Thread: Photos your proud of -not just hunting

@DemocKot… beautiful mate… I have a mavic 2 pro… still getting used to it …. Will hopefully post a few myself

My buitifull game keeper waiting for some venison.

Chilly day today,brrrr.About 2 inchs of snow.

About 3 inchs on roof of truck.Now we have no power till 4.30pm grrr.Good old pot belly stove comes in handy sometimes.

That looks a tad nippy

Have my 60th coming up, Missus pulled some old photos out ,this is me at 28 in 1989 .Where Am I,can you guess by date & Co'ords off marker with out Google-Foo??

At the time was one of the remotest places on earth ,where leprosy was still out of control among the locals & albinos were boiled alive & the "soup" drunk to provide mystery powers to those who imbibe, "Black Magic" ruled .A hunting & shooting paradise spent 3 years exploring on & off due to on going fighting ,Monsoon seasons & access to supplies etc, some of the best times of my life & very proud of what we did .

We would travel by paddled canoe with locals hired as interpreters & more importantly to calm down remote villages who had never seen a white man & thought we were spirits come to steal their souls.

Never slept without a loaded gun beside you as it was not unusual for the old 6th sense to wake you to locals creeping into camp armed with Blow pipe, spears or Bow & Arrow ,you wore a large sheath knife always.

We slept under what was just the old open sided Army Marques & you slept on Swags & Mossie nets no sides so you could get a breeze to fight the 90% humidity & high temps.

Anyone remember those old Hard Yakka & Rugger work shorts & shirts

My 7yo with his first snapper. Very happy with himself as I was with him.

Originally Posted by bunji

Have my 60th coming up, Missus pulled some old photos out ,this is me at 28 in 1989 .Where Am I,can you guess by date & Co'ords off marker with out Google-Foo??

At the time was one of the remotest places on earth ,where leprosy was still out of control among the locals & albinos were boiled alive & the "soup" drunk to provide mystery powers to those who imbibe, "Black Magic" ruled .A hunting & shooting paradise spent 3 years exploring on & off due to on going fighting ,Monsoon seasons & access to supplies etc, some of the best times of my life & very proud of what we did .

We would travel by paddled canoe with locals hired as interpreters & more importantly to calm down remote villages who had never seen a white man & thought we were spirits come to steal their souls.

Never slept without a loaded gun beside you as it was not unusual for the old 6th sense to wake you to locals creeping into camp armed with Blow pipe, spears or Bow & Arrow ,you wore a large sheath knife always.

We slept under what was just the old open sided Army Marques & you slept on Swags & Mossie nets no sides so you could get a breeze to fight the 90% humidity & high temps.

Anyone remember those old Hard Yakka & Rugger work shorts & shirts

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Sounds like Africa but I've no idea where and don't want to cheat.

Whilst out moving hives the other night.

@Ryan That is the Papua New Guinea (PNG) ,Indonesia Border we were based in the foot hills around 85 miles away that would take 2 1/2 days to travel if you were lucky ,it was where we would pick up our monthly supplies.
The Indo's had a military out post there that the elite Kopassus Special Forces ran Death Squads out of snatching PNG activists/ leaders ,we got to know some of the local army leadership & they would warn us the the Kopassus would show them photos of us & brag how they could kill us & make it look like the locals had done it, they operated freely in the remote PNG country side with no fear of any one doing anything to stop them .


Another day at the office




Still get wet feet

Originally Posted by bunji

@Ryan That is the Papua New Guinea (PNG) ,Indonesia Border we were based in the foot hills around 85 miles away that would take 2 1/2 days to travel if you were lucky ,it was where we would pick up our monthly supplies.
The Indo's had a military out post there that the elite Kopassus Special Forces ran Death Squads out of snatching PNG activists/ leaders ,we got to know some of the local army leadership & they would warn us the the Kopassus would show them photos of us & brag how they could kill us & make it look like the locals had done it, they operated freely in the remote PNG country side with no fear of any one doing anything to stop them .


Another day at the office

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Still get wet feet

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I dig it bunji, that's a neat life experience man - thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by bunji

@Ryan That is the Papua New Guinea (PNG) ,Indonesia Border we were based in the foot hills around 85 miles away that would take 2 1/2 days to travel if you were lucky ,it was where we would pick up our monthly supplies.
The Indo's had a military out post there that the elite Kopassus Special Forces ran Death Squads out of snatching PNG activists/ leaders ,we got to know some of the local army leadership & they would warn us the the Kopassus would show them photos of us & brag how they could kill us & make it look like the locals had done it, they operated freely in the remote PNG country side with no fear of any one doing anything to stop them .


Another day at the office

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Still get wet feet

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@MSL Burnt my lips a few times drinking those tins ,we use to get Sip & Piss, the old South Pacific Beer ,it was all we could get when the missus & me sailed the South Pacific as well,but l think they may have banned high strength beer in the region while New Caledonia was kicking off again .I always regretted not haggling for a Beer Label Fighting Shield ,they would be great in the Man Cave

@Ryan Missus found some pics of meet & greets with the high as Kites Indo soldiers who were garrisoned on that border point to support the Special Forces Koppies, we got a long with these guys OK as they were glad to be away from the Koppies & locals. The little guy at the front in the cap with the smoke was the one who warned us about the Koppie as l do not think he was so worried about us as the government/media shit fight that would ensue if we did disappear or were found hacked up .

I am just over 6ft 2" & have size 12 feet it use to be a great source of amusement for both the Indo's & locals alike & much giggling & trying to jump up to my height would accompany any meeting with locals .

They still used the old Bren Machine Guns



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Spent days at a time canoeing to remote areas with the boys on the paddles ,the boys ran on areca nut/Betel nuts which gave a effect like Speed & then at night they smoked a fungi to sleep .They were good blokes who worked with us on & off over the 3 yrs & would stand between us & war parties till cooler heads ruled ,we all gave them part of our Bonus payments to move to a safer area like they all wanted , l often wonder what happened to them .

I had a local apprentice assigned to me the times I went there. His teeth were stained something terrible from Betal nut. I gave hive a bit of grief about it, the next morning he turned up with lovely clean white teeth! After a bit of back and forth and some descriptive hand gesturing, it transpired that he had scrubbed his teeth with steel wool most of the evening before!


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