Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
WEIT
Station Location
Weitin
Station Number
GS 32087
Station Address
Weitin Community School,
Lak District,
New Ireland Province
WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude            S 4°33'50".9
Longitude         E 153°01'05".2
Ellipsoidal Ht     113m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
Weitin Community School
Site Contact/s
Gerevas Hughes, School Head Teacher,
Silur Sub-district office, PO Box 22 Namatanai NIP
or, Elvit Remas, ICAD Director and member of school board
Phone
The Forestry Depot, near Elvit's residence at Weitin has a radio link with the Forestry Office in Kavieng. To obtain the Kavieng number call the Forestry Dept. in Boroko (Port Moresby), 327 7843
Fax
Boroko (Port Moresby) 325 5457
Address
PO Box 243, Kavieng, NIP
Email
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
NMB Brass Plaque set in concrete
Inscription
GS 32087
Reference marks
3 GIPs set in concrete
Witness marks
none
Azimuth marks
none
Station constructed by/date
Richard Stanaway, RSES, 20th August 2000
special instructions
Site soil / Geology
crushed coral debris on coral base
SITE ACCESS
Airports
Silur airstrip (if open 16.6 km north) however scheduled flights ceased in July 1999 Charter flights are possible and recommended due to the extremely difficult and unreliable road conditions
Airlink charter is K1,560 one-way from Tokua.
Boats
boats do very irregular trips from Kokopo, not reliable and subject to often adverse weather conditions.
Roads
The road from Namatanai was barely passable in August 2000.
Elvit Remas can pickup and return parties with a vehicle from Weitin for the following costs;
Kavieng K500
Namatanai K350
Manga K150

Road to Silur/Weitin is very difficult past Maritsoan Ptn though may be repaired by 2001. Currently, only Land Cruisers / Hilux are able to negotiate the numerous deep fords and washouts between Manga and Weitin. After heavy rain, road is impassable and on the spot road repairs may be necessary. Road between Silur and Weitin is good though last crossing of the Weitin river can be deep. Weitin is 16.6 km from Silur (30 minutes)
Manga 75km on very bad track (2.5-3 hours)
Namatanai 186km (5 hours)
Vehicle rental

Elvit Remas, can provide a Land Cruiser ute for K100 per day (including driver and fuel) for local use
the Local Government vehicle at Silur is also occasionally available
Hertz special offer for RSES, ANU campaigns;
Toyota Hilux twin-cab 4WD;
1-6 days remote area K220.00 (inc VAT)
7+ days remote area K193.60 (inc VAT)

125km free per day then 99t per km (inc VAT)
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Elvit Eramus has a generator as well as the Steven Bona (councillor) at Silur. K20 per day to use a generator + fuel
No power at the site, solar panels required
Shelter
Tent required for receiver
Accommodation
The Forestry Lodge at Weitin is currently closed (2000), Camping can be possible with the consent of landowner
The Weitin School may be able to provide roofed accommodation
The Silur "Departure Lounge" at the airport is very rudimentary
Local folk can provide water, cooking and laundry services on request (K5 per day is well received)
Security
Contact the school
wage K10 per day per person
The receiver can be left unattended, villagers nearby will keep an eye on the receiver.
Labour
None required
Communications
Radio opr satellite phone required
Adverse conditions
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
Site diagram
WEIT Site diagram
Site diagram Autocad 14
Site diagram Autocad 12 dxf file
Site diagram dwf file (use Autocad Whip!)
site photographs
Looking east 418 kB
Looking north 422 kB
From RM1 451 kB
Elevation mask
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
2000 Campaign
Party leader
Richard Stanaway, RSES, ANU
Contact details
r_stanaway@yahoo.com
Assistant/s
Melchior Karesa, chainman
Labour / security
Receiver type
Ashtech Z-12
Receiver serial number
637
Antenna type
Ashtech Z-12 Chokering
Antenna serial number
101
Height measured to
bottom edge of antenna
Slant height antenna
1.526
Changes in antenna ht
Batteries/power supply
2 x 24 amp/hr sealed lead acid batteries
Occurences (stoppages/earthquakes/antenna disturbances and adjustments)
Occupation summary
  FILE         SIZE       START        END
  NAME         Bytes  T S DAY/TIME(UT) DAY/TIME(UT) DNLD TIME STATUS
1 RWEITA00.234 557056 3 A 234/06:32:28 234/23:59:28 00:02:53 COMPLETE
2 RWEITA00.235 745472 3 A 235/00:00:28 235/23:59:28 00:03:42 COMPLETE
3 RWEITA00.236 453632 3 A 236/00:00:28 236/15:15:28 00:02:23 COMPLETE
4 RWEITB00.237 523264 3 A 237/02:26:58 237/19:35:58 00:02:41 COMPLETE
Last updated: 25th October 2000
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University