The Australian Consulate

As my passport photo is somewhat faded from water damage, I figured I’d stop by the Australian High Commission to ask about info on emergency passports and whatnot. The Canadian passport says to visit an Australian or British consulate when there is no Canadian one.

I got up, and got some food at a little roadside place just past the motel. With just a sign on the road saying “open for lunch” it was run by a lady and her son, and I got a plate of beef stirfry and rice for only 700VT. Yummy!

I then caught a bus to the Australian Commission, which took some explaining from the other people in the bus to the driver as to where it was.

It was cool to see all the signs with Canadian flags saying they provide consular service to Canadians. High security, had to sign in and get walked up to the reception. Waited there until someone cane to help me. Nice to wait in a modern air conditioned building haha. They were conducting interviews for a new secretary position while I was there

The gist is that it really depends on the airlines, whether they let me through or not. I figure it’s not that bad and I just won’t bring attention to it. Maybe I’ll get an emergency passport in Tokyo where there is a Canadian consulate. She also said that it would take ages to get a new passport here in Vanuatu as they basically just act as a post office to the consulate in Canberra. So they would just fill out the forms but not print the passport there. My flight to New Caledonia is in a few days so I’ll just hope I can get to Asia without any problems.

After leaving the consulate, I picked up another free 3 day SIM card and made myself a late lunch of spaghetti and sardines at the motel.

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