Rabaul Historical Society: A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE By Melanie Wynne

I was thinking I might write a book one day about life in Rabaul. My Dad and I climbed all those volcanoes in Rabaul. Rabalanakia was always steaming and very sulphurous and you had to straddle the rim and get down with the aid of ropes. .... We used to have Chinese yum cha at the very nice Chinese restaurant at the Hamamas Hotel (now the RABAUL HOTEL)at the top of Mango Avenue, and, cocktails at Kulau Lodge when Peter Legget ran the place and held a disco every Friday ...