Brian Beamish meets his personal porter BRENDAN BUKA our Kokoda Challenge Champion. For those of you who do not know, Brendan Buka recently won our race in a new record time of 16 hours 34 minutes. He promises not to make Brian walk at this pace.When Brian saw that Brendan won, he requested him as his porter. Brendan immediately accepted the…[Read more]

Photographs below were taken at Owers' Corner before they commenced their trek:IMGP5566__Small_.JPGIMGP5567__Small_.JPGIMGP5569__Small_.JPG

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On the way out to Owers' Corner trekkers stopped off at Sogeri Monument area.IMGP5563__Small_.JPG

Other photographs taken at Bomana War Cemetery 26th September, 2008IMGP5556__Small_.JPGIMGP5557__Small_.JPGIMGP5558__Small_.JPGIMGP5559__Small_.JPG

On behalf of Management and Staff, many thanks for choosing to walk with Kokoda Trekking. On the way back from the hotel after meeting up with this group of trekkers, their guide Tarina called up on the radio to sign off from his trek.We thanked him and his porters for the way they looked after his 14 trekkers and how they got them all home to…[Read more]

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Update 26th September: Congratulations must go to Trek 471 as they walked off the track today in Kokoda and are now back in their respective hotels celebrating their successful trek.I was under pressure tonight as they had me thinking if there was ever a trek that had walked faster then they had. From memory I think they are the second fastest…[Read more]

Update 26th September: Trekkers have now reached Ua'Ule Creek where they will spend the night. Tomorrow morning they will walk up their last hill and off the track. We then have the job of picking them up on a wet slippery road from Sogeri to Owers' Corner.All going well they should be back in Port Moresby around 1pm tomorrow afternoon after a…[Read more]

Update 26th September: Today this group walked into Alola to meet with the other group of Kokoda Challenge trekkers walking from the opposite direction. They then all walked as one large group to Isurava Monument area where they will spend the night. All trekkers are doing ok with no problems it seems otherwise they would be contacting us.We had…[Read more]

Update 26th September: Last night trekkers spent the night at Eora Creek and today walked into Alola where they met the rest of the Kokoda Challenge team who walked up from Kokoda.We had a group come back in today off the track and they said it rained pretty much every afternoon so I guess they will have experienced a bit of mud on the…[Read more]

Hi Jamie, Well we are all counting down the days till we hear about your big experience.We have been listening to Lisa,s radio updates , which have been great.We hope that you all have a fantastic weekend and a safe journey home.Love to allMum , Dad , Rob and Emily

DANIEL HJUST READ MY LAST POST – MUST BE TIRED – COULDNT BELIEVE THE SPELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOTS OF LOVE MUM

HI DAINEL HI DONT THINK I AM SLEEPING THAT WELL WHILE YOU ARE BOTH AWAY AND PETER IS COUGHING. I HAVE PATROL TOMORRWO AS YOU 2 WONT BE THERE I COULDNT VERY WELL NOT DO IT. THINK OF ME ITS HARD WORK STANDING IN THE SUN!!!!!!! HAWELL YOU ARE NEARLY DONE – WELL DONE TO YOU ALL. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU KK'S ARE DOING. LOVE YOU…[Read more]

Thank you Miss Moo. Saved the link in my favourites and had a brief glance through. It seems most declarations need to be made if you are intending to reside/work in PNG for 6 months or more. Nothing about if you're only going to be in the country for 10 days So I think I will need to investigate a little further…

Hi Andrew,Hope all is well for you and all the KK Team.We listened to Lisa again this morning and heard you all chearing in the background.Kris is here with us and also looking forward to catching up with you.We'll all be at the airport to meet you and looking forward to hearing all about everything.Take it easy (if you can!) and enjoy the…[Read more]

Hello Jake (Taylor),Just wanted to say quick HI, and wish you all the best for the rest of the trip… I have tried to send you a message(s) for a couple of day… with no luck …. I don't know why I have had so much trouble…. Anyways, I was trying to send love from you Mum, cause she sms:ed me and asked if I could, but I have seen that she…[Read more]

Hey Chels and allOk starting to miss you a little bit more now. Only a little bit hahahahahaHope your just having a truly amazing time. You guys are just so lucky to be able to do all this.Robby from work says hi ya, Marg says she misses you, she rang last night. Your car is being serviced, so all will be good.Love ya Ali & bro's and gyps …[Read more]

Hi Jake – its Mum and Janet again – just thought we would send you a quick hello – wondering how you are going and hope everything is good. We leave Singapore tomorrow, so you won't here from us again until we get home. Suffering from a bit of jetlag, couldn't sleep last night – will tell you ho we coped when you get home! Had a huge thunderstorm…[Read more]