Okay, so in the photo you can see some dude walking and the head of a young boy whom was our guide for the day. In the background towards the left of the action, you can see what remains of a B-17 Bomber that didn't make it to the Wau airport(?) on the fateful day some years ago when it ditched into/onto the grassy knoll in the hinterland of the Morobe Province.
If you look closely enough.
What a fantastic walk, 'tis a pity it wasn't a sanctioned POM Bushwalkers/Boating walk but when one has a chance to go see a War relic sitting in the middle of a paddock not far from Lae and in relative safety then I apologise for walking up and over grassy knolls... not really.
It was awesome and something that every POM Bushwalker needs to do. Imagine a rough and bumpy dirt road track for near on one hour only to abandon the LandCruiser to walk shin deep through a icy cool mountain stream, fill up one's water bladder and then march for 40 minutes over the grassy fields of Wau.
Then to see a B-17 Bomber sitting some distance away in a paddock.
It's a challenging walk to the B-17 but rewarding to say the least. When you finally climb inside the cockpit and can still read some of the instrument panel instructing you not to heat up the oil for more than 4 minutes then it is worth the effort to climb there.
There are bullet holes in the tail rudder.
The young boys whom accompany you on your walk are there to add colour and intrique to your walk... They will show you all sorts of flowers and seeds and insects and they all take up the space in your memory card.
But Wau has so much to offer the tourist, and the angry faces in town will soon soften as soon as they know you are not part of the Harmony mine. But make the effort, Wau will give you a wow of an experience ;)
If you look closely enough.
What a fantastic walk, 'tis a pity it wasn't a sanctioned POM Bushwalkers/Boating walk but when one has a chance to go see a War relic sitting in the middle of a paddock not far from Lae and in relative safety then I apologise for walking up and over grassy knolls... not really.
It was awesome and something that every POM Bushwalker needs to do. Imagine a rough and bumpy dirt road track for near on one hour only to abandon the LandCruiser to walk shin deep through a icy cool mountain stream, fill up one's water bladder and then march for 40 minutes over the grassy fields of Wau.
Then to see a B-17 Bomber sitting some distance away in a paddock.
It's a challenging walk to the B-17 but rewarding to say the least. When you finally climb inside the cockpit and can still read some of the instrument panel instructing you not to heat up the oil for more than 4 minutes then it is worth the effort to climb there.
There are bullet holes in the tail rudder.
The young boys whom accompany you on your walk are there to add colour and intrique to your walk... They will show you all sorts of flowers and seeds and insects and they all take up the space in your memory card.
But Wau has so much to offer the tourist, and the angry faces in town will soon soften as soon as they know you are not part of the Harmony mine. But make the effort, Wau will give you a wow of an experience ;)
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