Unlock the Past Cruise 2017 Papua New Guinea

Ready for a sea trip? Join the Unlock The Past Cruise 2017 Papua New Guinea



Date: 28 July–7 August 2017
Duration: 10 nights
Ship: Pacific Aria
Price:

• conference AU$450 (non-genealogy companion sharing a cabin ($250)
• cruise – at the rate of the day – click here for current guide to rates

An exciting new cruise featuring:

• a completely different kind of itinerary – to Papua and New Guinea and and its islands, one of the emerging and exciting new cruise destinations.
• a 10 night cruise providing a balanced schedule:
  • 4 days at sea – lots of time for our usual wide ranging conference
  • 5 days in ports and/or around islands – great sightseeing and fascinating shore excursions
• some of the  best conference facilities of any ship we have seen – we will have two of the Pacific Aria‘s three conference rooms available for our exclusive use for the entire cruise
• a conference program headed by Dr Tom Lewis, one of Australia’s foremost Pacific war historians and authors, supported by other recognised experts. The program will have around 40 talks, mostly in a single stream
• a special WWII Pacific War stream. 2017 will be the 75th anniversary of the Pacific war coming to both Australia and New Guinea. 1942 was the year:
  • the Japanese attacked the Australian mainland (including Darwin and Broome by air and Sydney by submarines).
  • the Japanese attacked New Guinea including Rabaul and Milne Bay (places visited by this cruise) and the Kokoda Trail.
  • of Battle of the Coral Sea, the first time the Japanese were checked in their relentless southward advance.