PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is sure to smell good during his visit to Papua New Guinea after buying six bars of soap from a Queensland market.
Gripping papayas, bread and other goods, his supporters pushed their way through a large crowd to catch a glimpse of the country's leader during his visit to Cairns on Sunday.
As he made his way through Rusty's Market in the CBD he stopped at Maria Dougan's soap stall.
"He asked me what I'd charge for the one soap and I told him it would be $2 or he could purchase six for $10," she told AAP.
"I have to say I was a bit starstruck, so we didn't talk about anything else. I was a bit shocked by all these people."
Ms Dougan called the prime minister a gentlemen and said he had a lot of support.
Shortly after shaking Mr Rudd's hand Lenita Taru, who lives in Cairns but is from PNG, said the prime minister had a good spirit.
"He's a good man for the people, he listens to their cries," she said.
"He comes down to our level and says your problem is my problem, that's why we love him."
But not everyone was happy to see him.
Local woman Val, 68, had to be restrained briefly by bodyguards after lunging at Mr Rudd, saying he wasn't doing enough to stop illegal immigrants coming to Australia.
"He's letting illegal immigrants into the country and they're bludging off us," she later told AAP.
"Every time Labor comes into power they get us in the red, every time Liberals get in we're in the green."
Mr Rudd heads to PNG later on Sunday to hold talks with Prime Minister Peter O'Neill about law and order issues in some of PNG's major cities.
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