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Bwana_Brown Says: Anywhere you go in the Highlands, you do not have to travel far outside the cities and towns before you enter the world of the local villagers. Little huts are dotted here and there on the hillsides and villagers seem to be strolling around just about everywhere you go. This...
Bwana_Brown Says: The architecture of cities and towns in the Highlands is fairly simple. Most buildings are not very tall and the central business districts are quite compact. Spread out from there on the surrounding hills are the houses of the local population, most including a lush little...
Quality Hotel Bird Of Paradise Goroka
1 Review and 7 Opinions When I stayed at this 52-room hotel over twenty years ago, it was simply the Bird of Paradise Hotel....
Bwana_Brown Says: The Highlands Highway from coastal Lae, Papua New Guinea's second largest city, up into the mountain ranges was quite a good sealed road. It started out along the Markham River valley and then veered up and into the mountain ranges as it split away from a lesser quality road...
Bwana_Brown Says: Sometimes I flew into or out of Goroka instead of making the 4-hour drive up the Highlands Highway from Lae. Air Nuigini ran a pretty efficient air service, with twin-engine turbo-prop Fokker F-27 Friendship planes doing the bulk of the work.This photo beside the airport...
Bwana_Brown Says: This photo shows some of Elcom's local troops at work in Himitovi substation, the 66,000 volt transmission switching station which took power from the nearby Ramu hydro station and fed it to the customers in nearby Goroka.In this case, part of the 66,000 volt switchyard was...
Bwana_Brown Says: Goroka is located in the central mountain ranges which run the length of New Guinea from east to west. Mt. Wilhelm, the highest in Papua New Guinea at 4509-m (14,800-ft), is located in the Bismarck Range not far to the north of the city. These mountain ranges are broken in...
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This photo shows some of Elcom's local troops at work in Himitovi substation, the 66,000 volt transmission switching station which took power from the nearby...
Q: I am trying to arrange a trip to the Goroka highlands festival in September of next year. Any help would be much appreciated in...
A: I sent you a reply some weeks ago but think it may not have reached you cheers HENDETT
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Goroka - in the Eastern Highlands
Goroka is the capital and administrative center of the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Growing from a small station situated in this remote area in 1950, the population of this busy......
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