Also available on DVD from Papua New Guinea Association of Australia
The story in a nutshell: A small expedition led by Steve McAllister (Chips Rafferty)
walks towards Paradise Valley, beyond the Sepik River, where an Australian adventurer
Sharkeye Kelly (Reg Lye) claims to have discovered oil. Running time: 93 mins
If the video has been removed from YouTube (again), watch it here
I spent last night in a contemplative mood watching an old movie, WALK INTO PARADISE. It hasn't much of a storyline but the New Guinea Highlands scenery is wonderful to watch again and again!
As my old friend Noel used to say, "My spiritual home will always be New Guinea". He said it as he tried to settle at Caboolture in the late 70s, and he said it again after he had moved to Mt Perry west of Bundaberg, and he was still saying it in Childers where he passed away in 1995.
After having spent his whole working life in New Guinea, Australia had become a foreign country to him. As so many others (myself included), he had become a lost soul after leaving New Guinea. We hadn't gone there for any particular job but for the country itself which offered something for everyone, be he missionary, moneymaker, or misfit.
