Panguna Upper Tailings in Pictures

Upper Tailings is the name associated with BCL, but today my people call our home, Tumpusiong Valley that in our language means, 'along the dirt'. It the valley that directly received the BCL's waste and up until this very day, still suffers the consequences. But still our people are adapting to make a living out of this calamity.
The valley starts from the Pirurari village below the gravel dumps and stretches west to the Konnuuku village bordering Evo area of Kieta.

Pirurari (below)

Tumpusiong's main attractions is the Pit Drainage Tunnel at my home, Mak'osi hamlet in East Tumpusiong

Best Buy: Tonanau market in East Tumpusiong

Government on the sand: Ioro 2 LLG office right in front of the Pit Drainage Tunnel

Central Tumpusiong

Money Blood: Gold miner in Central Tumpusiong

Tumpusiong's recreational area in West Tumpusiong

BCL flood barricade wall in West Tumpusiong now erosion is rapidly dealing with it

Erosion at work in West Tumpusiong

Though it is a hot valley being clothed by slowly recolonising vegetation, Tumpusiong is valley that is home to people that are innovative and business minded. It is home to Bougainville's well known political leaders, the late Joseph Kabui and his brother, Martin Miriori who are my blood relatives.

(to be continued)