Friday 6th September, at the airport!

We are on schedule!

Friday 6th September, early start!

It's 4.42am and we're having our breakfast. The rooms are now empty and we will be in the bus soon. We are all wondering where the week has gone?

Raining...

Unfortunately it's raining heavily now, but it's a good time to pack... 

And the winner is....

A lovely combination of textures, sweet and sour, and fruit and vegetables. Also beautifully presented! 

Thursday 5th September, Masterchef Challenge

After visiting Kokopo Market, we were ready for our Masterchef challenge. Each team was given K10 to buy fresh fruit and veges to make their creation. These are the results of our hard work!

Kokopo market challenge

12:30pm Thursday 4th September

The groups have been given a Masterchef challenge to spend k10 at the market on food with which to make a delicious cold meal for the teachers.

We're about to have some lunch and are looking forward to preparing our meals this afternoon!

Thursday 5th September, The Volcano

We finally made it up close with the volcano. Apart from hearing the rumbling, we watched some villagers cook an egg in the hot springs. Some of us thought the environment looked like a moon scape. Another amazing experience.

The volcano!

10:30 am Thursday 5th September

After days of failed attempts to visit the volcano due to strong winds blowing ash, we finally made it! 

Happy birthday Stef and Mr Zilling!

Wednesday 4th September, Barge Tunnels and more..

We also visited the Barge and Hospital tunnels, where there is now a Chinese Memorial Garden. Another special place..

Wednesday 4th September, visit to Submarine Base

We headed off to the Submarine Base this morning, and discovered there was a lot more there. While one group explored the water, another went for a walk to discover Japanese bunkers from WW2, we then swapped over. They were amazing! 

Wednesday 4th September, The Observatory

After lunch we visited the volcano observatory. Our guide gave us so much information and we even heard the volcano rumbling. We also saw the Seismogram drum recorders. As the drum revolves the pen shifts to record traces of earthquakes or noise signals within one day. These have been replaced by computers in some places, but they use both in Rabaul. There was lots if ash in the sky that nearly hid the Mother Volcano.