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Last night we welcomed back for a second time Ray Wallace along with some of his friends and relatives to walk the track and enjoy the experience with our KTL staff. When Ray met up with some of our staff last night their was genuine warmth between them. All others looked well prepared and excited to be part of the adventure of walking the Kokoda Track. Trekkers include :
- Ray Wallace
- Len Wallace
- Petina Wallace
- Dean O'Brien
- Kay Cafarella
- Robert Dowd
- Mark Urquhart
- Greg Morley
- Shandelle Ross
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Group photographs just before they left the Gateway Hotel and headed towards Owers' Corner. The group opted not to stop at Bomana War Cemetery and to do this when they came back into Port Moresby after walking the track
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DSCN0008__Small_.JPGRoughly an hour later and they were at Sogeri Monument Area
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IMGP5363__Small_.JPGA short time later they stopped at McDonald's Corner
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IMGP5371__Small_.JPGTheir final destination Owers' Corner
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IMGP5379__Small_.JPGUpdate 14th August: We have heard from the track that trekkers have reached Ua'Ule Creek and are all doing ok which is great news!
Photographs:
Pic 1: Just before reaching Goldie River
Pic 2: Goldie River
Pic 3: walking up towards Uberi Campsite
Pic 4 & 5: Terrain they would have walked through today
Pic 6: Lots of tree roots
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IMG_0870__Small_.JPGTheir destination point for today, Ua'Ule Creek
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IMG_0897__Small_.JPGUpdate 15th August: Trekkers have now reached Nauro where they will be spending the night.
Seems both treks are walking together so must be enjoying each others company.
According to Tarina the guide on the other trek, all porters and trekkers in both groups are walking strong and doing just fine with no problems whatsoever which is excellent NEWS
Photographs:
Pic 1: School children from Naoro with gifts from previous trekkers
Pic 2: Naoro Village
Pic 3: Guesthouse
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Guesthouse_with_pillows__Small_.jpgUpdate 16th August: Trekkers were on the move early this morning heading towards Efogi where they plan on spending the night. I have received a couple of radio calls today from Menari lookout and again further down the track.
Both groups it seems are still sticking together as they head to Efogi.
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IMGP4015__Small_.JPGBrigade Hill – Efogi Village area
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IMG_1087__Small_.JPGUpdate 19th August: After a few days of not hearing from our group when they were quite low in around the Templeton's area, we have been informed they spent a night Eora Creek and now are at Isurava Village.
Tonight they will share the campsite with the other trek heading in the same direction and two of our groups who have walked up today from Kokoda walking in the opposite direction.
This group must be getting along quite well as the two groups have stayed together all the way from Owers' to Kokoda.
Tomorrow they will walk out into Kokoda where they will spend the night before flying back into Port Moresby on Thursday.
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IMG_1417__Small_.jpgUpdate 20th August: Congratulations are in order for trek 430B as they walked off the track today into Kokoda.
Trekkers had a wet day as I believe based on reports from Kokoda that it rained and rained this afternoon and they were all in the guesthouses we provide at 'Orohaven' our accommodation in Kokoda.
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OROHAVENLOGO1_400_size.jpgTomorrow they will head down to the airport terminal building that we renovated to catch their flight back into Port Moresby.
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