It’s freezing here in Huddersfield and, to cap it all, our boiler is on the blink.  The engineer is due to fix it today and that will be a relief.  But, in less than 2 weeks we’ll be on a small ship  in tropical waters in search of any of the 300+ endemic birds of Papua New Guinea and underwater delights, which might include whale sharks.  I’m hoping my Christmas GoPro together with my old G12 might help get me some half decent underwater stills and video.

PNG is the home of loads of birds of paradise and maybe we’ll get some, but I’m not holding my breath because many are deep in the forest and quite secretive.  Nevertheless, the possibility is exciting, and the warm weather will be equally welcome.

We’ll be home mid March and should be posting photos shortly afterwards.