Brian Im sure you have a few adventures left in you yet.I'd be interested in Black cat.

we are doing a lot more walks closer to home to train for a bigger one next year (maybe)

Quote"I have recently returned from my own personal Kokoda adventure. Myself and a work collegue scoured this and other forum sites looking for advice on how to do this trek independently. We found again and again comments like the thread regarding "Gas Containers in Pt Moresby" describing anyone who would take on the trek without a group as…[Read more]

we only found mozzies at low altitude and they werent too bad,although we were there in July so I dont know what January would be like.There is currency exchange at the airport but I dont know about lockers.Hennesy hammocks are great as long as your can find somewhere to string it up.

Fluppy,,,,you definately need help.Everybody else is stuffing their faces with ham and pork and your scanning the forum, you poor sick girl.

I may return to PNG with my 2 sons,,,,maybe.

Hennesy hammocks are great….probably the best there is.

I check the forum every day at around 4am while Im having a coffee before driving to work,,and then at about 4 or 5 pm when I get home.Its a daily ritual.I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Xmas as well as a great New year.

I said to our guide Dudley when we stopped for a breather,,,,,,, "Hey Dudley,,when do we get to see the herds of zebra's and elephants, and what about monkeys, I want to see some monkeys." he just stared at me lost for words All the porters just stopped and looked at me as if I was some kind of idiot,, after about 2 minutes I couldnt keep a…[Read more]

There getting saddles made for those rabbits, and you ride them back.It will take a while , but will be an unforgettable experience.

I remember seeing the other old klunker you had parked up around the chook shed,I thought at the time, "surely not', but the boys assured me it still ran.

behold,,,the hootchie.I spent many a wet night in one at places like Gan Gan and Canungra.http://img232.imageshack.us/i/botc2008fieldex006pt7.jpg/By the way,that is not me in the pic,its just a pic I found on google.Just google hootchie for more ways to set up a hootchie.A tent is better if you want to keep the bugs out.

Hi Mary.Have you done Jatbula at all, I was looking at it the other day.

I walked it this last July (just before the plane crash) and thought it was pretty clean and in good shape.I agree that the fewer people using the track, the better off the actual track itself would be. I was talking to Charlie Lynn on the track and he had a group of 70 odd.There was just on 20 of us all up with porters etc.

They would have billboards along the track "This section of the Kokoda Track proudly sponsored by The McDonalds corporation' and then a fast food shop further along that sold MyFuzzy Wuzzy or McDigger burgers.Heaven help us !

I agree with Brians view on air safety. I could'nt imagine a more dangerous place to fly into. I got my pilots license about 20 years ago but cant afford to fly anymore, and I was a bit nervous on the flight in. But , on saying that, their record has been pretty good really.I also couldnt imagine a company such as KTL putting its valued customers…[Read more]

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I dont know why any of those reasons(except lack of finances) would deter anyone who is even slightly adventurous from walking the Track.Adventure is about taking risks and doing something out of the ordinary.

I have an 75 litre Deuter as well as a smaller Deuter day pack.They are both exactly the same shape and layout which Ive found handy.I carried my own pack in PNG and found it very comfortable and water proof.It was a fair bit cheaper than the macpac which was my original choice, but I went off them when I found out they werent made in New Zealand…[Read more]

The thing at Brisbane airport was totally unacceptable. Youd think people who worked at the airport would have more brains than to let something like that happen.Especially to someone as high profile as Kurt.