Later in the year we heard they desperately needed a lawn mower and that the school children were cutting the grounds with bush knives, again Kokoda Trekking came to the party and donated a lawn mower:lawnmower.jpg

In January 2005 we had delivered to our home on the Gold Coast a donation of teacher resource materials. We paid the freight to PNG and onto Kokoda. The teachers of Kokoda Primary School were thrilled to receive them which made the whole exercise worthwhile:Books_for_Kokoda_Primary_School.jpg

In 2006 we donated goods to the villagers along the track by way of tarpaulins; water containers; cooking pots and utensils; shower room; hot water shower bags; mattresses to Efogi Guesthouse and so on. As seen here in the background of this photograph, Ioribaiwa Villagers draped it over their guesthouse roof to help keep trekkers dry:Tarpaulin.jpg

In 2005 we donated an ambulance to the Kokoda Memorial Hospital:Update 18/05/07: In May 2007 we took back the Ambulance from the Dept of Health as they did not do the right thing by our donation. One night the person designated to drive the ambulance got drunk which resulted in the vehicle being off the road.It remained that way for the past…[Read more]

Trek with us and you can be sure that something goes back to the community. In 2004 our first year of operation we purchased a PMV (Public Motor Vehicle) Truck for the use of driving villagers from Kokoda down to Popondetta to the bank and to sell their market goods. It also serves our trekker needs.KTL_1_Back_Version.jpeg

All our treks include a visit to Bomana War Cemetery either on the way out to Owers' Corner or on the way back.Bomana.jpeg

Lest We Forget – one of the main reasons for trekking, to follow in the footsteps of our fallen diggers – Bomana War Cemetery:Bomana_3_nice_pic.jpg

Lets not forget your free souvenier of our KTL Kwila walking stick for you to use on the Kokoda Track and to take home with you…..Isurava_Walking_Stick.jpg

For those of you who have trekked with us, many thanks for choosing Kokoda Trekking.For those of you who are thinking of trekking sometime in the future, we at Kokoda Trekking would love to take you on the Kokoda Track and sincerely hope you choose to trek with us. HAPPY TREKKING 'Certificate of Achievement' and 'T/Shirt' is within your reach,…[Read more]

Are the views and the villages worth the effort, we at KTL think so …..take a look at this photograph:Village_2.jpg

Or the down, down, DOWNS:Down_Down_Down.jpg

For anyone who has trekked Kokoda you will never forget the UP, UP, UPS…. Up_Up_Up.jpg

On the 19th September, a wonderful surprise as we met up with the family and friends of one of our first trekkers Anthony Lewis. When Anthony walked he met up with a young man from Alola Village with club feet who he told us he could help as it was his profession. He asked his sister Kathryn Lance – Trek 174 to trace his feet so that a pair of…[Read more]

In February this year I purchased a workhorse, a Toyota Troopcarrier and what a workload this vehicle has had to endure throughout our trekking season. The road to Ower's Corner would punish any vehicle but so far so good and it has not given us too many problems apart from the normal wear and tear:100_0568__Small_.jpg

Thanks must also go to my two daughters Mikayla (left) and Cheree (Right) who pack our food ration packs under the name of Food4Treks – http://www.food4treks.com.auCan you just imagine for one minute how much time and effort and packing has gone into feeding our 'hundreds' of trekkers. In order to grow we had to out source some of our work and who…[Read more]

One of our porters asked a trekker what he felt he got out of the walk….he thought about it….then when we were handing out the t/shirt and certificate, he said that he never thought he would be holding onto the hand of a porter…..but he said it taught him that once he got over accepting the fact he needed help, his hand was held quite often…[Read more]

Louise Rath heard all about Kokoda Trekking from her husband who walked with us the previous year. In 2006 he stayed behind to babysit so Louise could walk along with her two friends Geneviev Johnstone and Amanda Marshall. Photograph: Louise Rath (Trek 179A) on a log crossing on the trail, anything he can do, she can do better! Picture_044.jpg

Wherever you are our KTL porters are not far away from you as seen here in this log crossing – Trek 179A:Picture_028.jpg

Some trekkers such as Trek 184 walked in uniform as seen here at Bomana War Cemetery along with our KTL boys. Trek 184 also gave themselves a name 'Kokoda Konquest'Lou Gambrill would probably have won the contest for the most emails and what a character he turned out to be when we finally met up with each other….I could tell our KTL boys were…[Read more]

How could you ever forget one of the reasons for coming to walk the Kokoda Trail, lots of creek log crossings….bush walking and camping out – Trek 268:Picture_031.jpg