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My name is Michael Stott I was looking up one of my great uncle's name recently and found his name listed on your site which is great , however I noticed that his surname has been misspelt with a G instead of a C in it . I thought id better email you to let you know,
Thank you
Lord Michael Phillip Stott.
BURGHER, Corporal, STEPHEN EDWARD,…[Read more]

Thank you for this article. Personally, I think this material is great. I agree with much of your information here. It also motivates me to learn more. I await the next article with great anticipation.

Congratulations are in order as this trek walked through the arches at Owers' Corner yesterday, one day ahead of schedule. The group have spent their last on the track at Owers' Corner and are in the process of being picked up and driven back to our base in Port Moresby via a trip to Bomana War Cemetery. Well done guys from all of us here at…[Read more]

Horace phoned in this morning from Maguli Range to say they were all ok and heading to Ua'Ule Creek to spend the night. Last night they stopped at Naoro Village for the night. He said only 3 treks on the go, Chris Suma walking with one trekker; 1 other trekking company and ourselves. So if you like to avoid crowds, a good time to…[Read more]

Horace phoned in this morning from Maguli Range to say they were all ok and heading to Ua'Ule Creek to spend the night. Last night they stopped at Naoro Village for the night. He said only 3 treks on the go, Chris Suma walking with one trekker; 1 other trekking company and ourselves. So if you like to avoid crowds, a good time to…[Read more]

I received a phone call tonight to say the group have now reached Brigade Hill after a big day having commenced their trek today from Templeton's Crossing 1. Everyone continues to do well.

The plan today was to stop at Efogi but trekkers wanted to keep going. Horace their guide decided they would not push down to Menari but made a decision to…[Read more]

I received a phone call tonight to say the group have now reached Brigade Hill after a big day having commenced their trek today from Templeton's Crossing 1. Everyone continues to do well.

The plan today was to stop at Efogi but trekkers wanted to keep going. Horace their guide decided they would not push down to Menari but made a decision to…[Read more]

G'day read an interesting story the other day that showed the reflections of a kokoda veteran, thought I would turn some of it into a poem. I called it
A Kokoda Digger's Suffering by M.G.McArthur
What was it like,
on the Kokoda track,
as the diggers faced
the Japanese attack.
Outnumbered,
six to one,
faced the murderous,
mountain…[Read more]

Trekkers have now reached Templeton's Crossing where they are camped for the night. Picture them tomorrow as they walk up Mt Bellamy and the Kokoda Gap lookout.

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Trekkers have now reached Templeton's Crossing where they are camped for the night. Picture them tomorrow as they walk up Mt Bellamy and the Kokoda Gap lookout.

http://www.kokodatrail.com.au/trakka.html?tripid=KTR02-13-031Kokoda Gap.jpg

This trek has now reached Alola Village where they are sharing the area with another trekking company walking in the opposite direction. Apparently its a dry track. According to their guide, they are all doing ok.Down to Alola.JPG

This trek has now reached Alola Village where they are sharing the area with another trekking company walking in the opposite direction. Apparently its a dry track. According to their guide, they are all doing ok.Down to Alola.JPG

This trek arrived at Deniki around 2pm and it was decided to stop there for the night.

All three trekkers are doing ok.Deniki (2) 640×480.JPGDenikia.jpg

This trek arrived at Deniki around 2pm and it was decided to stop there for the night.

All three trekkers are doing ok.Deniki (2) 640×480.JPGDenikia.jpg

This morning they were driven up to Kokoda and around 10am they commenced their walk across the Kokoda Trail.

Trekkers in this group include : ‘”

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Picture them this morning as they would have walked through the Kokoda archway.Kokoda…[Read more]

This morning they were driven up to Kokoda and around 10am they commenced their walk across the Kokoda Trail.

Trekkers in this group include : ‘”

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[*]Murray Wilks
[*]Michael Gawn
[*]Shane Whereat’).'”).”n

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Picture them this morning as they would have walked through the Kokoda archway.Kokoda…[Read more]

Awesome stuff Mike. Your last one sums up my trek perfectly. I haven't had time to read them all but your e-book would be a great idea.

Cheers

The man in black.

Last night the group spent the night at Kovelo Village which is located a short walk from Kokoda. They walked under the archway early this morning.

Congratulations – well done from everyone of us here at Kokoda Trekking. At the present time they are on their way down to Popondetta in a hired 4WD and will spend their day looking around that area…[Read more]

Trekkers have now reached Isurava Memorial where they are spending the night. Along the way they have spent a night at Efogi and last night was spent at Templeton's I.

Today they had a long day walking down to Eora Creek then up to Alola Village before continuing on to Isurava.

Apparently it was raining when I received the phone call but their…[Read more]

Trekkers are now at Agulogo campsite area where they are resting for the night. Tomorrow they will have a big day tomorrow as they continue their walk across the track up Brigade Hill and then down to Efogi for the night.

Earlier today they walked up Maguli Range which was a tough day in itself and stopped at Naoro Village for lunch before…[Read more]