moments in melanesia suzanne noakes sep 10

MOMENTS IN MELANESIA

A photo collection from & about Suzanne Noakes

The May 1962 National Geographic magazinesparked Suzanne’s life long interest in

Melanesian countries within the vast Oceania region.(Vol. 121, No. 5)

For over 20 years, Suzanne has

traveled extensively throughout

Melanesia as a tour guide and

promoter of travel products into

the South Pacific.

Those travels have given her

access to some magnificent people

and places she has captured in

thousands of photos.

This presentation shares some

of those images.

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West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji

MELANESIA

Example of one Melanesian expedition itinerary

Melanesian Cultural Festival, Suva, Fiji, 2006

“I know of no part of the world, the exploration

of which is so flattering to the imagination,

so likely to be fruitful in interesting results,

whether to the naturalist, the ethnologist,

or the geographer, and altogether so well

calculated to gratify the enlightened curiosity calculated to gratify the enlightened curiosity

of an adventurous explorer, as the interior

of New Guinea….

the wonders it probably conceals.”

JOSEPH BEETES JUKESHMS Fly 1842-46

SING SING, SONG BIRDS & SEX

SING SING and SONG BIRDSPapua New Guinea

SING SING, SONG BIRDS & SEX

Ambua Lodge, Highlands, Papua New Guinea

SPOT ANY SIMILIARITIES

Male needs attention Male leaps to her side

Raggiana Bird of Paradise

Male needs attentionShake plumes

Throws out wingsShows off

Hangs upside downTosses plumes aroundThrusts brightest partFemale pecks him

Male leaps to her sideDance more frenziedHoping up and downLunges strikes femaleLasts 2 to 3 secondsFemale flies off

Male onto next conquest

West Papua

(Irian Jaya, Indonesia)

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

Fiji

And, for another day, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Indonesia & other journeys

Angkor Wat, World Heritage, Cambodia

Kalimantan, Borneo Indonesia.

Fiji

Extra PNG shots

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