MONDAY and WEDNESDAY

• BRISBANE/POM – 07:30 – 10:40
• POM/BRISBANE – 14:00 – 17:10

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Trek 207: Trekkers headed back home today after having arrived back off their 6 day fast trek. All looked really pumped up and ready for home.Group_Pic_3.jpg

Trek 248: Heather Dowton and her son Matthew returned back into town and are now back in Australia following their trek. To use Heather's own words, our porters helped push/pull her up and down lots of mountains and sometimes even lifted her but they did get her safely across the track.Trekkers Comments: From Matthew: Extremely impressed with…[Read more]

Trek 163: All trekkers are now at Rusty's Kokoda block in Kokoda and will arrive back in from Kokoda tomorrow around midday.IMGP1715.jpg

Trek 207 led by Pam Christie got away for a late start today and will now spend the night at Deniki. It seems Airlines of PNG are down to only one aircraft today and as a result had to do all their RPT flights before fitting in the charter work. Fortunately, this trek is mainly made up of Qantas pilots and aviation people so they understood the…[Read more]

Trek 163 has also reached Myola Junction (1900) and they are right on target to walk out in Kokoda as previously planned. They will spend tonight in the same campsite as the trek above:IMGP1717.jpg

Trek 248 has now reached Myola Junction or commonly known as 1900 and both trekkers are doing well

Trek 179 A, B & C have all reached Nauro Village and are doing ok IMGP1711.jpg

We also greeted 6 trekkers who arrived up from Cairns today who will head out to Kokoda tomorrow on a 6 day trek. Trekkers are as follows – all Qantas pilots based in Cairns:Steve Smith, Dean Peters, Paul O'Halloran, Michael Leahy, Rod and Geoff StevensTrekkers seen here at the Gateway Hotel swimming pool area shortly after their…[Read more]

Trek 212 – a closer look at one of our walking stick:100_0773.jpg

Trek 215 – On this particular trek, John Derrick sent word back in from Uberi requesting three walking sticks be walked in by one of our porters to help these three guys…..a car ride followed by a porter walking them in and they were all set to continue on the next day with their new friends, 'their walking sticks':IMGP1670.jpg

Trek 235 – seen here shortly before taking off to Kokoda:IMGP1692.jpg

Trek 271 – trekkers walking across a small creek with their walking sticks:IMGP1519.jpg

Trek 262 Group Photograph at Ower's Corner – 6 day trekkers:IMGP1568.jpg

Trek Update: All three groups, 179A, 179B & 179 C are all travelling ok and are spending the night at Myola JunctionSome of the trekkers boarding their flight to Kokoda:IMGP1702.jpg

Photograph: trekkers inside the back of our truck KTL 3 which drove them out to Ower's Corner IMGP1717.jpg

Photograph: remaining trekkers who travelled out to Kokoda on the 2nd aircraft. A mixture of 179 B & C:IMGP1711.jpg

Trek 179 A, B & C: All trekkers got away as planned on the 16th July flying into Kokoda by chartered aircraft with Airlines of PNG.The first flight took off as planned and all trekkers seemed very excited.Photograph: 1st flight off the ranks with eager trekkers ready to board – a mixture of A & B:IMGP1699.jpg

Trek 235: Our guide phoned in to say they have reached Efogi. I spoke to Greg Carman and he said Grant was doing it tough but would that he felt he would be ok and that he had just downed a can of coke.Photograph: taken at Jackson's airport shortly before they took off to Kokoda:IMGP1692.jpg

Photograph: taken at the block when they were invited to a meal prepared by the women who live on the family block:Picture_281.jpg