From Wikipedia: Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini) comprises the eastern part of the world's largest and highest tropical island, New Guinea, together with many smaller offshore islands. It has a long and un-policed land border with the Papua region of Indonesia to the west.
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International Airports: POM
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This is probably the place I would go if time was not a problem. Home of the Goroka festival.
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Baining people
[from en.wikipedia.org]: The Baining people are among the earliest continuously located inhabitants of the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea; they currently live in the Baining Mountains, from which they take their name. The Baining are thought to have been driven to this area in comparatively recent times by the Tolai tribes who migrated to the coastal areas. The Baining migration inland may also have been influenced by major volcanic activity taking place over the centuries around the present day town of Rabaul on the north-east coast.
PNG Coffee Festival
In May Goroka hosts the PNG Coffee Festival. The renowned Goroka Show is held every year for three days on independence weekend (September 14, 15 and 16th). The Goroka Show is the oldest show in Papua New Guinea, over 50 years of "keeping the spirit alive".
Duke of York Islands
[from en.wikipedia.org]: The Duke of York Islands are a group of islands located in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. They are found in St George's Channel between New Britain and New Ireland islands and form part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The Duke of York Islands were named in 1767 by Philip Carteret to honour Prince Edward, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom.
Rabaul
[from en.wikipedia.org]: Rabaul is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic eruption in its harbor. During the eruption, ash was sent thousands of metres into the air, and the subsequent rain of ash caused 80% of the buildings in Rabaul to collapse. After the eruption the capital was moved to Kokopo, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) away. Rabaul is continually threatened by volcanic activity, because it is on the edge of the Rabaul caldera, a flooded caldera of a large pyroclastic shield volcano.
Tufi, Papua New Guinea
Tufi, Papua New Guinea, photograph # 1 — located on the southeastern peninsula of Cape Nelson, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Tufi is located on one of many rias, or drowned river vall… [image from Where in the world is Riccardo?]
Global Volcanism Program | Papua New Guinea Volcanoes
List of volcanoes by Country. [image from Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program]
Port Moresby
Average temperatures
Jan
32.1°C23.7Precipitation: 192.2 mm
Feb
31.6°C23.5Precipitation: 140.6 mm
Mar
31.4°C23.4Precipitation: 189.8 mm
Apr
31.3°C23.5Precipitation: 105.2 mm
May
31°C23.5Precipitation: 56.2 mm
Jun
30.3°C23.1Precipitation: 21.6 mm
Jul
29.9°C22.4Precipitation: 13.8 mm
Aug
30.3°C22.6Precipitation: 12 mm
Sep
31°C23.2Precipitation: 14.4 mm
Oct
32°C23.5Precipitation: 15.2 mm
Nov
32.5°C23.6Precipitation: 40 mm
Dec
32.4°C23.7Precipitation: 97.8 mm
Goroka
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23°C6Precipitation: 298 mm
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21°C10Precipitation: 229 mm
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22°C9Precipitation: 308 mm
Apr
22°C10Precipitation: 223 mm
May
22°C12Precipitation: 183 mm
Jun
23°C10Precipitation: 114 mm
Jul
23°C11Precipitation: 96 mm
Aug
25°C7Precipitation: 124 mm
Sep
26°C11Precipitation: 190 mm
Oct
27°C12Precipitation: 236 mm
Nov
23°C10Precipitation: 233 mm
Dec
24°C9Precipitation: 235 mm
Mount Hagen
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29°C12Precipitation: 283 mm
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29°C13Precipitation: 299 mm
Mar
29°C13Precipitation: 309 mm
Apr
29°C12Precipitation: 249 mm
May
29°C12Precipitation: 180 mm
Jun
28°C11Precipitation: 122 mm
Jul
28°C11Precipitation: 135 mm
Aug
28°C11Precipitation: 163 mm
Sep
29°C11Precipitation: 193 mm
Oct
30°C12Precipitation: 218 mm
Nov
30°C12Precipitation: 208 mm
Dec
30°C12Precipitation: 279 mm
Rabaul
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Vanimo
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23°C21Precipitation: 318 mm
Feb
23°C19Precipitation: 235 mm
Mar
22°C20Precipitation: 367 mm
Apr
22°C21Precipitation: 340 mm
May
24°C21Precipitation: 219 mm
Jun
24°C20Precipitation: 329 mm
Jul
23°C20Precipitation: 225 mm
Aug
24°C21Precipitation: 227 mm
Sep
25°C20Precipitation: 228 mm
Oct
24°C21Precipitation: 169 mm
Nov
23°C21Precipitation: 270 mm
Dec
22°C21Precipitation: 238 mm
Wewak
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30.6°C23Precipitation: 143 mm
Feb
30.4°C23Precipitation: 144 mm
Mar
30.5°C22.8Precipitation: 165 mm
Apr
30.9°C22.8Precipitation: 181 mm
May
31.4°C22.9Precipitation: 208 mm
Jun
31°C22.6Precipitation: 191 mm
Jul
30.8°C22.4Precipitation: 166 mm
Aug
31.1°C22.2Precipitation: 161 mm
Sep
31.4°C22.6Precipitation: 177 mm
Oct
31.1°C22.8Precipitation: 216 mm
Nov
31°C22.9Precipitation: 207 mm
Dec
30.7°C23Precipitation: 157 mm
Madang
Average temperatures
Jan
30.8°C23.9Precipitation: 343.8 mm
Feb
30.6°C23.8Precipitation: 292 mm
Mar
30.6°C23.9Precipitation: 329.8 mm
Apr
30.6°C23.8Precipitation: 389.4 mm
May
30.7°C23.9Precipitation: 343.4 mm
Jun
30.4°C23.7Precipitation: 186.4 mm
Jul
30.2°C23.4Precipitation: 144.2 mm
Aug
30.2°C23.7Precipitation: 93.8 mm
Sep
30.5°C23.6Precipitation: 82.6 mm
Oct
30.9°C23.8Precipitation: 239.2 mm
Nov
31.2°C23.9Precipitation: 280.2 mm
Dec
30.9°C23.9Precipitation: 382 mm
Alotau
No climate information available.
Lae
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Madang (town)
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Louisiade Archipelago
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Trobriand Islands
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Tufi
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Indonesia
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Australia
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Solomon Islands
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