Amelia Earhart Memorial Lae PNG
Amelia Earhart Memorial Lae PNG
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Da R
Sydney, Australia56 contributions
Mar 2020
Seriously?? Why there thre is a cannon next to it is anybodies guess... You must stop and visit just to say that you have seen the worlds silliest tourist attraction! Trip advisor you are scraping the bottom of the barrel for this one. Lae market is more of an attraction than this piece of concrete!
Written 25 March 2020
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Nathan S
Cincinnati, OH3 contributions
June 2013 • Solo
Lae was the last place that Amelia Earhart stopped before disappearing into oblivion. The "memorial" is next to where the former airport was, now the airfield is a grassy expanse thats being filled with shipping containers. The "memorial" is an upright concrete slab that has a plaque that says 'Amelia Earhart' on it. Thats it.
Written 11 January 2014
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Original_Gleba
Melbourne, Australia26 contributions
June 2015 • Business
I read somewhere that in the 1920's Lae airport was the busiest airport in the world. That was then. Now it's a dump. Literally. Just a field with long grass. Some shipping containers and people chewing betel nut.
Suggest you keep driving right on past this with your windows rolled up.
Suggest you keep driving right on past this with your windows rolled up.
Written 26 June 2015
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Felicity P
Adelaide, Australia120 contributions
Sept 2013 • Solo
There is literally nothing worth seeing here. The surrounds are long grass, rubbish and mud. I wouldn't stop here.
Written 9 July 2014
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Donald K
Buderim, Australia15 contributions
Dec 2017 • Business
OK let’s face it. Lea isn’t a tourist location.
I have been to Lea a few times with work. Lea isn’t safe for a family or even a wife.
I had some time up my sleeve. So I went for a road trip to see every TripAdvisor site listed.
Found out I’ve past them all and I was never the wiser. So with my two local buddies a need extra.
We covered the lot in under an hour.
The road isn’t long or hard the tourist scene is missing from this town.
No seaside cafe. In fact no cafe’s at all
I have been to Lea a few times with work. Lea isn’t safe for a family or even a wife.
I had some time up my sleeve. So I went for a road trip to see every TripAdvisor site listed.
Found out I’ve past them all and I was never the wiser. So with my two local buddies a need extra.
We covered the lot in under an hour.
The road isn’t long or hard the tourist scene is missing from this town.
No seaside cafe. In fact no cafe’s at all
Written 2 December 2017
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sean4440
Lae, Papua New Guinea12 contributions
Nov 2018 • Friends
Grass not cut ,Raskols(criminals) hang out in adjacent bush so be very careful if you plan visiting this
Written 15 January 2019
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417markthomas
Lae, Papua New Guinea3 contributions
Aug 2018 • Solo
The Amelia Earhart Memorial is situated in the heart of Lae city and a 5 mins walk down hill from the St Mary's Cathedral.
The memorial lacks funding and is not regularly maintained to attract visitors when driving past.
The memorial lacks funding and is not regularly maintained to attract visitors when driving past.
Written 28 August 2018
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tincoll
Honiara, Solomon Islands525 contributions
June 2016 • Solo
A stone with a plaque and a gun turret is all thats here and its in a very small park that is not well kept at all. It is not very safe for tourists in that area aswell. Very sad to see that it's called a memorial. Give it a miss!
Written 24 June 2016
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Scott N
49 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
It's there but if you blink you will miss it. Just a plaque on the side of the road.
There is an old gun next to it.
There is an old gun next to it.
Written 31 October 2018
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Peter L
Melbourne, Australia14 contributions
May 2017
The Memorial is a small plaque just off the roundabout. The area has been recently had a bit of a tidy up but is hardly worth stopping for.
Written 2 October 2017
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