Mike and I slipped over here after lunch and after shooting Luscernque on one of the True North tenders.
My main memory of this island is how hot we were! The PNG family we ran into who were a bit marooned until the wind changed also cruised over to the island as there were more coconuts and bananas over there. I am guessing they had at least another night there.
All of these experiences are very humbling when you see the dumb things we all get upset about in our lives. These people have nothing, expect nothing and are totally happy with their lot!
It’s official! The girls in the office have just advised that there is now only one spot left on the True North gig on Australia Day!
Thanks for the support everyone and I look fwd to meeting you all in person on Board.
Cheers,
Mark
I found this stitch lurking in my RAW files. A 10 photo stitch and it worked a treat first up.
Pretty happy with the result as well. This was one of those times when we debated if to go out or not and for sure the effort was worth it!
Here are another couple of worthy additions to the Duke of York Islands collection. The clouds seemed to just mimic the sand bar on the first image and the range of colours were exceptional on the second image.
Mike Fletcher has created a short snap shot of the PNG kids we met on the last True North Adventures in Paradise Trip 2.
There will be more to come, but this video is a very tastefully done capture of the innocence that are the PNG children.
You can view the video at: Mike Fletcher’s Video
