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
WTF has Kokoda got to do with neocolonialism?
As PNG approaches its 50th year of Independence it is timely to look at the transition from colonial rule from Australia, neo-colonial influence, and Independence. According to Google Ai: ‘neocolonialism’ is a system of economic, political, and cultural...
Mark Nizette – Kokoda Trail Ringmaster?
Julius Wargirai was hired as ‘Acting CEO’ of the PNG Kokoda Track Authority (KTA) in a neo-colonial process orchestrated by DFAT PNG – it was a process that would not escape the attention of watchdog agencies in Australia! His engagement as ‘interim CEO’ prevented more qualified, but independently minded executives, from being engaged to manage the Kokoda Trail for PNGs economic benefit.
Not enough bums for seats on Kokoda
The colourful line-up at Owers Corner for the Kokoda Initiative announcement of a ‘Kokoda Sanitation Project’ on February 6, indicates this decision originated from Port Moresby based ‘swivel-chair managers’ linked to computer screens.
PNG Tourism CEO signs suicide note for Kokoda Tourism
TPA CEO, Eric Mossman-Uvovo has signed a death warrant for pilgrimage tourism across the Kokoda Trail.
The proposal for a new Kokoda Track Management Authority (KTMA) was secretly drafted in Canberra by a foreign official under the cover of Covid.
A Blueprint for Kokoda Pilgrimage Tourism
The 138 km Kokoda Trail, a 10 metre-wide corridor on either side of the tracks over which the Kokoda campaign was fought between Owers Corner and Kokoda in 1942, was officially gazetted by the PNG Government in 1972. This blueprint concludes that the rapid increase in...
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.