Adventure Kokoda Blog
Protecting our heritage
Kokoda is much more than a trek. It is almost a spiritual journey for those who wish to connect to the historical significance of the Kokoda campaign. It is also an empathetic bridge for Australians and Papua New Guineans to better understand each other.
Our Charity
Our charitable work includes the provision of health support, school supplies, scholarships, and emergency medical assistance to villagers across the Kokoda Trail.
Our Media
National features stories of our treks on all major television networks, newspapers, and magazines.
Our Reviews
Trekker feedback, Trip Advisor reviews, and personal reflections.
Our Treks
Everything you need to know about our treks, our trekkers, training tips, gear selection, and some handy hints.
Our Viewpoint
Charlie has been the leading advocate for the protection of our Kokoda heritage, and the welfare of villagers across the Trail, for 30 years.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Interesting articles relating to our close association with PNG, and our shared wartime heritage.
Latest News
Cape York Peninsula & Kokoda Trail under threat from Canberra’s Environment Zealots!
Peter Garrett, lead singer for ‘Midnight Oil’, is a well meaning environmentalist – but he can afford to be with a net worth of around $10 million (PNGK25 million).
Not so the woman sitting in her small hut in the Nauro swamp area alongside her young son with a net worth of a few kilos of ‘kai kai’ (sweet potato), some taro, corn and an assortment of local fruit!
Garrett is also a former Minister for Environment under the Rudd Labor government – he didn’t waste any time forcing his extreme environmental agenda on indigenous communities in the Cape York Peninsula area and along the Kokoda Trail.
KOKODA ANTI-TOURISM AUTHORITY
NG is now the only country in the world which allows its most popular tourism destination to be managed as an environment park controlled by foreign aid-funded environment officials, consultants, anthropologists, archeologists, and social engineers rather than as a tourism enterprise for the economic benefit of traditional landowner communities!
A Chronicle of our Kokoda Journey: 1991-2024
Over the past 32 years I have led 101 expeditions across the Kokoda Trail. During this time I have also travelled to Canberra to brief eight of the 11 Ministers for Veterans Affairs and three of the Ministers for International Aid and the Pacific, on the need to protect our shared military heritage across the Kokoda Trail.
Index: Major Charlie Lynn’s Adventure Kokoda Blogs
These papers, submissions and articles in the following blogs encapsulate my 32-year involvement with the Kokoda Trail in particular, and PNG in general. During this time, I was able to lead 101 expeditions across the Trail and share the experience with more than 2,000 wonderful Australians from all walks of life.
The Kokoda Trail: Chronology of Mismanagement: 2009-2024
Under Australian management since 2009 trekker numbers have declined by 42% resulting in a direct annual loss of $1.2 million (K3.1 million) for village communities across the Trail.
KOKODA BLOCKADE – A CATALYST FOR CHANGE!
The illegal blockade on the Kokoda Trail should be the catalyst for an inquiry into the operation of the DFAT Kokoda Initiative management system which has resulted in a 41 percent fall in the number of Australians trekking Kokoda since they assumed control of the PNG...