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The Stanford-Papua New Guinea Conference on Development - Stanford University, February 26-28, 2010
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PNG flag

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March, 2012

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People

Welcoming committee

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The Sepik
March 20, 2012

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Red in the face

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March, 2012

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Wearing o' the green

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March, 2012

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Lababia warrior

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March, 2012

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Lababia warrior

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Lababia
Knife made out of cassowary femur
March, 2012

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With envy

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Lababia
March, 2012

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Leo's son

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Lababia
March, 2012

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Lababia farewell

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Lababia
March, 2012

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Salamo farewell

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Lababia
March, 2012

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Trobriana

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Trobriand Islands
March 26, 2012

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Young girl

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Trobriand Islands
March 26, 2012

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Self-portrait

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Photographer in the eye of the beholder
Sepik
March 20, 2012

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Three in window

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Sepik
March 20, 2012

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Sepik child

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The Sepik
March 20, 2012

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Pure joy

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The Sepik
March 20, 2012

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Boy

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Dei Dei
March 25, 2012

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Adorned

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Madang
March 21, 2012

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Man with conch

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Tufi, PNG
March 2,4 2012
Canon 50D

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Waterfall boy

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012

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Waterfall boy

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Canon 50D

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Decoration

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Canon 50D

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Woman

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Canon 50D

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Elaborate headdress

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Canon 50D

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Man with headdress

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Canon 50D

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Performer

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012

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Boy

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012

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Dancer

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012

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Performance

Waterfall drummer

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Tufi
March, 2012

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Drummer

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Madang
March 21, 2012

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Animal story

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Trobriand Islands
March 26, 2012

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On the beach

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Trobriand Islands
March 26, 2012

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Culture

Laplap

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March, 2012

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Laplap in situ

trobriand

Trobriand Island
March 26, 2012

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Head-dress

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Feathers

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Garamut

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Lababia
March, 2012

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Tooth carving

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March, 2012

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Mask

mask

March, 2012

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Handbags

handbag

March 25, 2012

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Two in canoe - brought to you by Jordache

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The Sepik
March 20, 2012

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A question of balance

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The Sepik
March 20 , 2012

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Preparing sego

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The Sepik
March 20, 2012

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canoe maker

canoe maker

March, 2012

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sign

sepik

March 20, 2012

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Making bread

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March, 2012

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Toy car

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March, 2012

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notis

sepik

Don't bug the teacher
March 20, 2012

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Mammals

Common spotted cuscus

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March, 2012

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Common spotted cuscus

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March, 2012

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Flying fox

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see Bats
Madang, PNG
March 21, 2012

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Village cat

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March, 2012

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Birds

Red-footed boobie

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Red-footed boobie
Coral Sea crossing
March 28, 2012
Canon 50D

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Sooty

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Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Family: Laridae (gulls,terns, skimmers)
Coral Sea crossing
March 28, 2012
Canon 50D

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Bugs

Rhinoceros beetle

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March, 2012

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Jumping spider

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March, 2012

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Marine invertebrates

Clam

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March, 2012

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Brain coral

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March, 2012

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Coral blues

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March, 2012

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Under the sea

trobriand

Trobriand Islands
March 26, 2012

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Flora

Fiddlehead

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David Suzuki Trail
Lababia
March, 2012

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Mangrove seed

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March, 2012

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Palm frond

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March, 2012

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Floral carpet

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Malay apple (Syzygium malaccense)
Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
March, 2012

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Fungi

Artist's conk

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David Suzuki Trail
Lababia
March, 2012

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Robert, Joyce, Nancy, Charles, and Charles

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with PNG anthropologist Nancy Sullivan
Madang
March, 2012

On July 16, 2015, Nancy met an untimely death in an motor vehicle accident in New Jersey
She left a deep imprint on the world and will be sorely missed.

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Nancy lecturing to Stanford group

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PNG anthropologist Nancy Sullivan
Madang
March 21, 2012

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Nancy and Laura

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Nancy Sullivan and Laura Duede
Madang
March 21, 2012

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Fellow travelers

The Stanford group and friends

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March 23, 2012
Canon rebel T1i

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Top of the David Suzuki trail

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David Suzuki Trail
Lababia
March, 2012

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Jim flowered

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Jim Omura
Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Canon 50D

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Jane in the Sepik

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Sepik
March 20, 2012

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Bobbie in Salamo

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March, 2012

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Nancy in the engine room

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March, 2012

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"I can't hear you"

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March, 2012

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Keith and Fred on engine room tour

