Travelling overland on Pentecost;from Lonore to Sara
Replies: 15 - Last Post: May 30, 2012 12:02 AM Last Post By: marfru
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Travelling overland on Pentecost;from Lonore to Sara
HiDoes anyone know how much it would cost by canoe or speedboat from Lonore to Sara,or if its possible by road,how much that would cost/take to do?
Thanks
Martin
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Daycat, come back when you have actually stayed at least one night on a Pacific Island (other than New Zealand or Lord Howe).Meanwhile, I have no idea what Big Spin means. Does he think Pentecost is somewhere on the Great Ocean Road?
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Under some or all state laws, passengers cannot be carried on the back tray of utes!Bombs, er, riding on the back of one that I dont know.
1000 Vatu is about Aud$10 eh?
Isnt it a bit far to use a paddle boat to get by sea from L to S.
Anyway, thanks to Uncle Sav for as close a sensible answer as possible.
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Sara is where the airstrip is right up the north end of Pentecost, Lonorore is in SE pentecost and is where the main airstrip is.It is very unlikely that you would get one truck all the way, More likely is that you would need several days to do it in stages, like Sara to Bwatnapne, Bwatnapne to Melsisi, then Melsisi to Lonorore. It will likely cost you about the same as flying too - you won't get far on 1000 vatu. I worked a lot on Pentecost 15 years ago and prices were about 5000vatu from Lonorore to Melsisi for waetman, only half way to Sara. Maybe you can get it cheaper if a truck is going anyway - you would have to ask around at your guesthouse or at the nakamal in the evening. Also the passable road ended at Bwatnapne but maybe that has been fixed now.
Boats are expensive too - a 4m tinnie with 10HP engine used to ply the east coast but again was more expensive than flying and really only used to get to villages that dont have decent road access
