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# PNG to Australia without flying Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
andyepx 05:49 UTC 27 Nov 2012 | Hello everyone, I am currently living in China and planning to move to Australia next March. Since I have two "vacancy" months between my current job in China and the start of my new life in Australia, I am organising a trip through SE Asia by land. The only difficult point seems to be crossing the sea between Papua / PNG to Australia (anywhere in Aus would be fine since I don't have a strict schedule yet...) Does anyone know or have experienced this crossing? I have read a lot of different opinions and experiences online but they all seem to be outdated (2008-2009) and don't provide enough details / references to look at. Wish you could really help my out! Thanks a lot, Andrea. |
Laszlo 08:00 UTC 28 Nov 2012 | There are no regular passenger ships and the very remote crossing through the Torres Straits is for locals only. That leaves trying to hitch a ride on a private yacht as your only option, I guess - try the yacht clubs in places like Lae. Incidentally, certain Indonesian ports like Bali or even Kupang may see more yacht traffic than PNG. But given your limited time (2 months from China to AU overland) you may as well just fly. in the end. Good luck! | 1