I got an email this afternoon from a fellow rotarian who wanted to know when the Goroka Coffee Festival is being held this year.
After a google optic I found the official website for the:
Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority
which mentions that this year’s PNG Coffee Festival and Trade Fair will be held between the 8th and 10th of May.
Surprisingly the Coffee Festival itself does not have a website but plenty of info can be found from blogs or blog-like sites.
I was lucky enough to get to the festival back in May 2006 on my 4th visit to Goroka and managed to snap a few….
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and see some magnificent Highland’s bilas…

Plenty of other shots from the 2006 version can be found in the Goroka Coffee Festival 2006 album.

tingting bilong yu…
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