RIP: Ovoru Indiki – Wartime Carrier, Naduri Village
Kokoda trekkers who had the honour of meeting Ovoru Indiki in Naduri village will be saddened to...
Read More
Author: Charlie
Sharing Kokoda with Great Australians – Dick Smith and Dr Charlie Teo
Over the past month I have been privileged to spend time on Kokoda with two great Australian’s – Dick Smith and Dr Charlie Teo – one in a helicopter and one on foot.
Read More
Government desecration of Kokoda battlesite condemned
The recent desecration of a significant wartime site along the Kokoda Trail by DFAT officials in PNG is a blatant act of historical vandalism.
Read More
CHAPTER 16: The Rod Hillman Era of Mismanagement 2009-2012
After the Annette Dean management debacle we held high hopes for her successor, Rod Hillman, who seemed to have a bit more charisma for the job.
We learned later that this was his first engagement in PNG and he was the product of a government environment, conservation, recreational parks background and had no previous experience in commercial business management, military heritage, pilgrimage or the Melanesian Way.
Read MoreCHAPTER 19: Kokoda Time for a Rethink
By 2013 it was clear that that management of Kokoda tourism had clearly failed – there was no management database, no campsite booking system in place, no campsite development plan, no trail maintenance plan, no military heritage plan, no community development plan.
We therefore submitted the following paper on 2 February 2013 but failed to get a response from the relevant Ministers, the Australian High Commission, the DFAT Kokoda Initiative, or the PNG Kokoda Track Authority.
Read More