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As we heard a large group were heading out to Owers' Corner today we decided to get a jump start and pick up our trekkers at 5:30am. As they had already been here since Friday and visited the Bomana War Cemetery, it was straight out to Owers' for this group of trekkers which included:
Hayley Cameron; Andrew Pike; David Downie; Phil Clark; Sarah Hesse; David Macready; Haimish Karrsch; Neil Simmonds; Nick Hollingworth & Emma Weedon
We heard they reached their destination of Ula'Ule Creek this afternoon as planned where they will overnight.
Photograph: Group pic at the Owers' Corner Archway:
DSCN0698__Medium_.JPGPhotograph: Ua'Ule Creek area:
IMGP0169_Ua_Ule_Creek__Small_.jpgUpdate 4th Sept: Trekkers have now reached Nauro Village where they will spend the night.
Photograph: On the way out to Owers' Corner trekkers stopped off at McDonald's Corner:
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DSCN0690__Medium_.JPGUpdate 5th September: Trekkers have reached Nauro Village and have passed through heading for Menari where they will spend the night.
Photograph: Aerial view of Menari Village:
Air___Menari_Village__Medium_.jpgDid I say Menari, they have pushed on to Efogi Village. A short time ago I heard all were ok except for Neil who it seems is struggling around the Brigade Hill area and our guide Cyprian has doubled up on his packs to try and help him.
We have just radioed Efogi to get four porters to walk back and help get them.
Photograph: Brigade Hill:
IMGP0263_Brigade_Hill__Medium_.jpgPhotograph: Map of the Kokoda Trail so you know what ground they have already covered and how much to go before they reach Kokoda:
Owen_Stanley_Map__Medium_.jpgUpdate 6th September: Heard from our guide today that they planned on spending the night at Templeton's Crossing. All trekkers were still doing ok and on target to make Kokoda sometime on the 8th.
Photograph: Templeton's Crossing Campsite Area:
Update 7th Sept: We heard from our guide earlier today saying they were all going really well and had hoped to spend the night at Alola.
Photograph: Alola Village:
Alola_Village_1__Medium_.jpgTrekkers made their way to Kokoda and arrived there mid afternoon yesterday 8th September where they overnighted at the Eroro Family Block.
This morning they returned to Port Moresby on our Hevi Lift chartered aircraft.
Photograph: Jackson's Airport today after arriving back on Port Moresby soil:
DSCN0745__Medium_.JPGPhotograph 1 taken this afternoon at the Ela Beach Hotel:
IMGP4638__Medium_.JPGPhotograph 2 taken this afternoon at the Ela Beach Hotel:
IMGP4639__Medium_.JPGPhotograph 3 taken this afternoon at the Ela Beach Hotel:
IMGP4640__Medium_.JPGPhotograph 4 taken this afternoon at the Ela Beach Hotel:
IMGP4641__Medium_.JPGPhotograph 5 taken this afternoon at the Ela Beach Hotel:
IMGP4642__Medium_.JPGPhotograph 6 taken this afternoon at the Ela Beach Hotel:
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