‘A memorial master plan for the trail is needed to enable new generations to understand, appreciate and honour the sacrifices of our diggers as they walk the trail’ – Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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The debate over whether Kokoda is a ‘Track’ or a ‘Trail’ has been the subject of much debate since Prime Minister Paul Keating fell to his knees and kissed the ground in 1992. The question remains as to who owns the naming rights for the place?
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A book review of ‘100 Treks Across The Kokoda Trail’ by PNG author, Rashmii Bell, who was invited to trek with Adventure Kokoda in August 2018 to interpret the experience through the eyes of a Papua New Guinean.
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Australian ‘Heroes come in many guises’ – a wonderful review of ‘Our Great Hearted Men’ by Peter Brune; the ‘Battles for Kokoda Plateau’ by David Cameron; and ‘Shadows on the Track’ by Jan McLeod – reviewed by Stephen Loosley in the Weekend Australian.
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January 1967, John ‘Jethro’ Thompson is a 21-year-old Aussie Digger on his way to the war in South Vietnam. Five months later he returns home – doctors don’t expect him to survive his horrendous wounds.
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