john.robert_mcpherson
14 Official Reception for Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC instructional team at Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
14 Official Reception for Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC instructional team at Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977.
I Gde Barata was charm and diplomacy personified as he delivered the closing speech. I understood one word in ten, my Indonesian being limited to fairly simple expressions, but by the flickers of acknowledgement on the military faces I understood that they were being thanked and praised. A very wise course on the part of I Gde, whose surf lifesaving club depended entirely on the goodwill of the authorities for its existence. Watching I Gde over the next few weeks I was enormously impressed with his commitment to his club and his diplomatic skill.
14 Official Reception for Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC instructional team at Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
14 Official Reception for Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC instructional team at Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977.
I Gde Barata was charm and diplomacy personified as he delivered the closing speech. I understood one word in ten, my Indonesian being limited to fairly simple expressions, but by the flickers of acknowledgement on the military faces I understood that they were being thanked and praised. A very wise course on the part of I Gde, whose surf lifesaving club depended entirely on the goodwill of the authorities for its existence. Watching I Gde over the next few weeks I was enormously impressed with his commitment to his club and his diplomatic skill.