Paul O'Dowd: Crew, location manager and location scout in Port Douglas, Australia.

Hi Joe, great to make your acquaintance. Let me know when you need to get deep into the jungles of PNG or Australia. Cheers, Paul.

Cheers Stanley, if your road takes you into the jungles of Oceania I'll be happy to get you there. Paul.

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Hey Paul, a few days ago we implemented a new privacy setting to give you the option of accepting private messages only from users within your network. Today, I discovered a bug with the way this option is set for new users. I just wanted to let you know that the bug is now fixed, so all members are now able to receive private messages from any other member (the default setting). If you'd like to receive private messages only from users within your network, you can change this setting here. Also, you can access your privacy settings at any time from the drop-down menu that appears when you hover over your profile photo in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

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Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?

Here goes... I'm a bit of a Ludd when it comes to social networks but I'll try to keep this thing current. I've just returned from an expedition in PNG. Caving mostly but with a film maker along to recce the location for her fantastic idea. She swore me to secrecy so no details but if she has her way, she's going to make a lot of people think, and probably clean up in the process. The cavers were very happy with the location. 24 caves explored in three weeks. They have never been so busy. The village, was also very happy and have been thinking deeply about all that we had discussed in the past when I was there with the Beeb. They thought we were like another famous TLA*, the WWF and had come again to tell them not to cut their trees down, thereby missing another opportunity to make some quick bucks. Many, mainly middle-aged, villagers want to do that, and many, the old and the young, do not. The ones who do were quick to get tense and distrustful and machete-wavey, but I managed to get our purpose across. From here, the discussions frequently returned to the topic of the tribe's economic future and what options they did and didn't have... Actually! Now here's an idea... A doco about how a recently contacted tribal people comes to terms with the two conflicting economic development futures from which they must choose. Logging or eco-tourism... Happening in real time as their contact with the various interests intensifies and decisions are made and outcomes become clear. A happy showcasing of the trials and challenges of developing a successful and sustainable village economy in one of the remotest places on Earth... or a melancholic, "told you so" lament for the places we're loosing so quickly. Would someone be crazy enough to even fund something like that...? * Three Letter Acronym

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