You could try the army disposals outlets or keep an eye out in the trading post. I found that in the newspapers they are advertised second hand for around the A$100 mark whereas brand new you could pick up one from A$140 upwards.

Hi Gail, well, back to work now. Its been a little tough to re-adjust. Just wanted to thank you and the whole gang personally for a wonderful experience. (Hopefully the big toe nails will grow back soon). Can you please pass on my heart felt thanks and admiration to Russell, Justus and their entire trekking company especially Clive who was simply…[Read more]

Footnote: Just received this morning a wonderful email from our young Japanese couple which I thought I would share with you as I have tears of joy in my eyes knowing they were thinking of our guys out on the trail even now they are back in Japan. Yes, guys like Russell and his many porters and guides are truly the fuzzy wuzzy angels of today.…[Read more]

Trek 4 – March, 2004Welcome home guys, you had a tough time out there with the strong winds, falling trees, houses being blown away! Alastair Briggs has been travelling for 9 months and said it was one of the best things he has ever done in his life and that HE WILL DEFINITELY BE BACK one day!Left to Right, Russell Eroro (Kokoda); Al Briggs…[Read more]

They say, when walking Kokoda Trail, there is an Australian way of walking compared to USA or any other for that matter. And there is probably a Japanese way of walking the trail.They didn't know what they were in for, they did it the hard way and endured till the end. Ends//Well earned 'V' for 'Victory' Sign – Hiroya Imanaka & Sayaka Ikeya. The…[Read more]

Keisuke is a Technical Engineer has done some mountain climbing around the world. He said he is planning to come back and climb Mt Wilhem the highest mountain in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea but of course 'got to save up for that.'The hardest probably for the Japanese trekkers was when trying to cross Goldie River before reaching Owers'…[Read more]

Keisuke, the eldest of the group said they wanted to find out for themselves what the trail was like after a friend told them about it.'We had to save up for this one particular trip. If we had known what the conditions were out there we would have extended out trekking days to nine instead of six,' Keisuke said.But the trio had to catch their…[Read more]

Hiroya Imanaka, Sayaka Ikeya and Keisuke Shimizu arrived on March 7th to walk the trail and went ahead of other trekkers from Australia and USA to complete the trail in a matter of six days.The three Japanese are the first group of trekkers for Kokoda Trekking Adventure (KTA) for this year to have completed the trail. They were also the first from…[Read more]

The rain that started a few minutes earlier has since ceased or may be we were too excited to notice it was still raining.Shouts of joy filled the air as we waited to greet and congratulate the three Japanese who had just completed the Kokoda Trail.Hiroya Imanaka looked absolutely exhausted as he came up to the pickup vehicle. In order to end the…[Read more]

Hi Gail, I'm still a little out of it, but I'm back home. great to hear sean is doing well, if possible send him & others my best wishes. I left tuesday morning at 4:30 am- that's a.m,- flew to brisbane, then Auckland NZ & Los angeles & then finally chicago (28 hours later)- but man do I have great memories & things to talk about. I'll send you my…[Read more]

Justus one of our main guides and the many porters who accompanied the above mentioned trek, also headed back home to Kokoda this morning at 6am after being out with the aussies last night at the Yacht Club and Comfort Inn.Porters___Guide.jpg

Aussie trekkers head home, 21st March, 2004 after spending the past couple of days at Loloata Dive Resort on the outskirts of Port Moresby.As you can see, Sean Cartwright is ok and heading home with his friends after having been airlifted off the kokoda trail by helicopter. Fortunately he was released earlier in the week from hospital and was…[Read more]

Ourtrekkers all the way from Japan, seen here at Jackson's Airport heading back to their country.Left to RightHiroya Imanaka, Sayaka Ikeya & Keisuke Shimizu1P1000083a.jpg

Thank you ever so much for trekking with Extreme Kokoda Trekking Adventure Tours: http://www.kokodatrail.com.auJapanese_at_Ower__s_Corner_3.jpg

On the way back into town the older of the three Japanese remarked on the state of the road. He said he hopes to try and do something about it by making people in Japan aware of the conditions. Unless he has friends in high places, I think the state of the road is only going to get worse.Hopefully when the wet season is over and the dry kicks…[Read more]

Around 9pm our weary trekkers arrived tired but well and happy to see us waiting for them. Screams of joy filled the air from us and the trekkers who had just arrived. People started emerging from their houses which until then had remained almost so quiet it was really unusual. I had asked earlier at 6pm where were the people who were in…[Read more]

I do not know exactly how to describe this, but lets say that there are highs and lows in the road. Tractors it seems go back and forth to the rubber plantations and sink into the dirt roads creating highs and lows in the surface. We tried our best to keep to the high section but every now and then we would slide into one of these troughs. Our…[Read more]

For those of you who have never been out that way, the road is red dirt clay type of soil which sticks to your shoes like glue and gets quite slippery. Last year Steve Ovett the former gold medalist long distance champion, remarked that his group thought the kokoda adventure had ceased at Ower's Corner but they had no idea about the state of the…[Read more]

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