June 2015 ~ Go Melanesia Blog

Port Moresby Masterplan, Papua New Guinea

The new masterplan in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea consists of approximately 40 hectares of existing and re-claimed land to provide developable area for up to four hotels, 370,000 sq m of commercial development, a ‘village quarter’ with over 2,000 apartments, a retail and entertainments hub, a maritime quarter with a potential liner berth, and a new private marina. A key feature within the masterplan will be a convention centre approximately 20,000 sq m in size, due to be built for the APEC meeting in 2018.

Flying to Vanuatu

Located west of Fiji, Vanuatu is approximately 4 hours by plane from the east coast of Australia. Getting to Vanuatu is easy and affordable thanks to the great range of cheap flights operated by Virgin Australia and Air Vanuatu. Direct flights are available from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to Port Vila, with connecting flights available from the majority of Australian capital cities.

Explore Our Culture, Explore Our World

While change is inevitable and often wished upon, you’d be surprised that in our island home, ‘timelessness’ is considered a gift from above. How we live today is not very different than how our forefathers lived for untold generations before us… and we treasure this.

What to do in Fiji: Suva

While maybe an unexpected spot to stop, the Fijian urban way of life can be observed in the bustling and multicultural capital of Suva. It is known around the world that Fiji is home to some of the nicest and kindest people in the world, so why not visit the city for just that reason? Suva is a less visited tourist spot since getting there takes a couple hours in a bus or an hour’s airplane ride from the main international airport in Nadi. But for our clients interested in seeing the local culture in an urban atmosphere, it’s interesting to check out.

Wutukala Dance Filled with the Joy from West Papua

The Moy tribe in West Papua is one of the tribes with a long history. This is one of the tribes that have been contributed greatly to the development of art in this province because this tribe also has the traditional dance. You should not miss a traditional dance performance when you visit West Papua. You will see the friendly locals and dance this dance with passion. Actually, dances from tribes in the region of Indonesia display certain activities or symbols. Dance is used as a symbol to thank God because of the gift of nature, prosperity, health, and so forth. Dance is also a symbol that can describe everyday activities such as hunting, gardening, and so forth. If you want to know a lot of information about this dance, then you can read the full review below which tells about this dance.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Air Niugini Operates First Commercial Service To Port Vila, Vanuatu

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Kopi Papua

Air Niugini’s first commercial flight-PX 082 touched down at Bauerfield International airport in Port Vila, Vanuatu on Wednesday 24th June just after 4pm (local time) to a traditional hose down to mark the first flight. Outside the terminal was a group comprised of PNG community in Port Vila and the paramount chief and the people of Torba, a province in Vanuatu that adopted PNG into its community. They received Air Niugini with mixed feelings. The people openly expressed their emotions when they saw Air Niugini’s F100 operated by Captains Vincent Tongia and Rhys Molony landed for the first time on their home soil-some punched the air in jubilation, others simply shed tears of joy. Air Niugini General Manager, Customers and Markets Dominic Kaumu acknowledged the people for supporting and...

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