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Hi. Happy birthday Gary. Hope Luke has remembered. Hope all is going well. See you soon. love Shelley, Matt, Chris and Sarah. ps hi Luke and Nathan. xx
Update 17th June: We heard from the track they reached the destination as planned of Templeton's Crossing yesterday. Today their target is Isurava Village.
Yes, Gary is celebrating his birthday today, no doubt the boys have already sung HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him.
Have heard that trekkers are enjoying a game of cards that the boys have taught them called 'Last Card'.
Lots of fun out there I believe, so way to GO, trek 579 you are now heading for home being KOKODA.
Sorry, I have not been able to post any photographs as every time I try I get the following message:
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I have to wait for my son Shane to come off the track or my other son Nathan in Australia to fix the problem.
Message 1: Hi Gary, Good to hear the trek is going well. Hope you are enjoying your birthday. Cheryl and the girls send their love. Say hi to Luke & Nathan. Look forward to hearing all about your adventures. Regards, Rob
Message 2: Hi Gary,
Happy birthday for yesterday, from Mum, Glenn, Deb and families.
Sorry we didn't email, but we didn't know we could. No one told us there was the chance to send a message.
Hope it all went well, and that you had a good time.
And hope Luke and Nathan went well.Love Mum, Deb, Glenn and families.
Trekkers have now reached Isurava and tomorrow should walk out into Kokoda around 1pm. Will keep you posted as soon as I know they have reached Kokoda and Orohaven Kokoda Retreat.
18th June: Have just spoken to Wallace and Gary….they are at Deniki and excited to seen Kokoda in the distance and to know they will have successfully completed their trek.
They hope to walk out into the small town of Kokoda Station around 1pm today. Our truck will be waiting for them to drive the group to Orohaven Kokoda Retreat. Its a relative short flat area to walk down but we are going to spoil them today and pick them up in our truck.
On arrival in Kokoda I will update the website to show they have reached their destination so stay tuned later on today for another update.
Yesterday they held a service at Isurava Memorial area which I believe was quite an emotional experience. Gary just echoed what all our trekkers say, Gail your boys are awesome, a real credit to the company.
PS I read out all your birthday wishes and Gary was stoked to hear them.
Sorry could not post yesterday as the internet was down. Trekkers reached Orohaven yesterday and last enjoyed several pizza's and beer before turning in.
Early this morning they drove down to Popondetta to catch their flight back into Port Moresby. As I type this they are at Guria airport waiting to board their flight to Port Moresby.
Arrival time in Port Moresby should be around 11am.
thanks gail for your final message,its been wonderful to be kept updated during the whole trek, at times there have been a couple of us hanging on those messages of yours! it sounds like it has been an awesome experience as we hoped it would be, we wont hesitate in passing on our recommendations of you and your group of boys for a wonderful job well done, thanks again
love from the families of nathan,gary and luke
Hi everyone, trekkers are now relaxing at the Gateway Hotel. In fact Gary just phoned me to ask for another t/shirt. He was a little nervous when he headed out thanks to the teasing from his son and nephew but today looked the picture of satisfaction to have completed the track.
As for the others, good news, some of them want to come and do it all over again one day! Gary stated he has another son who he thinks should do the trek.
In fact it was great to meet them and to hear their stories as we drove around Port Moresby today. No doubt when they get back home they all have something to talk about.
bye for now, my pleasure to keep you posted. I am sorry however, that I cannot post any photographs due to my computer problem to show you there whereabouts on the track.
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