Tag Archive for 'coffee'

A pile of cash…

Literally !!
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Killing mars 7th Goroka coffee show…

The 2008 Goroka Coffee Festival ends on a sour note!
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Photos from Goroka Coffee Festival 2008

The Goroka Coffee Festival 2008 was held this weekend.
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Article of the Month…

The most read article for the month of April, 2008 was:
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Goroka Coffee Festival

The 2008 Goroka Coffee Festival is being held this year on the weekend of the 10th of May…
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We’re back safely!

Phew…!!
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A clandestine operation…

It’s 7:00am and I’ve been up for an hour…
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A busy busy busy day…

Today was one of the busiest days of my life!
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The day I moved 10 tonnes of coffee!!

Folks…

That day was today!!

(I just spent the last hour writing this story only to accidentally hit an obscure combination of keys on my laptop which caused all my typing to be lost).

To summarise…

The newly formed…
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The Keto-Tapasi Progress Association…

Slowly takes shape!!

And we move into 2nd gear!

After a visit to the village last week by a local coffee exporter we are
now ready to sell our 1st batch of coffee. Approximately 200 x 50kg bags…
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Robert@PNG evolves…

I have already made a decision to migrate to another blogging platform: Wordpress.As I have already mentioned this process is both slow and painful but with a little persistence and despite Eli's nagging to spend…
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Goroka Coffee Festival 2008

I got an email this afternoon from a fellow rotarian who wanted to know when the Goroka Coffee Festival is being held this year.
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Robert Schilt get's a mention!

The following story as it appeared in Friday's edition of The National…(Note the reference to Robert Schilt in the story!)Kevin Rudd,
yu trupela manBy HARLYNE JOKU
GOROKA town came to a stand still, excitement filled the…
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49 and younger, more inmature…

and irresponsible than ever!!

Had a top day yesterday… although nothing huge - it turned out to be a special day - a collection of several smallish events that turned it into a cracker.

In point form…
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The PM visits town!

The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is currently in PNG on an official visit. Today he's in Moresby but tomorrow he will be paying a short visit to Goroka in the Highland's. Yes Goroka!More interestingly…
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Rob blows his top!

Yep!

Yet again!

On this occasion - yesterday afternoon at the local Papindo supermarket at West Goroka and a la Highland's style!

Queue jumping in PNG drives me nuts and the poor guy that jumped the queue in…
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A Saturday in Goroka…

A restful day but not without a small dose of the unexpected!

- Dentist appointment 1st thing down at Goroka General Hospital. A clean and a quasi check-up. No major probs… beauty!!

- Into West to buy…
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A weekend away…

This weekend we are of to “Wara-guma” !

I'm certainly looking forward to a couple of nights away from home and Goroka town. As I've mentioned in previous posts - I always feel
refreshed and energised after…
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A village weekend…

…at the “Hut”!Eli left yesterday morning (Thu) and I will be PMV'ing today. Two nights at “Waraguma” in Kaubasis!=>- the clan!- washing in the river.- sitting by the fire.- no chairs- earth and mud- coffee…-…
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PNG folks are masters at…

Coming up with these grandiose ideas and then expecting someone else to foot the bill.I sick of it!!The truth is that if one cannot manage a small sum appropriately then one has buckleys with an…
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