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All back at the hotel now, no doubt with amazing stories to share..
30/06/2025

All back at the hotel now, no doubt with amazing stories to share..

The group have just finished and are now on their way to pay their respects at Bomana cemetery. Here upon entering the ...
29/06/2025

The group have just finished and are now on their way to pay their respects at Bomana cemetery. Here upon entering the graveyard and the first glimpse of so many headstones...starts to reinforce the perspective they would've experienced on the track...that so much sacrifice was made to have a 'free" Australia today. For that freedom they paid the bill...

" the price of true freedom is ..eternal vigilence"..

Getting close to the end now..Today's walk from Ioriabaiwa to the goldie River takes in one the biggest climbs on the tr...
28/06/2025

Getting close to the end now..
Today's walk from Ioriabaiwa to the goldie River takes in one the biggest climbs on the track in imita Ridge...this is always hard as trekkers have expended so much energy throughout that hopefully they have reserve. The kokoda track is not just about isurava it's about all the battles fought along the track including to popendetta and the beacheads.

Some more photos just in...from Brigade hill
26/06/2025

Some more photos just in...from Brigade hill

The group have arrived into Brigade Hill where the group paid the utmost respect to those that lost their lives in this ...
26/06/2025

The group have arrived into Brigade Hill where the group paid the utmost respect to those that lost their lives in this region. The moving story of Claude Nye who had just recently married before being sent to Png, had survived isurava only to lose his life in the bayonet charge. Prior to the charge, he handed his dog tags and paybook to his mates, as did Breton Langridge..as they knew they weren't coming home. My dear friend Marg Briggs (RIP) Claude's sister often told me how as a little girl she remembers the telegram boy who she'd seen often deliver terrible news in the neighbourhood stopping at her house, and her mother inconsolable. The loss of so many Australian warriors on that hill and the fierce defence has some comparing it to Thermopylae. Indeed totally outnumbered and once again hanging on for dear life. The loss of Charlie MaCallum, and many others decimated the 21st Brigade...as the 2/27th had to go off the track to escape in the jungle for a few weeks surviving on meagre rations that were often scrounged from the jungle floor. As one digger said to me, "yes it was hard, but we were all in it together, with what little we had we always gave it to the wounded first"..

There are so many lessons here for everyone, this is YOUR history.why do you not know it??

Kokoda is unlike any pilgrimage as you have to walk the terrain to earn the right to experience it....and so it should be. The ghosts are still there..it's sacred.
Tomorrow
The trekkers will walk along the Ridge before heading down to the river, cross and climb 200m (altitude) up the other side before walking into the village of manari. After this they have 350m climb up to the gap and will then proceed 750m downhill encompassing "the wall". This will be their first experience with the swamps which will be very humid and muddy following so many being on the track at the moment. They eventually cross 2 rivers before stopping at the village of Agulogo.











The group arrived safely into Alola, with beautiful weather at the moment. Following a service at Isurava where once aga...
24/06/2025

The group arrived safely into Alola, with beautiful weather at the moment. Following a service at Isurava where once again the Australian flag went up the pole and a minute silence observed in respect of all Diggers throughout our history who have paid the supreme sacrifice......and to their often forgotten families and the pain that war has brought them.
Great to see young 18 year olds take the challenge on and to see them grow so much throughout and after is phenomenal.

This morning the Group woke up to some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere in the world. Above the low clouds in the ...
23/06/2025

This morning the Group woke up to some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere in the world. Above the low clouds in the Eora Valley it's stunning. As often is the case with our groups, we have a trekker whose dad fought in the campaign, another whose grandad was part of the initial B Company, 39th Batt and one other whose grandfather was a coastal watcher. This is great for us as historians it challenges us to research their specific history to include in the narration, and also visit areas they served in.

The Group will walk to Isurava battlesite and pay their respects following a comprehensive service honouring the fallen...this site is the scene of ferocious fighting in Aug 1942...and really all Australians should know about it. At one stage 420 young diggers from the 39th were hanging on for dear life as the reinforced Japanese with their mountain artillery outnumbered them 6 to 1. The young lads were on their last legs having been in action for a few weeks now...when I interviewed some of them that were there, and asked them what kept them going?..the common reply was "mateship" "we always believed our backs were covered and knew we had to stop them here or as we were told they would go all the way to Moresby and perhaps take Australia"..."we weren't fighting for the king, we were fighting for our families"...

After the service the trekkers will make their way to Alola where they'll overnight.

It's not unusual for many to be emotional at this stage as they immerse in the bravery of all that were there in service. Of note is Bruce Kingsbury's action and his subsequent Victoria Cross awarded posthumously as he would lose his life.
There are so many who could easily have been awarded the VC those days, including Charlie Macallum.

Do yourself a favour and read about YOUR history...a place where irrespective of colour or religion everyone stood shoulder to shoulder to ensure Australia's future....take a minute and think about..

What do you reckon would've happened if they reached Australia and decimation that would have occurred as they demonstrated through their ruthless advance in the pacific, ...

Following a comprehensive history presentation at kokoda the group set off for Deniki as the early morning rains cleared...
22/06/2025

Following a comprehensive history presentation at kokoda the group set off for Deniki as the early morning rains cleared. Deniki is such a beautiful place on a clear day as it sits nestled up on a hill overlooking the yodda valley.. this tranquillity was short lived for the 39th Batt in 1942 as it was the scene of strategic defence and intense fighting. It's often a forgotten battlesite as some groups tend to focus purely on isurava, a further 2 hrs south... there are many battlesites along the kokoda track that hold equal importance as isurava and Brigade Hill. The individual group members will have started to workout a plan to maintain homeostasis as they are constantly challenged by the hills, heat and environment. Not to mention the emotional and in depth narration of the history that occurred consistently across the track. To us, we see it as a pilgrimmage...

The track is a library with books in it for everyone. Every where you look there is history...and there's the beautiful people...always supportive always there....so many learnings if you chose..

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Our june group have arrived safely into popendetta and are all excited for the adventure ahead. They've prepared well wi...
22/06/2025

Our june group have arrived safely into popendetta and are all excited for the adventure ahead. They've prepared well with our exercise physiology prep program for the past 3 months. As per our comprehensive history trek they will visit all the battlesites including the first point of contact with the Japanese at awala... then onto other important sites including wairope, gorari, oivi, pirivi junction and finally kokoda.

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