Before him, two Papua New Guineans held and previously enjoyed the title as the fastest men on Kokoda for long twenty years. The locals include Senesi with a record time of 27 hours and 5 minutes and Osborne Bogijiwai?s 28 hour, 14 minutes and 30 seconds record.Named Rusty?s Super Kokoda 24-hour Challenge, the race is set to begin at the Kokoda…[Read more]

When the Japanese forward units were well into the ambush area, Lt Chalk ordered his men to fire. It was a historic order ? the first ever given to the Papuan Infantry Battalion soldiers to attack the enemy land forces. The first burst caught the Japanese completely by surprise, but they soon recovered and poured machine gun fire and mortar shells…[Read more]

It was on the afternoon of July 23, 1942, when Lieutenant Chalk, Lieutenant Wort, Warrant Officer McWatters and 35 Papuan Infantry Battalion troops which included corporals Gabriel Lahari, Gabriel Ehava and George Metta lay in ambush beside the track east of Awala near Kokoda in Oro Province.A runner brought a message from the commanding officer…[Read more]

Wednesday, July 27, 2005Tony's group is expected to come out of Ower's Corner tommorrow morning. No radio contact as yet due to problems with radio. At the moment we are assuming they are probably making their way towards Ower's Corner where they agreed to camp overnight before we pick them up tommorrow…till then..

Latest on Trek 124At 3:23 this afternoon Davidson called to confirmed their arrival at Efogi village – the campsite. All trekkers arrived okay and are well and safe at the campsite with the boys. They should be settlling in now, adapting to their new environment.Davidson reported that the boys did great today.Tommorrow will be head start from…[Read more]

TREK 131Wednesday, July, 27, 2005A long, long way to go……While trek 124 awoke to the sound of the jungle at the Myola camp out in the bush, this group woke up in the village camp at Efogi surrounded by few other houses scattered across the top of the mountain.Unfortunately one of the trekkers could no make it with the the rest of the group…[Read more]

Wednesday, July, 27, 2005TREK 124After another night's rest at Myola junction the guys awoke at first break of light to the wake of the jungle and to another day's walk to complete the 96km trail. A call from the group's guide confirmed they were at Naduri lookout, enjoying the panaromic view from the hill top. It seems everything is going well…[Read more]

The organisers and Channel 9 hope to capture some spectacular footage of the trek and have arranged a Fuzzy-Wuzzy Angel re-enactment at Kovelo Village, a small dawn service at Isurava Memorial on July 5, a village rugby match between Kagi and Efogi and a women's soccer match at Menari. It is hoped a buglar will accompany the trek to sound…[Read more]

Justus, the guide in this group callled and confirmed they are at Goldies River now after the steep descend from Ower's Corner. The trekkers are cooling off at the River – there's no doubt about that as the sun is up and hot from this end.They are getting ready for a steep ascend to Imita Ridge now. Justus will confirm later on where they will be…[Read more]

This trek presumably left the campsite at Brigade Hill this morning to start yet another exhausting walk today. No calls yet from John Derrick Eroro who is leading the group. When we do get a call from him he will confirm their whereabouts. When we spoke to John yesterday, he said they will be camping at Naoro (Red Hill) today. The group are doing…[Read more]

After Lunch Today the guys made an early arrival at the campsite at Brigade Hill.There was no trouble at all getting there as the trekkers reportedly enjoyed their "wokabaut" (walk) today. It was a bit cloudy today, but no rain reported on the trail.All is going well at the moment and as I write they should be settling down by now with an early…[Read more]

If you are wondering what happened to this group yesterday, well, you can be asured that they arrived safely at the Myola Camping site yesterday after battling with the grinding climb to Mt Bellamy.A radio call from Derrick this morning confirmed they have left Naduri and are heading towards Launumi – where they wil camp for night.The guys woke up…[Read more]

Yesterday was the second day of this trek. The guys overnighted at Eora Creek and left the campsite early this morning. Today should see them walking up Mt Bellamy. It seems the guys are moving very fast. The trekkers are in great condition and a coping well the weather and climbs and the falls of the ardous Kokoda Trail.They left Templeton's…[Read more]

Everyone commented at the end, that the track was tough. One of the two doctors in the group said he has trekked several other places before but nothing compared to the infamous Kokoda Trail."I've been trekking before and seen and walked mountains that you could easily climb. The mountains along the Kokoda trail is nothing like I've seen before.…[Read more]

The trek ended with a big celebration at Gateway Hotel. Yes, last night the group organised a poolside babarcue and invited the local guides and porters to be their guests as a sign of appreciation for their hospitality during their trek. Words of thanks and acknowledgements were exchanged after the meal. Speaking during the gathering, leader of…[Read more]

The guys were probably dreaming of cold beer while trekking, it seems they don't sell it on the trail. When they arrived at Ower's Corner they asked where the nearest pub was. Of course it would be another hour's drive till we get to the next pub which in this case was in Port Moresby.We welcomed them at Ower's Corner with sandwiches and cold…[Read more]

The group left for Kokoda on Wednesday last week and trekked towards to Ower's Corner. The group who called themselves Harry's Heroes Walking for a Cure were initially scheduled for nine days but pushed on and decided to end their trek in just 7 days.One of the trekkers after arriving at Ower's Corner…DSC0220766.jpg

Trekkers include many successful businessmen from Adelaide, South Australia:Chris Codling; John Pascoe; Bruce Carter; Stephen Duncan; Peter Altman; Christ Altman; Arthur Robertson; Dr Erik Eriksen; Dr Peter Malycha; Andre Killey; Peter Gregg; James Porter; Peter Johnston & Michael Slee.The trekkers at Ower's Corner with the local guides and…[Read more]

And heading up, they are about to…… The group left Templeton's crossing already. John confirmed they are at the foot of Mt Bellamy after having walked past Alola. Everyone on the trek he confirmed are coping well with the trek and weather and are getting ready yet to do another grinding & exhausting ascension to Mt Bellamy – the highest point…[Read more]

At around lunch time today we received a radio call from the guide leading Trek 74 – Harry's Heroes Walking for a cure. John Derrick Eroro who himself has walked Kokoda Track more than 300 times is the guide leading this group. Despite the fact that they were having reception problems on their side John called and we could only make out a sentence…[Read more]