Pygmy Seahorse

The Pygmy Seahorse is something to be seen. Well thats if you can. The first time i saw one (i didnt know what it was - it was so tiny) our guide (Alfred) pointed out something on a Gorgonian (fan coral) and he seemed to be intent on showing me what looked like just another piece of fan sticking off so i took some photos (haha hard to get a good shot of something ~1cm long when you dont know what your focusing on) it was only when we surfaced 40 mins later when he asked what i thought of the pigmy seahorse did i realise - then i was devostated i missed it - lucky milne bay is pygmy seahorse a plenty as long as you ahve the right guides to point the little guys (and girls) out!!!

 Milne Bay Pygmy Seahorse

Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse

Denise's Pygmy Seahorse

Just a reference so you can see jsut how tiny they really are .... I know those finger look giant but they are not... these little Pygmy's are only the size of your fingernail!! (oh and the Milne Bay Seahorse - even smaller!!!)

Can you spot him?



Diving Milne Bay

Milne Bay diving is supposed to be some of the best in the world, and Tawali Dive certainly didnt let us down. Simply Breathtaking....

37 dives in 13 days and we still wanted more....

although more fish would not be possible....

and who wouldnt when your the only two, taken out on this....

Anchored at Lauadi...

The ex-WA Cray boat was like our own private dive boat.

Muck Diving is also something to be experienced in Milne Bay - Especially when you have your own private guide - oh wait we had three private guides! See the "Muck Diving - Lauadi" post as it's an experience worth having its very own post....

Tawali Dive Resort - Dream Location

Words can simply not describe Tawali Dive Resort.
and its website certainly does not do it justice (http://www.tawali.com/home.html)

Rhys (budding photographer extraordinaire) does however capture some of its true beauty in these shots....

The view as we arrive by boat to Tawali.

The resort in nestled in those trees... can you spot it?

Chilling on the balcony of our room...

Enjoying the view on the main observation balcony...

Eash room nestled in amongst the trees...

Covered walkways joined the rooms to the main lounge and dining room

Sunset drinks on the observation balcony were a must!

An absolutely magical place, (and we had the whole resort to ourselves) the royal wedding may have been a couple of weeks later but we were truly treated like royalty at Tawali.

A different napkin fold awaited us at every meal!

Our specially set honeymoon table....

Airways Hotel - Port Moresby

Check out where we stayed in Port Moresby.  http://www.airways.com.pg/
Apparently the most dangerous city in the world we decided to splash out and stay in luxury for the first night on our honeymoon. And the Airways Hotel was exactly that.

Cocktail by the pool anyone.....


Or maybe you prefer hanging out with the DC3 Plane nestled in the middle of the hotel.
(which by the way doubles as the hotels Business Centre...)