Meetings and interviews dominate Sydney trip

I didn't know about the Kokoda Track Foundation till I met the lovely staff [pictured above with me] who work at the Foundation's Office hia long SYDNEY. I must say I'm impressed with the work they're doing and wish them well.

In Sydney I have also had the privlege of meeting some ex kiaps, teachers, broadcasters and military men who have seen PNG from its formation years to its transformation into a Melanesian State. I got a sense of how things were around independence, and learnt of the "D-cell Battery" INDEX for inflation in PNG, which is now at the Grand Sum of 500%.

I had two interviews yesterday. One on SBS World News regarding the political dogfight in PNG between the Judges and Politicians. The other with Philip Adams on ABC RADIO NATIONAL. [click links to view/listen]. Am I enjoying myself? HELL YEAH!

I've also learnt something about Australia's knowledge of PNG and the Pacific: like the USA, Aussies know very little. This lack of knowledge is graphically illustrated by the type of priority ABC gives to it's Pacific Beat program. Forget the website images, visit the PACBEAT office in Sydney and you will realise where Australia's priorities are -NOT THE SOUTH PACIFIC.