Ultimate Battle of Oceania

Tauriel

Enga

Simplicity wins out

alchemist33

Enga. Dont like the stars along the bottom of the other one

ohnonotgmail

madang for the symbology

SineadSpears

Purgative wrote: »

Madang is several different bits not necessarily rowing the same way.

Very accurate

Zaph

Enga, quite pleasing to the eye

JohnGreenFan

mustang shelly wrote: »

Enga

Simplicity wins out

same please

KathleenGrant

Enga Province -
The background is divided into black (for the national flag) and green (for vegetation) triangles. At the centre is a yellow, black and white dendrobium engae orchid (the provincial flower).

Madang
Red, yellow and black stripes (representing the national flag) form the background. Six white stars represent the 6 districts. In black and white, Madang's memorial to the Coastwatchers of the Second World War is surrounded by coconut palm branches (for agriculture) and a slit drum (for tradition)..

Madang stronger symbolism but Enga aesthetically pleasing so Enga for me please.

Omackeral

The gulf is too large to close, blowing it up!

Enga advances

Omackeral

Manus

Province of Papua New Guinea



VS

New Caledonia

Overseas Collectivity of France

KathleenGrant

Sorry but wasn't able to play till now. I have to be honest I loved the mad flag that didn't get through but agree with Omack's judgement on the bout.

Purgative

Manus - Brown is unusual and its pleasing to the eye

SineadSpears

NC - the other is too dull

Zaph

New Caledonia, not a fan of the brown on the other one.

Barna77

New Caledonia, even though the remained French
It has a skewer

New Caledonia

If they changed the Brown the other one would win

cee_jay

New Caledonia - don't like the brown at all.

KathleenGrant

manus flag meaning
"The colour brown represents the inland people and the blue represents the island people. The Chauka is only found in the Manus province. It is not found in any other place in PNG. My second reason for selecting the chauka is that it heralds the coming of dawn and signals the going down of the sun." explanation of the symbolism by the flag designer.

New Caledonia
The blue symbolizes both the sky and more importantly the ocean surrounding New Caledonia. The red symbolizes the blood shed by the Kanaks in their struggle for independence, socialism, and unity. The green symbolizes the land itself and by extension the ancestors buried within it. The yellow disc is a representation of the sun and the symbol upon it consists of a flèche faitière, a kind of arrow that adorns the roofs of Kanak houses thrust through tutut shells



I love both but New Caledonia is more striking for me and the symbolism is better.

ohnonotgmail

New calendonia for me as well. can't be doing with snails.

ari101

New Cal - douze points!

cj maxx

Manus , simple. And unusual colour scheme

Omackeral

New Caledonia advances

alchemist33

Don't like either much but will go for Manus for the unusual choice of brown, an under-rated colour

Edit - should have typed quicker

Omackeral

Morobe

Province of Papua New Guinea



VS

Oro

Province of Papua New Guinea

Morobe

It's not a child's painting

cj maxx

Morobe. The other looks like a carpet

alchemist33

Morobe. The butterfly on the other one looks like a 2 year old drew it

ohnonotgmail

Oro for me. the symbology of culture, wildlife and vegetation wins it for me. too much going on with the morobe one.

KathleenGrant

Morobe
The background stripes are green (for vegetation), yellow (for Markham Valley) and blue (for the sea). A white bird of paradise (representing animal life), white pigšs tusks (traditional exchange), a brown and yellow kundu drum (for festivals) and spears (for traditional warfare) are at the centre.


Oro
A gold strip of tapa cloth with red and black markings (representing culture) and a yellow Queen Alexandra birdwing butterfly (representing wildlife) cover a green background (for vegetation).


Morobe for me please.

ari101

Morobe but I hold out hopes it meets something better in round 2 and goes home

JohnGreenFan

Oro, Morobe hurts my eyes

SineadSpears

Morose because I have an irrational fear of butterflies

I can handle spiders, wasps or even centipedes. But if I see a butterfly near me I'll make a show of myself

Zaph

Oro, can't be too many flags around with butterflies on them.