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March, 2012

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3inC

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Jim, Bob, Rich
March, 2012

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Never missing a Beat

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March, 2012

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Bob

Now airing Bob

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March, 2012

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Geyser jumping

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Dei Dei
March 25, 2012

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Landscapes

Paradise

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Trobriand Islands
March 26, 2012

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Lababia village

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Lababia
March 23, 2012

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Geyser

geyser

Dei Dei
March 25, 2012

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Geyser

geyser

Dei Dei
March 25, 2012

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Geyser crystals

geyser

Dei Dei
March 25, 2012

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Caldron

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Dei Dei
March 25, 2012

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Palm tree bridges between islands

tree bridge

March, 2012

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Hyacinth raft - floating island in the Sepik

sepik

March 20, 2012

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Oceanic Discoverer

oceanic discoverer

March, 2012

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Darwin

The geezer and the geyser

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March, 2012

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Three warriors

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March, 2012

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Darwin and New Guinean

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Tufi
March 24, 2012

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Tufi sunset

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Tufi, PNG
March 24, 2012
Canon rebel T1i

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The end

The end :D

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Lababia
March, 2012

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Papua New Guinea itinerary - March 16, 2012 - March 30, 2012

+ March 14-16, 2012 - SFO to Sydney to Cairns, Cross the dateline in the night and miss my birthday, check into Novatel, long walk around town, opening dinner at hotel (Stanford group), birthday party

+ March 17, 2012 - Early morning departure from the hotel, meet up with other passengers at the airport and fly to Rabaul. Tour of Rabaul. Board the Oceanic Explorer.

+ March 18, 2012 - Garove Island (Witu Island group)

+ March 19, 2012 - First SCUBA dive - Bagabag Island (with Jim Omura and Beat as dive master), First lectures - Introduction to Papua New Guinea

+ March 20, 2012 - The Sepik. Cruise around Manum Island volcano in the last afternoon

+ March 21, 2012 - Madang - dock in harbour. Talk by Nancy Sullivan and Joyce

+ March 22, 2012 - Rough weather and rain preclude visits to Tuan amd Tami Island. My second lecture (morning): "People and Culture of Papua New Guinea", dock in Dregerhafen Harbour, visit small visit "just around the corner" to view and by artifacts from Tami Islanders, Second SCUBA dive - Finschhafen reef followed by spectacular snorkling

+ March 23, 2012 - Lababia, hike to top of David Suzuki Trail, Performances by many villages, photo recap

+ March 24, 2012 - Tufi: "fjords", explore coastline, waterfall performance, Third SCUBA dive - Tufi

+ March 25, 2012 - Dei dei hot springs and geysers, Salamo Mission Village, Aussie barbeque

+ March 26, 2012 - Trobriand Islands - Kitava, Fourth SCUBA dive - Nuratu Island

+ March 27, 2012 - Alatau - dock, bus tours, final dance performance onboard ship, leave for Cairns accompanied by red footed and brown boobies

+ March 28, 2012 - Coral Sea Crossing, rough seas, final lectures - Kuru

+ March 29, 2012 Arrival in Cairns, bus to Novatel, fruit bats in profusion. Dinner with Steve, Mary Jane, Rich and Nancy

+ March 30, 2012 - Leisurely morning, cab to airport, Cairns to Sydney, transfer terminals, tight connection, catch Jetstar to Hobart

Dedicated to the remarkable people of PNG.
With sincere thanks to the awesome staff of the Oceanic Discoverer and to my wonderful fellow travelers.
To our trip manager, Laura Duede
And to Stanford, of course, who made it all possible.

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And here's a nod to my fellow lecturer,

Damon Ramsey
Contact Details:
mobile phone number - 0408 419550
P.O. Box 2664 Cairns PO, Cairns, Qld, 4870.
damon@ecosystem-guides.com

"Ecosystem Guides"
www.ecosystem-guides.com
Biologist Guide - Website - Lecturer - Books - Documentaries
(where to go to experience nature and see wildlife
in Australia and the Pacific)
The "Ecosystem Guides" series of books:
"Rainforest of tropical Australia" (2008, 2nd ed, 3rd ed due 2012)
"Ocean Surfaces of Australasia" (2009)
"Tropical Seashores of Australia" (2010)
available at:
www.ecosystem-guides.com.au
The "Ecosystem Guides" series of documentaries:
"Ancestral Jungle: the lowland tropical rainforest of Ausralia" (2011)
Parts of this can now be seen on YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/EcosystemGuides

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Created: April 11, 2012
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