Hi Nettie,Just a quick reply to your message. I live at Wurtulla just north of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. I would appreciate any info on the 39th and thankyou for your reply.Bruce

Hi Gail,I first hiked the Kokoda Track (for me it will always be a track) in January 1960 with a party of Senior Scouts and a guide by the name of Jack Perrin and a Papuan policeman by the name of Corporal John. You can find part of my diary and photos elsewhere on this site.I was lucky to meet Bert Kienzle at Kokoda Airport and visit his home on…[Read more]

Hi all trekkers and readers of this forum.Change of email address to hetbruce@bigpond .comAlso i have started training so that I can prove to myself if I am fit enough to attempt a second crossing of the Kokoda Track. I first crossed it in 1960 at age 20. I will be 68 in June this year.Regards,Bruce—-hetbruce@bigpond.com

Hi to all who have hiked the Track.Tonight I want to share with you a little part of my 1960 trek by way of an extract of the detailed diary I kept as we hiked. Remember we hiked from Kokoda towards Ower's Corner.Day 2—Alola to bush camp above Eora Creek.—Tuesday 5 January 1960.5.30 Awake–fog had moved down to Yodda Valley. Cooked…[Read more]

Hi Aussie,Thanks for your reply. I had the great honour to meet Stan Bisset at the 2/14th reunion in Brisbane in July 2005. Stan is now 93 years old and lives at Noosa on the Sunshine Coast in Qld. I live at Wurtulla also on the Sunshine Coast about 40 mins south of Stan.In August this year we celebrated 60 years of VP Day with a cross laying…[Read more]