Australian Kokoda Tours

11/12/2024

ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀᴜꜱᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀɴ ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ ᴛᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ɢᴇᴇʟᴏɴɢ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ 6ᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 2024. ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴋ ɪꜱ ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇʟʏ ᴅɪꜰꜰɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʟɪꜰᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀʀᴀɪɴ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ (ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ), ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ, ʏᴇᴛ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴀʙʟᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ.
ᴍʏ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴇᴍᴀɪʟ ɪꜱ ɪ ᴡɪꜱʜ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀʟʟʏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɴᴏᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜᴛᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍɪᴄᴋ ᴏ’ᴍᴀʟʟᴇʏ. ᴍɪᴄᴋ’ꜱ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴘɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪꜱ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴᴀʟɪꜱᴍ ɪꜱ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ɴᴏɴᴇ, ʜɪꜱ ʀɪᴄʜ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴀʀ ʜᴇʀᴏ’ꜱ (ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴀᴜꜱᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴀᴘᴀɴᴇꜱᴇ) ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜰᴜʟ, ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛꜰᴜʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇʟʏ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ.
ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴀᴘᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴡ… ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴅᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ…ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ… ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ…. ɪ’ᴍ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ ɴᴏᴡ. ᴀᴜꜱᴛ ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ’ꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏʀᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ ᴀɴɢᴇʟꜱ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ, ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ʜᴀɴᴅ’ꜱ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴋ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ᴛᴏᴜɢʜ, ʀᴜɴɴɪɴɢ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ᴜꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴏᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴇɴᴛꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ‘ʙᴏꜱꜱ ᴍᴀɴ’ ɪꜱ ᴇᴠɪᴅᴇɴᴛ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʟʟ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʙʟᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴛᴡᴏ-ᴡᴀʏ ꜱᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ. ᴍɪᴄᴋ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴛɪɢʜᴛ ꜱʜɪᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘɴɢ ᴘᴏʀᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʏ ᴀᴡᴇꜱᴏᴍᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴋ ɪꜱ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ, ɪᴛ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇꜱ ʙᴏᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ. ᴍʏ ꜰᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ᴛʀᴇᴋᴋᴇʀꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴇᴇʟᴏɴɢ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍ. ‘ɪᴛ’ꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴋ’….. ʙᴜᴛ ɪ’ʟʟ ʙᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴏᴋᴏᴅᴀ ɪ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ.
ꜱᴀᴍᴍʏ ᴊᴇɴɴɪɴɢꜱ

05/12/2024

𝐊𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐃𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 14 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘕𝘎 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 & 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬

05/12/2024

𝐊𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐃𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 14 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘕𝘎 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦

05/12/2024

𝐊𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐃𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 14 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘕𝘎 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 & helping the people of the track.

24/11/2024

Geelong Kokoda Youth Program with Kokoda Track Authority CEO Julius Wargirai at the Hilton Hotel just before leaving for Port Moresby Cultural Day.

24/11/2024

Shaggy Ridge PNG Trek, Nov 2024

23/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #8 – and they’ve finished! Up early again for breakfast, more river crossings as they finally made there way to to the road. The trekkers are now safely in camp, follow their travels & any messages by clicking the below link.

Saturday 23 November The morning started after breakfast with a trek along the walking track near the river's edge. Trekking past the rocky banks of the river and this section of the journey requires "rock hopping" from one larger stone to the next. Then the path returns and the pace can

22/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #7 – Spectacular scenery today and more wet feet. The trekkers are now safely in camp, follow their travels & any messages by clicking the below link.

Friday 22 November The morning started by following the river and spectacular gorges and ravines with some steep rock ledges allowing passage. However, these required many crossing from one side to the other and back again, to keep trekking forward. The trekkers got their boots wet again here, alt

21/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #6 A long descent to start the day with a side trek to visit an old Japanese road. The trekkers are now safely in camp, follow their travels & any messages by clicking the below link.

Thursday 21 November This morning started with a 2½ hour ascent followed by a descent through even more remote localities. The trekkers followed a connecting track through a war time route which has not been used by locals for many years, navigating there way through close jungle. They stopped for

20/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #5 down, An easier day today, just a few wet feet. Follow their travels & any messages by clicking the below link.

Wednesday 20 November Today the crew enjoyed mostly flat ground, with a number of river and creek crossings & their boots and feet got a little wet today. They took a detour to explore the vicinity of Kankiryo and Crater Hill. Both of these locations were scenes of bitter fighting where ma

19/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #4 finished and that was the toughest day of the trek so far. Amazing scenery today. Follow their travels & any messages by clicking the below link.

Tuesday 19 November Up early again and today was the toughest day of trekking so far. Today’s tracks are not used by locals, and visitors here are very rare, so bush knives and axes had to be used by the porters to clear the pathways. All along the ridge line, the trekkers witnessed weapon pits, a

18/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #3 of trekking completed and the started trekking through a rain forest, onto a steep climb. Follow their travels & any messages by clicking the below link.

Monday 18 November This morning, we enter the rain forest, on a ridge spur, covered by trees and vegetation, which will approx. two and a half hours to climb, trekking past weapon pits from the fighting 81 years ago. These weapons pits become more frequent, and the site of a field cook house marks

17/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #2 The trekkers were up early at 5am after spending their first night on the track. They had a 4 hr drive from Lae to Dumpu, hearing stories of the battles here. Follow the trekkers journey by clicking the below link:

Sunday 17 November Up early for breakfast a 4 hr drive from Lae to Dumpu, stopping at Kaipit (2 hrs drive from Lae) were the significant bloody battle of the 2/6th Independent Company took place on 16 Sept 1943, this area was one of two airfields General Blamey was a tasked to construct by General

16/11/2024

15 Nov GYE TREK: Day #1 After a great sleep at the 5-star Hilton Hotel last night, the trekkers were up early this morning for a hot breakfast. Then it was an 0930am flight from Port Moresby to Lae airport, then private transport to Huon Gulf Hotel. They inspected the remarkable Lae memorials, had lunch and then back to the hotel for a trek briefing. Follow the trekkers journey by clicking the below link:

Saturday 16 November After a long day yesterday the trekkers arrived in Port Moresby and were transported the 10min drive back to the 5 star Hilton Hotel. A few enjoyed a swim before meeting for a pre trek briefing and then had a great dinner last night before back to the room to unpack, repack, u

11/11/2024

“𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝟎𝟕𝟎𝟎𝐡𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲. – 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟐 - -𝐊𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤
“𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃; 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍;
𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇;
𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘; 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘; 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇, 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍

29/09/2024

20 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘬: 𝘋𝘢𝘺 #9 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘶𝘱 𝘐𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘺) & 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 & 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘉𝘉𝘘. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘳-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴 & 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 5 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 & 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 & 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴! 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 5-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 & 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬.

Sunday 29 September The final night spent on the Kokoda track was had with mixed emotions as the trekkers were happy to finally be so close to the finish line but also, sad and amazed at how fast the past 7 days had gone. They started at first light and trekked straight back into the creek as they

20/09/2024

Great Article & superb effort by Bec Mason who will trek her 2nd Kokoda this year raising money& awarenessfor MND.

16/09/2024

06 𝘚𝘌𝘗𝘛 𝘎𝘠𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘌𝘒: 𝘋𝘢𝘺 #10 – 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 & 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬.

DAY 10 - PORT MORESBY CULTURAL DAY MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Last night was spent enjoying a celebration dinner with all their porters and support staff they have spent the past 9 days trekking Kokoda with. They also enjoyed the comfort of the 5 star Hilton hotel luxury beds and hot shower. This morning