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Goroka Show
The Goroka Show, is held over the Independence Day weekend (mid-September) at the National Sports Institute. It attracts more singsing groups than Mt Hagen's show and there are also bands and other cultural activities, as well as some elements of an agricultural show. The show is the glamour event on the social calendar for many performers and it is extraordinary how many feathers one person can squeeze onto a headdress.
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JK McCarthy Museum
JK McCarthy was one of PNG's legendary patrol officers and wrote one of the classic books on New Guinea patrolling - Patrol into Yesterday . The museum is not far from the National Sports Institute, but a long walk from the town centre.
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Mt Kis Lookout
Wisdom St, beside the post office, leads to a track that climbs to an excellent lookout, Mt Kis, so-called because it's the lovers' leap of Goroka. It's a long, steep walk. There are two large water tanks halfway there, and a ladder you can climb to catch spectacular views of the distant valleys through the pine trees and the Highlands mist. It's well worth the effort.
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Raun Raun Theatre
Goroka's acclaimed theatre group, Raun Raun Theatre, has toured nationally and internationally. The theatre is a superb building, which blends traditional materials and modern architecture. It's located on parkland about 500m due north of the post office. Performances are irregular, but you might get lucky.
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