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We had the pleasure of meeting up with trek 380 who all attended the Anzac Day service at Bomana War Cemetery and late in the day were driven out to Owers' Corner for the commencement of their trek. Trekkers are as follows:
Barry and Kerrie Coulter; Andrew & Julie Shugg; Philip and Nicholas Brooks; Joy Pedersen; Leanne Festing; Richard Galton; Henry Jackson; Colin Mayman; Jo neary and her son Max Jesberg (both second time Anzac trekkers); Alan Allwright; Glen and Murray Sharpe; Sam and Eric Lee; Terry and Melissa Mortimer.
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DSCN0893__Small_.JPGSome more photographs taken at Owers' Corner 25th April 2008
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DSCN0883__Small_.JPGUpdate 27th April: The first night saw this group of trekkers overnighting at Goldie River before moving off yesterday to Ioribaiwa Village. All but four made it to Ioribaiwa and with them spending the night at Ua-Ule Creek.
Early this morning we heard by sat phone from our guide Kingsley that he was with the lead group at Ioribaiwa Village and Davidson our assistant guide (although a guide in his own right), spent the night with Andrew & Julie Shugg, Leanne Festing and I think he said Henry Jackson.
This morning the lead group moved off towards Naoro and the others played catch up. Later in the morning I heard from Davidson by 2 way radio that they too had reached Ioribaiwa and were heading off to Naoro to catch the lead group.
He had confidence they would join them later in the day. On average it takes around 8 hours to walk from Ua'Ule Creek to Naoro so they have a tough day ahead of them compared to the lead group of approximately 5-6 hours walking time.
Photographs:
Pic 1: Ua-Ule Creek
Pic 2: Ua-Ule Creek campsite areaJim_and_his_daughter_Hollie__Small_.jpg
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Pic 1: Looking towards Nauro from the way they will be walking today
Pic 2: Nauro Village
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IMGP0303__Small_.jpgUpdate 27th April 7pm: We heard from Nauro that all trekkers are now together and will spend the night there. Tomorrow they will move off towards Menari.
Photographs:
Pic 1: Their guide Kingsley Boropi
Pic 2: Menari River CrossingHi Trek 380!!!
Congratulations on starting your trek and a special hello to Jo, Max & Allan!!! We're following the progress and loving the photo's… keep up the good work, focus and walk on!!!love
Peta!Trek 380.
Hi Alby, Jo & Max!
Hope you are all going well!! The photos look great, but would be nice if you were actually in some Al!! Everyones here is asking how you are going and send their hellos.
Missing you heaps.
Stay safe, love you.xxxFi
Editors note: another pic for you
DSCN0888__Small_.JPGHi Trek 380, great to see you are all together again. Missy & Terry wonderful to see a photo of you for awhile there was wondering if you just skipped to the 5 star resort. Looks great, keep going we are all thinking of you! Love Nikki, Scot, Andrew & Hayden
Udate 29th April: Trekkers have now all reached Efogi where they will run into our trek 474 heading in the opposite direction so assume party time tonight when our porters hug each other being all excited to reach the half way point.
Julie is still at the back of the pack doing it tough but hey she is hanging in there and doing quite well. The food drop went off as planned today so they had something to look forward to as they filled up their bags again for the second half of their trek.
Efogi is like a 5 star hotel by comparison to most places on the track.
One win haus has mattresses and pillows but I do not think the other win haus has any so looks like this trek has won the best one by getting there first ahead of his brother Chrisley leading the other trek 474.
Photographs:
Pic 1: Efogi Village
Pic 2: Efogi Guesthouse entrance
Pic 3: Efogi Village in the background
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Tank_Efogi_Village__Small_.jpgHi Trek 380
A special hello to Sam & Eric!
It has been great to hear how your progress on the trail has been going
Hope you both are having a fantastic adventure-we are enjoying the scenery in the photographs.
Everyone passes on their best wishes and eagerly await details of your trek!
Keep up the good work!Miss you lots
Love Nic
xoxx
Another quick hi to Jo & Max…
Max… Man U beat Barcelona 1-0 on aggregate….
Mum… Miss you…. i'm running but getting bored so come home soon!!!love Peta.
Hi Alby
Hope you are still going strong with just a few days to go! We are all missing you bad toad. A photo of you in your Bayview shirt would be great for the notice board!! Go on toady!
Take care, love you.xxxUpdate 30th April: Have just spoken to Julie Shrugg and passed on to her your messages as she is slower than the rest and other trekkers have moved ahead. Julie apologies in advance that she will not be able to remember them all but will inform the people concerned that people back home are thinking of them as they walk the track.
At the present moment Julie and our guide Kingsley are at Naduri lookout. Trekkers today will head down to Templeton's area where they will overnight. At the present time they are not sure whether it will be Templeton's 1 or 2. Its usually low in that area so unless they call up by sat phone we will not hear from them until tomorrow when they start their climb up to Alola.
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Pic 1: Templeton's area
Pic 2: As you can see on the map below, they are heading for home, home being Kokoda. Pretty soon our boys will start to get excited as when the hit the Kokoda Gap area the point to Kokoda soil and know pretty soon they will be home.
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kokoda2__Small_.jpgTrek 380,
Hope all are well and good to hear all are still marching forward.
Keep an eye on Richard, as a general rule he starts strong but the boy is prone to slowing up in his old age. Isn't that right pops.
Wish I was there to share it with you.
Will G
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