My training began two months earlier when I started walking up and down the 12th floor to the ground of where I worked at Deloitte Tower in downtown Port Moresby. Every lunch hour 4 times a week I worked up a sweat and climbed up and down those stairs.One day Pam Christie (PNG Trekking Adventure Tours) turned up at the front reception counter and…[Read more]

So at a Kokoda Meeting earlier this year chaired by Charlie Lynn, everyone in the room was asked to stand up who had walked the whole trail….80% stood up. Charlie then asked who would like to walk to stand up, I took up the challenge and stood up. That was all Russell Eroro needed to see. From that date onwards, my fete was sealed…..I was…[Read more]

In the beginning I was on uneven ground not knowing where to begin so I put something on my pngbd website about Kokoda. Before I could blink emails started flowing in at such a rate I soon found I needed a whole new website on Kokoda so I could get some sleep at night. Many people came to my rescue and helped provide the much needed information…[Read more]

How did I get into Kokoda Trekking you may well ask. Well it goes something like this….. in December 2000 when I was on holidays in Australia, I was amazed how much negativity there was towards PNG mainly wound up by the local and overseas media….you know how journo's think….only drama sells newspapers. Gee if it was that bad, would I still…[Read more]

For my trek I purchased a COLEMAN 2 man tent and it was absolutely great. Plenty of space to fit my backpack under the fly together with my small day pack.It rained every night but not a drop got in the tent and it was quite roomy inside.Definitely recommend this tent. I also slept on a blow up air mattress which did the trick as well and gave…[Read more]

Hi Dan, having just walked the trail last week in the wet, I can honestly tell you I had no problems with water inside my boots.There was only one crossing that we had to wade across and we were asked to take off our boots and put on our sandles in case of river stones cutting our feet.All other crossings (and there were many of them), already had…[Read more]

Having just completed and sitting here with my friend who walked alongside me, we think anyone would be crazy to walk alone.Because of various reasons such as:a) Pack weight – its always easier to have someone to share the loadB) Humidity which is extremely high and you sweat a lotc) Personal Safety and Securityd) The track is dangerous in…[Read more]

I then started receiving emails from people asking how they could trek the trail so I went one step further and asked the Tourism Promotion Authority to introduce me to a guide who I could set up in his own 100% nationally owned company to walk trekkers over the trail.It was then that I was introduced to Russell Eroro who was renowned as one of…[Read more]

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Rugby Union Players and Cyclists celebrate at the Crowne Plaza after their return from their 6 day trek:DSC00818.jpg

Our trekkers make it to the finish line – Ower's Corner today 19th October, 2004 – well done from all of us here at http://www.kokodatrail.com.auKokoda Trekking Ltd & Exteme Kokoda Trekking ToursPicture_072.jpg

Cyprian our guide with Chris on the trail:Picture_071.jpg

Chris Teveluwe from Helensvale on the Gold Coast had an absolute ball on the Kokoda Trail and loved every minute of it:Chris.jpg

Hey if I can do it so can you, Craig Armstrong on the Kokoda Trail October, 2004:Picture_045.jpg

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Natalie Bates surrounded by Rugby Union Players:100_2496.jpg

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Jim Swan the trek leader seen here on the left with his fellow mates:100_2494.jpg

Another photograph taken tonight at the Crowne Plaza Hotel:100_2493.jpg