Introducing Oro Province
Oro Province (often called Northern Province) is sandwiched between the Solomon Sea and the Owen Stanley Range. It’s physically beautiful but an uninspiring capital and poor transport connections mean few travellers make it.
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Oro Province is the home of the world’s largest butterfly, the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing. You might think that you’ve seen some big butterflies in PNG, but these are monsters, with wingspans of nearly 30cm. The first specimen collected by a European was brought down by a shotgun! That butterfly, a little damaged, is still in the British Museum. The Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing is now a threatened species. It lays its eggs on a particular species of vine which is poisonous to most birds and animals; the butterfly is poisonous as well.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Lae and Morobe
by MonkeyPuzzle 21 January 2009
Not sure where the last posting ended up so I'll try this again. I might be moving to Lae, and apart from the Australian Govt's shocking…
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Re: By sea from Indonesia/Papua New Guinea to Australia
by prousseau 28 September 2008
Sorry, this is a very late reply to a post about getting from PNG to Australia by ship, but it might help someone else... Not easy to…
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Cyclone Guba
by kiwitoo 28 November 2007
Have you read about the cyclone which has hit the Oro province in PNG? Does anyone know anymore details. Is anyone there right now? I…
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