User:Nomadtales

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An Australian who loves travel, history and general knowledge. Most of my articles will concentrate on geographical locations in Australia or Papua New Guinea, where I have lived for two years though lately I have been diverging off into another interest - rail lines.

Contents 1 Articles I have created .. and like 2 Did I say travel 3 Another hobby .. photography 4 The wonderful world of Wikipedia (quirky pages I like) 5 Current project 6 Useful links 6.1 Photos 6.2 Maps 6.3 Journals 6.4 Railway lines

[edit] Articles I have created .. and like

• Mount Wilhelm (climbed twice)
• Kokoda Track (there existed a previous one, but about the WW2 campaign)
• Paterson (My home town)
• Finger Wharf
• 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake
• Samarai

.. and ones I have expanded

• John Hinde - we miss ya mate.
• Sepik
• Ramu

[edit] Did I say travel

My usual home

 Australia

Countries I have lived in for more than a year ..

 United Kingdom |  Papua New Guinea

Spent more than a month in ..

 France |  Germany |  Italy

More than a week ..

 Thailand |  Switzerland |  Belgium |  Austria |  Spain |  Czech Republic |  Slovenia |  Turkey |  Greece |  Norway |  Sweden |  Russia |  China |  New Zealand |  Indonesia |  East Timor |  Bulgaria |  Albania |  Hungary |  Ukraine |  Romania |  Malaysia

Less than a week ..

 Vatican City |  Singapore |  Luxembourg |  Monaco |  Portugal |  Iceland |  Ireland |  Denmark |  Finland |  Mongolia |  Montenegro |  Croatia |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Serbia |  Slovakia |  Poland

More miscellaneous travel I have done is here.

[edit] Another hobby .. photography

A Huli Wigman from the Southern Highlands (POTD for July 16 2006)

Gallery of more pics I have uploaded

[edit] The wonderful world of Wikipedia (quirky pages I like)

• Drop bears
• The Hairy ball theorem
• Heavy metal umlaut

[edit] Current project

User:Nomadtales/Leahy User:Nomadtales/Digul User:Nomadtales/LLG_PNG

[edit] Useful links

[edit] Photos

PNGAA

[edit] Maps

• Topo maps for New Guinea - Uni of Texas

[edit] Journals

• The Country between the Headwaters of the Fly and Sepik Rivers in New Guinea
• The Pygmies of the Aiome Mountains, Mandated Territory of New Guinea.
• Exploration of the Kaiserin Augusta River in New Guinea, 1912-13

[edit] Railway lines

• NSW lines
• Victorian lines
• Victorian historical line maps
• SA lines