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This whole story has played out like an unfunny version of ' Gilligan's Island ' , hope this time they aren't disappointed again.
Good luck guys and gals
Good luck guys and gals
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Merauke Five' fly out of Papua
Ex the Courier Mail website:
Merauke Five' fly out of Papua
Article from: AAP
From correspondents in Jakarta
June 24, 2009 10:31am
FIVE Australian tourists trapped in Papua for the past nine months have finally flown out of the troubled Indonesian province.
The Queenslanders - pilot William Scott-Bloxam, his wife Vera, and passengers Keith Mortimer, Hubert Hofer and Karen Burke - flew their light aircraft out of the Papuan town of Merauke this morning.
The quintet took off at about 07:45am local time (08:45 AEST), bound for Horn Island, in the Torres Strait.
Arrested last September for entering Papua without visas or proper clearance, the Australians were later sentenced to harsh prison terms.
Their convictions were dismissed by Indonesia's Supreme Court earlier this month.
But the group was the forced to wait another fortnight while Indonesia's bureaucracy finalised the paperwork for their release.
The group travelled to Papua to look into tourism opportunities and planned to spend only a weekend there, before their sojourn turned into a nightmare.
Papua has been troubled by a low-level separatist insurgency since the 1960s and strict restrictions apply for visitors, particularly journalists.
Article from: AAP
From correspondents in Jakarta
June 24, 2009 10:31am
FIVE Australian tourists trapped in Papua for the past nine months have finally flown out of the troubled Indonesian province.
The Queenslanders - pilot William Scott-Bloxam, his wife Vera, and passengers Keith Mortimer, Hubert Hofer and Karen Burke - flew their light aircraft out of the Papuan town of Merauke this morning.
The quintet took off at about 07:45am local time (08:45 AEST), bound for Horn Island, in the Torres Strait.
Arrested last September for entering Papua without visas or proper clearance, the Australians were later sentenced to harsh prison terms.
Their convictions were dismissed by Indonesia's Supreme Court earlier this month.
But the group was the forced to wait another fortnight while Indonesia's bureaucracy finalised the paperwork for their release.
The group travelled to Papua to look into tourism opportunities and planned to spend only a weekend there, before their sojourn turned into a nightmare.
Papua has been troubled by a low-level separatist insurgency since the 1960s and strict restrictions apply for visitors, particularly journalists.
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Originally Posted by Courier Mail
The quintet took off at about 07:45am local time (08:45 AEST), bound for Horn Island, in the Torres Strait.
Sorry - it was the first thing I though of! Crikey.
welcome home folks
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You beat me to it!
And while they were at it, a quick ramp check of the plane, the MR............. ohhh dear
Maybe staying in Papua was a better idea!
J
And while they were at it, a quick ramp check of the plane, the MR............. ohhh dear
Maybe staying in Papua was a better idea!J
