Two World Wanderers Are
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Settled at Wau
AFTER spending a few years looking for a place to which to retire, two middle-aged Europeans have finally settled in the cool, green valley of the Bulolo, near Wau, New Guinea. They are Dick Greatrix, a retired English theatrical producer, and Pierre Huret, a retired French banker.
Having spent some time in Tahiti, New Zealand, and Bedarra Island, off the Queensland coast, they went to Wau for a holiday; and have now been there five years. They secured the lease of some 20 acres of land, with a house, which they have modernised and furnished with gleanings from the four quarters of the globe. Much of the land has been turned into land scape gardens, with terraces and rockeries leading to a freshwater swimming pool. At the back of the house are vegetable gardens, or chards, and the beginnings of a small coffee plantation.
Dick and Fierre spend most of their time gardening, while their native servants cook, clean and help them in the garden. They describe their new home as “quite out of the world,” with an all-year-round spring-time climate. It is 3,000 feet above sea-level.