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Twenty students from Port Moresby International School (POMIS) left Russel's Block in Kokoda today and have arrived in Isurava where they will be camping tonight.
The students left Port Moresby yesterday, (September 14th) and flew in to Kokoda with their team leader, lecturer and trek organiser David Lucas who has been planning for the trip since March this year.
Out with them on the trail are two group of trekkers from Australia who left Kokoda last Sunday, 12th September. One of the group is camping at Myola tonight and the first group is camping at Eora Creek. Tomorrow both groups will meet at Efogi and continue the trek together.
All three groups have booked in for 9 days and 8 night's trek.
The group of students who are trekking from 14th September to 22nd include : David Lucas – trek organiser, John Batterham, Alex Richardson, Jeanne Korowa, Margaret Ani, Charmaine ToRobert, Jonathan Nui, Desmond Wapen, Tausala Smith, Kuki Lin, John Sloan, David Brown, Anna Dusauva, Krystle Babao, Billy Joe, Peter Aiwa.
The other two treks from 12 September 2004 – 20 September 2004 include :
Trek 1
Robert Denner; Michael Denner; Fred Green; Mat Francis; Toby Francis; Fred Marsden; andTrek 2
Michael Ward; Tim Ward; Dan Kealy; Lincoln Kealy; Peter Smithers; Headen Cuthbert; Helen Connolly; Graeme Phillips; Stuart Wood; Wikrom Tang & Tom Clark
All in all we have 37 trekkers out on the trail right now.
Tommorrow will be the 29th year since PNG gained its Independence in September 16th 1975. We would like to take this time to wish every Papua New Guineans no matter where you are – A happy 29th anniversary.
1Trekkers_at_Gateway.jpgTrek Updates 18th September, 2004:
Three trekkers headed off from Ower's Corner with Eric Uwea as their guide and other porters from Sogeri end of the trail.
Date: 18 September 2004 – 26 September 2004
Alaistair Henderson; Max Ekins & Merric Ekins
Pam Christie Booking
Photograph: Trekkers seen here at Salvation Army near Ower's Corner today 18th September before they took off walking on their kokoda trek:
CIMG1704.jpgToday we welcome to PNG our large group of trekkers heading out tomorrow on two Regional Air charters to Kokoda:
Michael Barrand; Campbell Beadman; Tom Birch; Will Bowes; Sarah Bowes; Matt Bowker; Virginia Boyce; James Brady; Helen Casey; John Davies; Roger Devine; Jamie Govenlock; Jane Harrison; Andy Haslam; Sarah Horan; Alex Lee; Jessica Lees; Susan Melbourne; Brad Partridge; Clair Partridge; Ian Patching; Lacklan Pfeiffer; John Prossor; Jeff Rogers; Vern Tessier; Shirley Tessier; Kim Thompson; Alexandra Thomson; Mark Thomson; Ken Trembath; Pam Trembath; Gerard Tuck; Matt Vicars; Howard West; Simon Jones; James Worladge & Sally Johnston
Photograph: Briefing at the Gateway tonight 18th September, 2004:
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CIMG1727.jpgYesterday saw myself in training, yes me 'aussie' (Gail Thomas) for my Kokoda experience in November this year….yes well that is if I can get fit enough as my legs today feel really stiff and sore.
I have already started walking up and down the stairwell at work – Deloitte Tower Ground Floor to level 12 and with a few weeks still left to train and shed some kilos, hopefully I will do what I set out to do, and that is to walk from Ower's Corner to Kokoda sometime in November this year.
As all my trekkers say….Gail, YOU JUST GOTTA DO IT!!! You cant send us out without doing it yourself.
Now there is a challenge for you all….if I can do it…ANYONE CAN! See my story I plan to post tonight…
Photograph: Kenny (my housekeeper or as they say here in PNG, haus boi) and myself sitting on the steps of the archway at Ower's Corner, yesterday 17th September, 2004.
My first training session: We drove out to near the Salvation Army and walked down to Goldie Creek where we spent the night camping out on PNG's Independence Day 15th September, 2004. The following morning we awoke early and then walked back and up the steep climb to Ower's Corner and back to the car and got home around midday 17th September, 2004.
Kenny___Gail_at_Ower__s_Corn.jpgUpdate 20th September, 2004: All POMIS students have made it to Ofi Creek where they will spend the night.
Eric's group of three trekkers has made it to Menari and our large group of 38 are spending the night at Isurava.
Tonight we met up with our two groups of trekkers that arrived back in from the Kokoda Trail early this morning. All trekkers were very happy and stated they thoroughly enjoyed their trek.
DCP_4255.jpgUpdate 21st September: Large group numbering 37 trekkers have reached Iora Creek and are all doing ok.
Our group of POMIS high school students are now spending the night at Ower's Corner and will get out tomorrow as planned.
Eric Uwea with his three trekkers is spending the night at Efogi II and these too are ok.
Our next lot of 15 trekkers who were supposed to arrive today, got stuck in Cairns when Air Niugini was grounded. We have now had a change of plan and due to these circumstances, we have turned the trek around and it will now head from Ower's Corner to Kokoda and then onto Buna/Gona before flying out by charter from Popondetta back to Port Moresby.
Tomorrow we also see Murray Jones and Team Kokoda trekkers arrive who will be staying at the Hideway Hotel before departing the following day also from Ower's Corner.
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