328 nautical miles to Manus Island Rabaul is a city on the island of so-called New Britain, north-east of Papua New Guinea. The island has diverse Indigenous population, including Tolai and Baining peoples. It was colonised by both Germany and later Britain. The city suffered a large scale destruction from the heavy ashfall following the eruption of Tavurvur and Vulcan volcanoes in 1994. Only some 50km to the north of Rabaul is the site of the Solwara 1 Project -…