Author: Charlie

Proposed Joint Agreement for Commemoration of the Shared Wartime Heritage between Australia and PNG

Papua New Guinea is the principal custodian of sites sacred to the wartime heritage of Australia, America and Japan.

It therefore has the potential to be a world class wartime tourism destination for pilgrims from each of these countries. The emergence of Kokoda as PNGs most popular tourism destination since the 50th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign in 1992 is a key indicator of this potential.

Read More

Kokoda Trail Management – Chronology of Facts

It is difficult to digest the flood of information provided in reports, reviews, forums and newsletters – and impossible to cross-check the outcomes.

Whilst these might satisfy desk-bound bureaucrats in Port Moresby and Canberra the reality regarding the on-trail management of PNGs most popular tourism destination is quite different as reflected in this Chronology of Facts.

Read More