Mijts Blog

Open Bay is a very remote location – accessible only by boat or, on rare occasions, helicopter. It is quite rugged and there are no sealed roads at all. The managers live in houses that are thirty plus years old and all of a very interesting design. The General manager has a ‘guest house’ where […]

We have had internet connection problems for the last week but all seems to be well now so I am going to share some photos from our trip to Open Bay just over a week ago. In fact, I am going to do it in several posts just in case internet drops out! The boat […]

Tomorrow I am going with Nick down to Open Bay where the company logs the timber. It is a 4 hour banana boat ride which I am not really looking forward to as it will be so hot. We will stay in the workers’ camp, eat in the mess etc so it will be a […]

After a couple of months of no volcano action and very few earthquakes, we have had several gurias (earthquakes) in the last week or so.We were quite surprised on Sunday night when the house started to shake just as we were about to have dinner. Seemed quite strong but only lasted about 20 seconds – […]

On Good Friday I went for two dives out near Little Pigeon Island. It was a really clear day where we could see to about 50 metres and the water temperature 29degrees – PERFECT. Really enjoyed these dives including a VERY close encounter with a shark of about 3 metres. Actually was a bit scared […]

We had a quiet Easter. Nick went diving on the Friday. We had planned to go with some friends for a Barbie on Sunday but it rained heavily Saturday and was overcast on Sunday so we went on Easter Monday. We had access to a private little beach (via land owned by friend’s work) and […]

Each Saturday we go to the market. I keep all our small change in a market purse and we buy lots of fresh produce for just a few kina ( a kina is around 40cents AUD). Pineapple, bananas, kau kau (like a sweet potato), tomatoes, mango and whatever else that we like and is available […]

This is Kayline, the 20 month old daughter of our House Mary, Stephanie. Stephanie does all the house work, washing, ironing etc and little Kayline loves to help. I arrived home the other day and Stephanie was upstairs working and Kayline was cleaning the concrete under the house. She is only a tiny tot but […]

When I arrived at the school on Monday (about 10 to 8 for an 8am start), the Library was still locked. As I approached I had 4 beaming faces to greet me – all sitting nicely on the steps. I just had to drop my bags and take a photo before I went to find […]

Golf is my ‘new’ sport obsession. After playing hockey for almost 45 years I had to give it up just over a year ago due to knee problems. When I learned that we would be living close to a golf course in PNG, I bought a set of clubs, had a few lessons in Brisbane […]