• HI Gail PLease pass on the following message to Sam and Simon. – Congratulations on your achievement. You can be proud of what you have done and those memories will be with you for the rest of your life. Look forward to hearing from Sam when you get home to hear your stories of the trek! Cheers, Brett de Chastel

  • Hi Gail, You might remember me from the trek I did with Allan Hazell a few years back and when we came over to do volunteer work putting on water systems in a couple of the villages around Kokoda. Anyway, can I get you to pass on a message to Sam. I spoke to him before he left to give him some tips. Tell him – Don't forget to enjoy the journey,…[Read more]

  • Here is another perspective. Rather than just responding to the survey question, I think that the KT authority shouldn't just be focused on why there has been a downturn in numbers in the last year or so. Instead, a better question is – what would be the maximimum (or desireable) number of trekkers each year for the track? If the track becomes…[Read more]

  • Hi Gail Like many others on this forum, I was devastated to hear the news of Kingsley. Can you please pass on my best wishes to Davidson in particular as well as Russell and the Eroro family. I trecked in 2006 with Davidson and also visited Kokoda last year with Allan and Peter Hazell to help put on water to some of the villages to the west of the…[Read more]