On our round about trip home from Mt Hagen last week, we flew into Telefomin, another of MAF's remote bases. Unlike Rumginae this base is up in the mountains. We made a stop here so that we could pick up MFJ ( also fondly known as Juliet, I tease Jay about having another girl on the side). We made the trip on a twin otter along with a mechanic, who came along to fix the plane so that we could fly it home.
The otter that we flew in on, just getting ready to taxi out of Telefomin and carry on with the rest of its program for the day
On our stop in Tele we had the chance to meet Toffee, a MAF families pet tree Kangaroo. He was pretty neat. He loves attention and hops along after the kids where ever they go. He likes to sit in your lap and have a cuddle. Only one problem as Carter discovered, he also likes to poop.
Carter having a cuddle with Toffee. Now there is one more pet on the list that the boys would like to acquire.
Upon arriving in Telefomin we were unsure if we would make it home that day, but we were able to take off after lunch and make it home. We spent a long time circling up getting enough altitude to get over the mountains and find a hole through the clouds, once over it was a quick descent down down down to our hot and sticky lowlands home.
Mel for the Marshes
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