Tag Archive for 'goroka'

Australian Volunteers International Magazine

The Winter 2008 Edition of Australian Volunteers International Magazine (AV) has just published an article on the Australian PM’s visit to Goroka March earlier this year.
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Rantings: “A weekend at the Hut”

As we climb Daulo Pass
and take in the views,
as we zig-zag the potholes
and listen to radio news.
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Goroka General Hospital now has Internet!!

It’s Friday afternoon going on 5:00pm and I’m writing this post from my desk at work.
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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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Can you read dutch?

No point in reading this post otherwise!
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Why banks in PNG are a source of frustration…

The history of picking up a replacement ATM card from the Goroka Branch of the local ANZ Bank follows:
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Article of the Month…

The most read article for the month of April, 2008 was:
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More Give-aways…

And plenty of them!! (With photos)…
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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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Another give-away!

Thanks to my brother John - who recently sent over a bunch of USB Memory keys or Flash Drives as they are known in PNG.The 1st one goes to John K. - Property Officer at…
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World Blog Free day?

Wish there was such a thing…

There needs to be a “World Blog Free Day” once every so often!

I am driven to blog at least one post per day. Today is one of those
days I don't…
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Australian volunteers in PNG

This story appeared in yesterday's issue of The National newspaper…MARION Jacka and Kevin Cotter are
Australian volunteers who, collectively, have been working in PNG for
the last seven years.
The two were in the FM…
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Rantings: “Red Corner”

Downtown Goroka,
red corner,
described by many as…
the worst of the worst.
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Some of the folks I meet along the way…

One of the nice things about volunteering, working and living in PNG are the folks that one gets to meet along the way.

There's a whole collection of different “types” that venture the shores
of the Land…
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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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PNG justice can be swift….

I witnessed an example this afternoon at the Hospital.A girl was caught stealing (very unfortunate for her) some clothes and a bilum from another woman.Well!Did she cop it! And not just from the “steelee”. She…
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Contact details updated…

It's starting to get ridiculous!How many different ways can a person be contacted? It would appear to be many.Consolidation please!Check it out…(And my work address at the Hospital does not even get a mention!)Postal (Australia):
Att…
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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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