Port Moresby is the sprawling capital of Papua New Guinea, a country north of Australia. The vast anthropological collection at the PNG National Museum and Art Gallery includes masks and carved wooden poles. Nearby, Parliament House is modeled on a traditional house of worship. Its entrance is dominated by a large, colorful mosaic featuring national motifs. There are views over Port Moresby Harbour from Paga Hill.

Port Moresby is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the south-western coast of thePapuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea.

The Kokoda Track or Trail is a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs 96 kilometres (60 mi) overland – 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line – through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. The track was the location of the 1942 World War II battle between Japanese and Allied – primarily Australian – forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua.

Papuan Hornbill, Rhyticeros plicatus, Tufi, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tufi is a town located on the south eastern peninsula of Cape Nelson, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Tufi is located on one of many rias, or drowned river valleys, locally referred to as ‘fjords’, on Cape Nelson surrounded by many uncharted reefs. The area is also famous for its production of tapa cloth.

The Tufi Dive Resort provides diving experiences of the reefs, sunken ships and aircraft. Tufi is serviced by Tufi Airport.

New Ireland is a large island with a population 120,000 people. It is the second largest island of the New Guinea Islands region in Papua New Guinea. New Ireland Province, lying northeast of the island of New Britain. The administrative centre of the island and of New Ireland province is the town of Kavieng located at the northern end of the island.

Madang is a province with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century. Famous for its Kalibobo Light House, being the only light house in Papua New Guinea.

Mount Hagen is the third largest city in Papua New Guinea, with a population of 46,250. It is the capital of the Western Highlands Province and is located in the large fertile Wahgi Valley in central mainland Papua New Guinea.

West New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea on the islands of New Britain. The provincial capital is Kimbe. The province’s only land border is with East New Britain. There are seven major tribes, the Nakanai, Bakovi, Kove, Unea, Maleu, arowe , speaking about 25 languages.

East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands. The capital of the province is Kokopo, not far from the old capital of Rabaul, which was largely destroyed in a volcanic eruption in 1994. The province’s only land border is with West New Britain Province to the west, and it also shares a maritime border with New Ireland Province to the east.

HMAS Leeuwin berthed at the Marine Wharf in Alotau within Milne Bay. *** Local Caption *** Throughout the past five weeks HS Red Crew has been conducting Hydrographic Survey Operations off the South East Coast of Papua New Guinea in HMAS Leeuwin. Part way through the survey deployment the Leeuwin visited Alotau to resupply fuel and food, stores and offer HS Red respite and a new, exciting place to explore.

Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. Within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has about 276,000 inhabitants, speaking about 48 languages. Economically the province is dependent upon tourism, oil palm, and gold mining on Misima Island; in addition to these larger industries there are many small-scale village projects in cocoa and copra cultivation.