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An Australian who loves travel, history and general knowledge. Most of my articles will concentrate on geographical locations in Australia or Papua New Guinea, where I have lived for two years.
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An Australian who loves travel, history and general knowledge. Most of my articles will concentrate on geographical locations in Australia or Papua New Guinea, where I have lived for two years though lately I have been diverging off into another interest - rail lines.


== Articles I have created (and like) ==
== Articles I have created .. and like ==


* [[Mount Wilhelm]] (climbed twice)
* [[Mount Wilhelm]] (climbed twice)
* [[Kokoda Track]] (there existed a previous one, but about the WW2 campaign)
* [[Kokoda Track]] (there existed a previous one, but about the WW2 campaign)
* [[Paterson, New South Wales|Paterson]] (My home town)
* [[Paterson, New South Wales]] (My home town)
* [[Finger Wharf]]
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* [[1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake]]
* [[Samarai]]


== Some of my pics I have uploaded ==
.. and ones I have expanded
*[[John Hinde]] - we miss ya mate.
*[[Sepik]]
*[[Ramu]]
*[[Mount Victoria, New South Wales]] (a place I own land at)


==Did I say travel ==
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===[[Papua New Guinea]]===
<gallery>
Image:Wilhelm_peak.jpg|[[Mount Wilhelm]]
Image:Wilhelm_sil.jpg|[[Mount Wilhelm|Dawn on Mount Wilhelm]]
Image:Kokoda_bridge_crossing.jpg|[[Kokoda Track|Bridge on the Kokoda Track]]
Image:Kokoda end monument.jpg|[[Kokoda Track|Monument at Ower's Corner, Kokoda Track]]
Image:Lorengau_beach.jpg|[[Lorengau|Beach at Lorengau]] [[Manus]]
Image:Baluan Island.jpg|[[Baluan Island]], [[Manus]]
Image:Huli_wigman.jpg|[[Papua New Guinea#Demographics|Huli Wigman from the Southern Highlands]]
</gallery>


'''My usual home'''
===[[Europe]]===

<gallery>
: {{AUS}}
Image:Svartifoss from afar.jpg|[[Svartifoss|Svartifoss falls]], [[Iceland]]

Image:St Magnus Cthl Kirkwall.jpg|[[Kirkwall|St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall]], [[Orkney Islands]]
'''Countries I have lived in for more than a year ..'''
Image:Newgrange Entrance Stone.jpg|[[Newgrange|Newgrange entrance stone]], [[Ireland]]

</gallery>
: {{GBR}} | {{PNG}}

'''Spent more than 3 months in ..'''

: {{IND}}

'''More than a month ..'''

: {{FRA}} | {{GER}} | {{ITA}} | {{VNM}} | {{THA}} | {{NZL}}

'''Less than a month ..'''

: {{SUI}} | {{BEL}} | {{AUT}} | {{ESP}} | {{CZE}} | {{SLO}} | {{TUR}} | {{GRE}} | {{NOR}} | {{SWE}} | {{RUS}} | {{CHN}} | {{IDN}} | {{ETM}} | {{BUL}} | {{ALB}} | {{HUN}} | {{UKR}} | {{ROU}} | {{MYS}} | {{CAM}} | {{LAO}} | {{NEP}} | {{QAT}} | {{JAP}}

'''Less than a week ..'''

: {{VAT}} | {{SGP}} | {{LUX}} | {{MON}} | {{POR}} | {{ISL}} | {{IRL}} | {{DEN}} | {{FIN}} | {{MNG}} | {{MNE}} | {{CRO}} | {{BIH}} | {{SRB}} | {{SVK}} | {{POL}}

More miscellaneous travel I have done is [[User:Nomadtales/Travel|here]].

==Another hobby .. photography==

[[Image:Huli_wigman.jpg|250px]]

A [[Huli]] Wigman from the [[Southern Highlands (Papua New Guinea)|Southern Highlands]] ([[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 16, 2006|POTD for July 16 2006]])

[[User:Nomadtales/Pics|Gallery of more pics I have uploaded]]


== The wonderful world of Wikipedia (quirky pages I like) ==
== The wonderful world of Wikipedia (quirky pages I like) ==
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*[[Drop bear]]s
*[[Drop bear]]s
*The [[Hairy ball theorem]]
*The [[Hairy ball theorem]]
*[[Heavy metal umlaut]]

==Current projects==
[[User:Nomadtales/Leahy]]
[[User:Nomadtales/MRAG]]


==Useful links==
===Photos===
[http://www.pngaa.net/index_gallery.htm PNGAA]
===Maps===
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/new_guinea/ Topo maps for New Guinea] - Uni of Texas
===Journals===
*[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398%28193809%2992%3A3%3C232%3ATCBTHO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage The Country between the Headwaters of the Fly and Sepik Rivers in New Guinea]
*[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0307-3114%28193607%2F12%2966%3C269%3ATPOTAM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage The Pygmies of the Aiome Mountains, Mandated Territory of New Guinea.]
*[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0190-5929(1915)47%3A5%3C342%3AEOTKAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y Exploration of the Kaiserin Augusta River in New Guinea, 1912-13]


===Railway lines===
*[http://www.nswrail.net NSW lines]
*[http://www.vicsig.net/index.php Victorian lines]
*[http://www.vrhistory.com/ Victorian historical line maps]
*[http://www.sa-trackandsignal.net SA lines]


[[Category:Australian Wikipedians|Nomadtales]]
[[Category:Australian Wikipedians|Nomadtales]]

Latest revision as of 01:53, 21 June 2021

An Australian who loves travel, history and general knowledge. Most of my articles will concentrate on geographical locations in Australia or Papua New Guinea, where I have lived for two years though lately I have been diverging off into another interest - rail lines.

Articles I have created .. and like

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.. and ones I have expanded

Did I say travel

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My usual home

 Australia

Countries I have lived in for more than a year ..

 United Kingdom |  Papua New Guinea

Spent more than 3 months in ..

 India

More than a month ..

 France |  Germany |  Italy |  Vietnam |  Thailand |  New Zealand

Less than a month ..

 Switzerland |  Belgium |  Austria |  Spain |  Czech Republic |  Slovenia |  Turkey |  Greece |  Norway |  Sweden |  Russia |  China |  Indonesia |  East Timor |  Bulgaria |  Albania |  Hungary |  Ukraine |  Romania |  Malaysia |  Cambodia |  Laos |  Nepal |  Qatar |  Japan

Less than a week ..

 Vatican City |  Singapore |  Luxembourg |  Monaco |  Portugal |  Iceland |  Ireland |  Denmark |  Finland |  Mongolia |  Montenegro |  Croatia |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Serbia |  Slovakia |  Poland

More miscellaneous travel I have done is here.

Another hobby .. photography

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A Huli Wigman from the Southern Highlands (POTD for July 16 2006)

Gallery of more pics I have uploaded

The wonderful world of Wikipedia (quirky pages I like)

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Current projects

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User:Nomadtales/Leahy User:Nomadtales/MRAG

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Photos

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PNGAA

Maps

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Journals

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Railway lines

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