Charlie Lynn is a former army major and former Parliamentary Secretary for Veterans Affairs in the New South Wales Parliament . In 2015 he was inducted as an 'Officer of the Logohu' by the PNG Government in their New Years’ Honours List ‘for service to the bilateral relations between Papua New Guinea and Australia and especially in the development of the Kokoda Trail and its honoured place in the history of both nations’ over the past 25 years'. In 2018 he was inducted as a 'Member of the Order of Australia' for his services to the NSW Parliament. He has led 99 expeditions across the Kokoda Trail since 1991.
Are all of these registered trekking companies? Looks like some dodgy brothers out there. I didn’t notice any reviews for Kokoda Courage or the bloke I witnessed attempting to trek alone with no assistance. Keep up the good work Charlie And keep the bastardy honest.
Thanks Fiona. It is clear that there is little governance on the trail at the moment and that unregistered companies and private groups are free to operate without any fear of detection – it also means local villagers are missing out on their fair share of benefits from the industry and this is the cause of considerable unrest along sections of the trail. Unfortunately cost is an issue and some will trek with blackbirders who continue to exploit their guides and carriers – because the can!
Mark Kersten
on April 27, 2019 at 3:45 pm
Hey Charlie me old China. Still at it mate. Good on you. And well done. One of these days I’ll have to come up and rescue you. Good luck mate. Your old partner Mark who you christened the mongrel
Lance Cobban
on April 30, 2019 at 9:14 am
Awesome trek. So humbling to be part of it.
Adventure Kokoda looked after us and gave a comprehensive tour of battle sites!
Well done!
Peter Adams
on October 12, 2019 at 11:21 pm
A well designed and suoerbly organised trek by Adventure Kokoda. Leaders Bernie Rowell and Carla Valmorbida were very competent, thorough,knowledgeable conscientious, expetienced and personable.Highly reccomended to anybody anticipating this arduous journey. Adventure Kokoda will do everything for you, except the training. My experience says you can’t do enough training! Well done Adventure Kokoda.
Colin Cook
on October 15, 2019 at 9:42 am
I really enjoyed the mateship shown by the different groups we came in contact with when I did the north to south trek in 2015 with Escape Treking. Was awesome to meet others and share a joke or two.
Long live mateship.
Are all of these registered trekking companies? Looks like some dodgy brothers out there. I didn’t notice any reviews for Kokoda Courage or the bloke I witnessed attempting to trek alone with no assistance. Keep up the good work Charlie And keep the bastardy honest.
Thanks Fiona. It is clear that there is little governance on the trail at the moment and that unregistered companies and private groups are free to operate without any fear of detection – it also means local villagers are missing out on their fair share of benefits from the industry and this is the cause of considerable unrest along sections of the trail. Unfortunately cost is an issue and some will trek with blackbirders who continue to exploit their guides and carriers – because the can!
Hey Charlie me old China. Still at it mate. Good on you. And well done. One of these days I’ll have to come up and rescue you. Good luck mate. Your old partner Mark who you christened the mongrel
Awesome trek. So humbling to be part of it.
Adventure Kokoda looked after us and gave a comprehensive tour of battle sites!
Well done!
A well designed and suoerbly organised trek by Adventure Kokoda. Leaders Bernie Rowell and Carla Valmorbida were very competent, thorough,knowledgeable conscientious, expetienced and personable.Highly reccomended to anybody anticipating this arduous journey. Adventure Kokoda will do everything for you, except the training. My experience says you can’t do enough training! Well done Adventure Kokoda.
I really enjoyed the mateship shown by the different groups we came in contact with when I did the north to south trek in 2015 with Escape Treking. Was awesome to meet others and share a joke or two.
Long live mateship.