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Pacific Games Baton Relay 2015 | Video Production 

​Papua New Guinea

 
Watch all the video stories, 22 Provinces, 2 countries in One hundred days of the Baton Relay Journey around every corner of Papua New Guinea for the upcoming Pacific Games. Stephen Rae  Photographer | Videographer was commissioned by Games Committee to travel with the Baton Relay team around the country to capture the events and produce, edit and upload a daily news stories for PNG and International Media.  Armed with his camera and laptop, Here is a collection of some of the stories Stephen produced while in the field. The Journey began on the 26th March and finished on the 4th Of July 2015. We travelled by boats big and small, along the great sepik River, coastline and waterways, on 4WD, trucks,  helicopters, light planes landing on sides of mountains. One of the greatest journey's and most dangerous, from capsized dinghy in the open ocean from freak ocean waves, passing through tribal battles, with close to a million people nationwide from the smallest village to the capital city witnessed our journey and countless more millions watched from around the Pacific on their the nightly news channels of the Baton's journey .
A great journey. Plenty more stories  

Trobriand Islands

Milne Bay

Port Moresby

Motuan Villages

Central

Travel the Coastline

Milne Bay, Samurai Island

Volcanic Hot Springs

Port Moresby

the baton arrives

Rabaul Boat Trip 

Volcanoes, Islands, Bee hive

Rabaul

The Journey begins 

Tari

Huli Gap Journey

Mendi 

Oil Search Directors

Bougainville

Panguna Mine Site

Milne Bay

Biggest Cathedral in the Pacific 

Port Moresby

Prince Andrew

Madang

travelling South Road

Manus 

Town Relay

Morobe Croc Farm

Finchaffen 

Manus to Kaveing

Two Provinces one day

Mount Wilhelm

Simbu Province

Hela 

Oil Search, Helicopters

Enga 

Pogera Mine and Town

Enga 3

the Journey

Jiwaka

In one day

Central Province

French Missionaries

Drekikiri, Sepik

Fly in by Helicopter

Sepik, Wewak Town

Grand Chief

Central

Sogeri and Below

Bouganville

The arrival, Buka island

Lae Town

Plus the the final Day

Madang

Travelling Inland

Cairns, Australia

BBQ with Expats

Lae

A helicopter ride inland

Kaveing 

Boat Relay, Nusu Island

Malu Village

Sepik, Travelling by Boat

Enga 

The Arrival

Kundiawa, Simbu 

 UNICEF "Just Play"

Morobe

Arrival in Lae City

East New Britain

Rabual Town

Sepik

The Sepik River

Kimbe

The Baton Goes Diving

Morobe Snake Man 

Flight by helicopter

Maprik, Sepik

on the way to the Sepik River

Port Moresby

The Journey Begins

Mendi

helicopter ride, Wasu Falls

Goroka Town

The Relay

Madang

Travelling North Coast Rd

Kimbe

The run around Walindi

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