Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A short insight into the once thriving city of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Surviving 2 devastating volcanic eruptions, its people continue to return to the only home they have ever known. Shot on location in June 2015.

[@edwardkreiling75]

I went to Rabaul around 2001. It was one of the most incredible places I have seen on this planet.

[@briandavies1809]

I lived in Rabaul in 1972 just after it had a tidal wave through a good third of the business area, then I was posted to Madang, but returned to Rabaul in 1979 & left in 1981, so I have lovely memories of the country side, the friendships that I made with the Tolai people, & today 40 years on my best friend from Rabaul a Chinese born in PNG mate who only very recently told me that as a 3 year old his family was in an internment camp on the island of New Ireland. Expatriates who spent some time in PNG have a bond that others quite envy.

[@gatheringleaves]

Chinese Papuans?!

[@ronaldronz4599]

@@gatheringleaves correction; Rabaul Chinese

[@bobjackson4720]

I lived on Bougainville but on the advice of an Australian doctor (from there) I sent my wife there for an operation, what a disaster. After hanging around the hospital for some weeks she returned to Bougainville then off to Australia where she got the op. I visited Rabaul for a couple of days. Around that time (late 1970's) Bougainville expats often went to Rabaul's Kokopo hospital to have their babies.

[@karlholdo831]

I lived there in late 1979 and most of 1980 as a child. Went to Rabaul International Primary School. Beautiful place and friendly people.

[@kennethlyneham138]

This shows Rabaul as I remember it.
I lived and worked there in 1969 and in 1988 I took my wife and 3 children and we stayed in the village of Ngatur for 3 weeks, it was still beautiful.
I went back alone and stayed at the same village with the same people for 3 weeks over Christmas 2015. The people are still beautiful but Rabaul and it's environs are in a terrible state.
The Rabaul - Kokopo road is a total disaster, reduced to a goat track for lack of maintenance and most of the other infrastructure is just as bad, including education and health.

[@nelliemclay828]

Thank you Ms Taylor for giving the historical history of my home town Boina boina tuna.

[@marciebalme588]

My Father in Law Ken Ball was there during WW2 with the 29th/46th Australian Infantry Battalion , he would tell despite the war - how beautiful the Island was - we are fortunate we have recorded his memory of New Britain and Rabaul

[@markchauder1103]

marcie balme my father in law ken ball was there

[@ribatlawrence2890]

@@markchauder1103 awesome stuff

[@marciebalme588]

Our family and several other families who are descendants of the young soldiers of the 29th/46th Australian Infantry Battalion are thinking very seriously of arranging a pilgrimage to Rabaul to honour our Fathers

[@kenstokes7511]

Hi Unfortunately this says the eruption was 1994. In fact it was August 1993. I was at the time in Fiji on busines but was the GM of CPL and had lived in Rabaul for some time on two times when I went to PNG in late 1977 and left late 1993.
Cheers
Ken (NZ)

[@amyhawke8571]

Thanks Ken! I appreciate you taking the time to comment, and I will take a look further into the timing. My apologies if any of my details are incorrect. Still devastating no matter what, but the place is simply remarkable.

[@ribatlawrence2890]

@@amyhawke8571 No you are correct - Twin Volcanic eruption was on 19th September 1994. I was there during the eruptions and I am a native from Matupit Island

[@shinanomori]

日本からです、とても素晴らしい動画ですね

[@richardravenclaw318]

Hard to see this little place as the fearsome fortress of the Japanese in WW2. This looks like people from a cruise ship wandering about aimlessly while the children's choir from the local christian sect sings. A sad remnent of a vanished history.

[@lemonade9731]

Beautiful video

[@sarahjanestace]

I was born at Nonga 1973

[@markm.9458]

People, please understand that audio is just as important as video. What the fuck!

[@garymartin9777]

I think mother nature is telling you yes it's a beautiful place but you really ought to live somewhere else.

[@annasevostianova4464]

Нее. Робяты, Заходили мы туда,с неба всё время сыплет зола.

[@WimHamhuis]

But all those help was destroyed after the second 1994 eruptions of mount vulcan and mout tavurvur so we should reconsider help in developement aid. Because all these people sat there and watched this nature disaster unfold and they could do nothing about it.

[@moehoe2585]

Discovered in the 1800 😂😂??There were people there known as the natives png before yous came along

[@agnyr]

...occupied by Germany... became a British colony - Nice! ^_^ Germany occupies, Britain colonizes :D

[@markm.9458]

The British woman approves of the natives. Oh yea.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

rabaul belongs to japan.

[@barrybarnes96]

lol.

[@Nghilifa]

You lost, get over it. It belongs to the natives.

[@ribatlawrence2890]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jarrodyuki7081]

@@Nghilifa help us retake the kurils sakhalin and vladivostok south korea south korea will take north korea.