Hi Steve, sounds like you and your son are well on the way to being as prepared physically as you can be.If you are familiar with Toowoomba and the range on the right as you drive up into the city I used that for my training. It had quite a steep slope with a number of false crests and from my start point at the bottom it enabled me to become used…[Read more]

Hi there Nola,I trekked Kokoda with 6 ladies last year (all nurses – Gail I am sure the boys are still scarred from that experience LOL).Anyways if you would like any info from them regarding this matter please let me know and I can get in contact with them and have them reply through this forum.CheersAndrew (Trek 101)

Hi there,I have to agree with Waza on the choice of a tour group over individaul trekking. From your questions I can surmise that you and your friend have never been to PNG before. One of the dangers of trekking like you are planning, and especially in PNG, is not being part of an organised group in the event of becoming lost, injured, or as…[Read more]

Hi Razor,three of us from Cabarlah completed the trek a month after you and your daughter. We kept egging each other on, saying if an 8yr old girl can do it and a soldier can't..well can you live with yourself!! ha ha.Awesome trip, we had our days too LOL.CheersAndrew

Hi Michelle,I recently trekked Kokoda and found that village life goes on regardless. The whole trekking setup is a bonus for the farmers as fresh fruit n vegies are offered at nearly all villages or rest stops as well as warm cans of soft drink. However it is obvious that this is not their entire dependency. Life is so tough up there they need to…[Read more]

Is this the girl from Toowoomba? I remember reading the article in the Chronicle but cannot recall her name.Great job. My mates n I kept saying if an 8yr old can do it so can we.

If anyone reads this topic and wonders if it is advisable to do the trek with a cold or flu. A couple of observations from my trip. The illness passed by the time I started as I thought we were commencing the trek the day after arrival. Taking the anti-Malarial Doxyciline (SIC?) helped here as it is an anti-biotic (not sure about SP Lager but a…[Read more]

Hi Gail, thanks for the reply.I had a check up this morning. The main concern being blood pressure and the stress of the trek on the heart having to cope with that as well as an infection. BP is good, the doc reminded me that the doxycycline I am taking for anti-malarial will help fight the infection and by the time we are onto the trek I should…[Read more]