Have you visited Australia's closest neighbour Papua New Guinea?

By Ben Groundwater
Updated June 4 2015 - 12:23pm, first published June 3 2015 - 11:07am
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
How many Australian tourists have ever visited our nearest neighbour? Photo: Inga Ting
How many Australian tourists have ever visited our nearest neighbour? Photo: Inga Ting
Local children in New Ireland, a province in northeastern  Papua New Guinea. Photo: Inga Ting
Local children in New Ireland, a province in northeastern Papua New Guinea. Photo: Inga Ting
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil.  Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil.  Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil.  Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil.  Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock
No it's not New Zealand or Indonesia: Papua New Guinea is the nearest point to Australian soil. Photo: iStock

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