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After Word:We hope you will enjoy the trek you are about to make. Of course, when writing such a condensed history such as this, much has to be left out; although we hope we have retained the interesting parts that pertain directly to what happened along the length of the Kokoda Trail. If you are interested in finding out more of what happened in…[Read more]

Trek Day Nine: Va?Ule Creek ? Owers Corner:September 1942 (Aust. Retreat) On the ridge-top at Ioribaiwa the Japanese were able to see the far-away glint of the sea that was their objective (McAulay p233). At this stage, though, the Japanese were not thinking of capturing Port Moresby, as such. For them, victory meant food. Japanese private…[Read more]

Trek Day Eight: Naoro ? Va?Ule Creek:September 1942 (Aust. Retreat) As the Australians retreating from Naoro settled into their positions on Ioribaiwa Ridge, they were joined by the 3rd Militia Battalion, the first of the reinforcement units advancing up the Trail. This battalion, unlike its predecessor, the 53rd Battalion, had been given some…[Read more]

Trek Day Seven: Menari ? Naoro:September 1942 (Aust. Retreat) The night and day after the battle for Brigade Hill was the lowest ebb for the Australian?s spirits. One man wrote that he ?was not the only man to fall deeply into a great gulf of despair and gloomy introspection ? weighed down by premonitions of coming disaster: that we would never…[Read more]

Trek Day Six: Kagi ? Menari:September 1942 (Aust. Retreat) After a day of probing attacks and aggressive patrols by both sides, the Japanese attacked the Australian positions in strength from 4.30am on 8 September 1942. The initial Japanese attacks came in onto the Australian positions from straight ahead down the trail, and from both sides of it.…[Read more]

Trek Day Five: Templeton?s Crossing ? Kagi:September 1942 (Aust. Retreat) If losing Templeton?s Crossing was bad for the Australians, supply wise, losing Myola was to be far worse. It was also a cruel blow to their morale. The two dry lake beds that made up the Myola position afforded the only true break in the close jungle conditions along the…[Read more]

Trek Day Four: Eora/Iora Creek to Templeton?s Crossing:September 1942 (Aust. Retreat) The Australians finally pulled back from Eora/Iora Creek before dawn on 2 September 1942. They struggled back for about 3.2 kilometres on a steep and slippery trail to their next blocking position. It was hard going, a fact not helped by rain that fell almost…[Read more]

Trek Day Three: Isurava to Eora/Iora Creek:August/September 1942 (Aust. Retreat) The battle of Isurava was not confined solely to the village area. As the Japanese pressure built against the Australians over the course of the battle, they were pushed back to the area around Alola (Ham p174). You will be passing through this part of the battle area…[Read more]

Trek Day Two: Kokoda to Isurava:August 1942 (Aust. Retreat) In the 5-6 hours walk you complete today, you cover a distance that the Australians took several days to cover in fighting retreats. Sometimes in torrential rain, sometimes in clinging, damp mists, sometimes in darkness, and always with the menacing pressure of the Japanese behind them,…[Read more]

Duration: 9 days / 8 nights Itinerary. The following is based on walking from Kokoda towards Ower's Corner. The same Itinerary works however in reverse if your trek is commencing at Ower's Corner and walking to Kokoda:Day One: Port Moresby to Kokoda:As this first day of your trek is largely taken up with travel to, and sight-seeing in and…[Read more]