Omackeral

Morobe advances

Omackeral

Join us again at 10PM for the conclusion to Round 1 folks!

Purgative

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Oro for me. the symbology of culture, wildlife and vegetation wins it for me. too much going on with the morobe one.

Yeah this. Nature good, don't like seeing spears and warfare bits on flags.

SineadSpears

Omackeral wrote: »

Morobe advances

Thank god

KathleenGrant

SineadSpears wrote: »

Thank god

Awww you big baby:D

SineadSpears

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Awww you big baby:D

I'd like to be able to sleep tonight without the fear

ohnonotgmail

SineadSpears wrote: »

I'd like to be able to sleep tonight without the fear

how are you with moths?

Necro

SineadSpears wrote: »

Morose because I have an irrational fear of butterflies

I can handle spiders, wasps or even centipedes. But if I see a butterfly near me I'll make a show of myself

ohnonotgmail

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

how are you with moths?

Oooh those horrible horrible little hairy ****ers, with their super sticky legs
Barf
Gives me shivers thinking about them.
Butterflies too.

Sinead I get ya

SineadSpears

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

how are you with moths?

Surprisingly I'm not that bothered by them.

Butterflies are either as thick as a plank & can't fly in one direction, or they know exactly what they are doing! :mad:

Fluttering in about 50 different directions so I don't know if they are going to pass me, or if they are going to fly into my mouth.

Can't trust the cnuts.

Horrible little fckers

ari101

bubblypop wrote: »

Oooh those horrible horrible little hairy ****ers, with their super sticky legs
Barf
Gives me shivers thinking about them.
Butterflies too.

Sinead I get ya

Ugggghhhh, that description is giving me the not good kind of shivers!

(I'm not a fan of either but as long as they stay out of my home...)

I am now looking around the house for insects with the hairs standing up on the back on my neck, ffs

SineadSpears

Bluebottle's on the other hand are great little friends. Very intelligent lil dudes. No effort at all in getting them out the house. No need to fly swat like a maniac. You basically just use a cushion or something to direct them to the window and the lil legends just casually follow your lead. Great little things. Massive appreciation for Bluebottles :pac:

KathleenGrant

SineadSpears wrote: »

Bluebottle's on the other hand are great little friends. Very intelligent lil dudes. No effort at all in getting them out the house. No need to fly swat like a maniac. You basically just use a cushion or something to direct them to the window and the lil legends just casually follow your lead. Great little things. Massive appreciation for Bluebottles :pac:

Bluebottles are the spawn of the devil.

Zaph

SineadSpears wrote: »

Bluebottle's on the other hand are great little friends. Very intelligent lil dudes. No effort at all in getting them out the house. No need to fly swat like a maniac. You basically just use a cushion or something to direct them to the window and the lil legends just casually follow your lead. Great little things. Massive appreciation for Bluebottles :pac:

Bluebottles are thick b*st*rds, they just keep flying into the window trying to get out. I hate those dirty fcukers and exterminate them on sight with my electric zapper tennis racquet thingy.

KathleenGrant

Zaph wrote: »

Bluebottles are thick b*st*rds, they just keep flying into the window trying to get out. I hate those dirty fcukers and exterminate them on sight with my electric zapper tennis racquet thingy.

And the buzzing noise.......in ainm Dé! I'd rather listen to country music.:eek:

Zaph

KathleenGrant wrote: »

And the buzzing noise.......in ainm Dé! I'd rather listen to country music.:eek:

Ah here, they're not that bad!

SineadSpears

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Bluebottles are the spawn of the devil.

Smart little guys. they really do impress me. Not to the point of wanting a pet Bluebottle, but I like how do what they are told. Credit where credit is due :pac:

Omackeral

Only 3 bouts left... ready?