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Hi DanielleThe best advice that I can give is to walk up hills, hills, hills – the steeper the better. When they are too easy, start adding weight. By the time I did the track, I was walking up a steep track on Mt Archer (Rockhampton) with a 16kg pack without difficulty. While I didn't really struggle on Kokoda (well, there WERE a couple of…[Read more]

Hi everyone, trekkers have now reached 1900 campsite and tomorrow they will head for Eora Creek. John is confident they will all complete their trek.IMGP3454__640x480_.JPG

PLEASE PASS ON OUR BIRTHDAY WISHES TO MATT HAGIAS. HE TURNS 23 TODAY (24/8). WE'RE THINKING OF HIM ALL THE TIME AND ARE SO PROUD OF WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED IN HIS 23 YEARS!!!! LOTS OF LOVE FROM DAD, MUM, GEORGIA, TOM AND TOBY XXXXXXXXX

John tried three times to phone me by sat phone tonight but the line was very bad. Am assuming they are around the Manari/Efogi area. If there was any problems trekkers could have flown out today as their were several flights in that area earlier on today. So no doubt they are powering on towards their goal of completing their trek.

Trekkers have now reached Naoro Village where they are spending the night. All of them continue to do well.

Around 2pm this afternoon, we collected David Prout from the airport and headed out to Owers' Corner. He seemed rather relieved that everything came together and that he was ok to fly to PNG. P1080257__640x480_.JPG

The guide for this trek is John Derick Eroro. John called up via sat phone tonight to say the group were all safely at Ua'Ule Creek and that they were looking forward to David catching up with the them later that night.I informed him that at 6pm, he was already at Imita Ridge and would soon be heading down the hill in time to share their evening…[Read more]

Bye bye trek 742:I uploaded all photographs taken today onto our 'Facebook' page:http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1…5970&type=1P1080244__640x480_.JPG

Others in the group soon followed on and lined up for the photographs before heading down the hill to Goldie River:P1080246__640x480_.JPGP1080245__640x480_.JPGP1080247__640x480_.JPGP1080248__640x480_.JPG

Trekkers then started to move out in two's with their personal porters:P1080239__640x480_.JPGP1080240__640x480_.JPGP1080241__640x480_.JPGP1080242__640x480_.JPGP1080243__640x480_.JPG

Group Photographs were next on the agenda:P1080232__640x480_.JPG

Group Photographs were next on the agenda:

While waiting to move out Sione who is walking with the group singing and carrying his guitar sang the PNG National Anthem and the Australian's responded with the aussie anthem.P1080233__640x480_.JPGP1080234__640x480_.JPG

Also trekking on his own is Matt Hagias, a journalist, who is walking the track and then backpacking other places as well before returning to Australia:P1080227__640x480_.JPGP1080228__640x480_.JPG

Also trekking on his own is Matt Hagias, a journalist, who is walking the track and then backpacking other places as well before returning to Australia:

Ross Prout lined up by himself as David forgot his passport and arrived later today on a flight from Cairns:P1080229__640x480_.JPG

Ross Prout lined up by himself as David forgot his passport and arrived later today on a flight from Cairns:

Ross Prout lined up by himself as David forgot his passport and arrived later today on a flight from Cairns:

Ross Prout lined up by himself as David forgot his passport and arrived later today on a flight from Cairns: