GG in Papua New Guinea.

[Kell]

As a Newbie here ,
I hope I'm in the right Forum .
Took these Pics. late last week.
This Pic started out 8000 mp.
And I had to reduce it to less than 62 mp to fit on here .
Hope someone has a magnafying glass .

 

[Brian VT]

Beautiful ! Looks like a fun day.

 

[Kell]

Thank you Brian ,
It sure was .
There are no Barbed-wire fences here .
So you can ride all day ( if you have enough fuel ) .

 

[GMP]

The South Pacific is awesome. I was on Moen Island in Truk Lagoon wreck diving a few years back. Really hot there. We hiked in the jungle but no evidence of riding when I was there.

 

[kim]

Looks like somewhere out out Port Moresby. Where about are you riding in PNG

 

[Kell]

Hi Kim ,
I was in Port Moresby for 8 days .
We rode all over the Mountains all around POM.
I have included 8 Pics so far in the Photo Gallery .
Have you been to PNG ?

http://www.gasgasrider.org/gallery//showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=698

GMP ,
I have never been to Moen Island ,
But I have been diving on WW2 wrecks at Tufi .

 

[cdn280]

Excellent... and riding in golf shirts too !

 

[kim]

Yeah, I lived there for 3 years.

Awesome fishing, especially up the rivers. Papuan Black Bass is the hardest fighting freshwater fish in the world, and grows up to 25kg. I have seen guys busted off on 37kg big game gear (in the river, 12 foot dingy and game rods !).

I left at the end of 99. There was only a couple of bikes that I knew of. An old black BMW 65 ridden by a 70 year old German guy, a BMW K100 and a Yamaha TT600.

Would be an awesome place for some very serious cross county riding. The bush is riddled with snakes, all of the most poisonous Aussie ones, so care needs to be taken. Also the highlands get pretty wet and slippery.

Rumor was that it is possible to ride from Port Moresby to Mt Hagen on a mixture of 4wd and walking track. Would be bloody exiting, properly need to carry side arms, tho.

Cheers
Kim

 

[Kell]

Hi Kim ,
The old German guy you speek off is Athol Green .
He is a 'One Talk' of mine .
Owns 1/10 of POM . Lives at Hohola next to Murry Barracks .
Mepella go pinis long 1974 . One year before Independence .
I now live on the Gold Coast .
Great riding around here also , Mt Cotton , Canungra , Beaudesert .
Cheers Kell .

 

[Kell]

There are no Bridges where we go .
So this is how we cross Rivers .
This is the Loloki River .
Heading up the old Mule track to Hombroms Bluff .

 

[hudson_hollow]

Now that's serious! I need to show that to some of the whimps who complain about where I take them to ride!

 

[Kell]

LOL @ you hudson_hollow,
Know what you mean , Bloody wosses .
This was a 1,400 Meter high Mountain climb over Port Moresby .
Not much time to get home .
Want to see more from this day ? Look here .

http://www.gasgasrider.org/gallery//showgallery.php?cat=535
A great days ride.

 

[kim]

Awesome photos, all mine are about fishing.
My mate is still there, he must have been there for nearly 40 years by now. David Chambers, he use to run naked along Ela Beach when the monsoon hit.
Another mate of mine is up there next week, walking the Kokoda Trail. I have walked up the infamous "staircase" where the ozzies stopped the japs during WW2.

How did you get the bikes to PNG ?

BTW, you didn't call into the Car Club for coldie, did you ?

Cheers

 

[Kell]

Ah Yes , The car club I remember .
My Picture is still over the Bar .lol
I took this Pic. last week .
I raced MotorCross ( Scrambles ) there for 5 years .
Waigani Drive was still called Race Course road .
I was racing a Bultaco Pursand 250cc then .

 

[Kell]

This was a rather steep climb .
This rider did not make it ' Clean '
He now wears a nice big black bruise on his tush .
A 4 ft boulder can be seen above his head .

 

[hudson_hollow]

"LOL @ you hudson_hollow,
Know what you mean , Bloody wosses ."
Yeah, those weenies were complaining about me taking them over a perfectly good trail like this;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hudson_hollow/867343831/in/set-72157600942430466/

 

[Kell]

WOW Hudson,
What a great ride .
I see yall build 'cans' on top of your Mountains as well .
I liked this one best .

38-Thom, Greg, Sam, Mark, and Todd on Mesa Mtn

Good group you had there .

 

[Kell]

This was #2 GG across the river .
The blue one , 2 more to go .

 

[hudson_hollow]

38-Thom, Greg, Sam, Mark, and Todd on Mesa Mtn
Todd, the tall one on the right of me in that photo is on your side of the globe in Brisbane watching it rain today. He's going on a 12 day reef diving tour of the Solomons.

 

[Kell]

How long will he be in Brisvegas ?
I would love to take him RockClimbing in Brisi. centre .
There is a natural cliff face 20 mtrs high called Kangaroo Point .
It's right across from the Botanical Garden .
Let me know how he is situated .