"Kimbe - A Quiet Spot" a Kimbe Travel Page by Bwana_Brown

I had a couple of occassions to visit the small town of Kimbe, located on the large New Britain Island off the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea (see my 'General Tips' for a map). Even by PNG standards, this was not a 'happening' place during my time in the country, but it is located in a very scenic part of PNG. This view shows some of the typical oil-palm plantation trees with cloud-covered volcanic peaks in the background, at a place called Ru Creek not far from Kimbe. The two Electricity Commission guys with me are wearing their company-issued clothes (to help deal with various oil and other stains that might occur while working in a diesel power station). We were scouting out the progress on a new mini-hydro site, which eventually went into service in 1982, producing 800 kW of power and helping to reduce the dependence on the diesel units.