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What a great way to finish the trek..trust Wallace to come up with an amazing dinner treat..hope Mac was the porter ensured with the most important task of picking up the goods..well done guys and thanks to Wallace and his team for bring everyone home safely. Enjoy your celebrations on Monday night..well deserved. We look forward to catching up on all the news when Michael and Ollie return to Colac. Thanks Gail for keeping us in the loop..cheers Mike and Trina
Great to see the group on the move. I am sure Wallace will do a terrific job looking after everyone. Tell Michael and Ollie we are all thinking about them this week and look forward to hearing more news as the adventure unfolds. Cheers for now lol
My wife and I were 58 in 2006 when took on the track as part of Colac College led by former 2004 trekker Michael Barrand. It was a wet September/Oct. and I struggled with bad feet, mud, and basketball knees. My porter and I left the track at Efogi 1 which Gail organized to get me back to Moresby. My wife and the rest of the group of 12 continued on to finish at Owers' Corner where I met them. My failure to complete the track was not as a result of a lack of training as I spent a year getting prepared but rather a combination of unforeseeable events. I was so impressed with KTL's caring and attention to detail. My porter McKenzie did an outstanding job given the circumstances. We have had communication since the trek and along with a few of the other porters we have become involved in their lives through KTL. In 2008 we planned another return to the track to finish it. In June this year we were scheduled to go with Trek 417 in June led again by Michael Barrand. I had been preparing well until my left knee required an operation 6 months before we were to go..I did not recover in time. It was a huge disappointment. Again the track re-enforcing a lesson for me: learn how to handle disappointments..however there will always be 2010 and who knows? We can not speak highly enough of Russell, Gail, and the porters and guides of KTL. They have brought "new music" to our lives..thank you.
Mike Ebeling
Trek 225
Trek_225_Mike_Ebeling.jpegHopefully this site will be updated soon! Good luck to the "battlers" we are sure your stay at Efogi was most welcomed after Bellamy. We are thinking of you all..Happy 4th of July and we hope you get this message..go Roger, Jonty and Speirsy. Mike and Trina
Great photo. thanks. How was weather at Isurava? Did ceremony go well..thinking of you from Peeramon FNQ just south of PNG. Saw our first tree-kangaroo..any on Kokoda track. Cheers and we will be in touch later in the week. Love Mike and Trina
Gail perhaps you could give us an account number to deposit a contribution for Landy Noel's rebuilding of that terrific guest house. Thanks
Great photo of Freddy with the sax..please let us know if and when the practice book arrived and if it will be helpful in working out the mysteries of the sax for Freddy..hopefully he has access to a CD/DVD player somewhere so he can do a bit of "playing along" as he learns. Who knows Kokoda could become the next "new wave island jazz center". Cheers Mike and Trina
Thanks Gail.. the saxophone teacher in trek 417 is Stephen Gill. I had a chat with Stephen and he is keen to meet up with Freddy as his porter. We are all looking forward to next year.
Update: thanks, have added this request to your trek so Freddy it is as Stephen's porter.
We will be posting a beginners guide book for the sax with CD to Andrew care of KTL office for Freddy to pick up a few more clues on playing. Next year trek 417 has a sax music teacher walking the trek and perhaps Freddy would like to porter for him? This teacher also plays several other instruments, sings, has his own band and plays the ukulele too. Could be a most enjoyable trek.
