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Housing in parts of Daru was of more traditional design. Here, I came across a few villager huts using the standard stilt construction. However, these were made of readily available local construction materials such as Pandanus Palm wood for floors and thatched palm leaves for siding and roof material. Simple, effective and nice-looking too!
Updated May 17, 2005
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Daru was centered around it's main wharf, because of the importance of the fishing industry. During my time in PNG, Daru had the only fish processing plant in Western and Gulf Provinces. As a result the commercial fisheries used it for landing and processing their catch of lobsters, prawns and other 'trash fish' that had been caught in their trawls.
Daru's airport was also used as a staging post for expeditions to the vast and watery mainland interior along the coast. This area had a Wildlife Lodge where heards of Rusa deer and various exotic species of birds could be observed.
In this photo, the tide is out, so the canoes will just have to wait awhile.
Updated May 17, 2005
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Located almost 270-miles westward from Port Moresby, as the crow flies, directly over the Gulf of Papua the whole way, Daru is the small capital of Western Province. This is one of the most isolated...
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