 Club
Gecko II
(Gecko House)
Gecko House was home for my whole deployment
in Bougainville. We had up to seven people living in the house.
The occupants were mostly linesmen (guys who install and fix cables)
but also the commanders driver, myself and a WO2 technician, who all
worked out of HQ PMG.
The house was a three bedroom tropical
stilt house not far from HQ PMG. The bathroom and toilet were tiny
but we had a large living room and balcony. Most of our meals were
had out on the balcony. We had a TV and video player for entertainment
as there was not local TV to watch. Downstairs was a bit of a gym
and a BBQ, out the back was a volleyball court, guards sac sac
(local hut) and our generator hut.
We had a decent kitchen but most of
our meals were cooked at a kitchen in Loloho and picked up. The
fridge always had plenty of food. Every Sunday we would get a large
BBQ pack a have a big cook up under the house. The local girls
volleyball team used our court in the backyard regularly. We tried
to take them on a couple of times but they were very good.
My wife Kellie was in Bougainville
in the year 2000 and she also lived in Gecko house.
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