A Walk on the Wild Side – Anzac 1992
Leeches. Malaria. Blisters. Tinea. Treacherous creek crossings on narrow logs in the dark …...
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The Kokoda Trail: Environment Vs Tourism
Prior to the 50th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign in 1992 tourists rarely trekked across the Kokoda Trail. An Anzac trek led by Major Charlie Lynn on the 50th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign reawakened Australia’s interest and generated some rare positive publicity for Papua New Guinea. Over the next few years Charlie’s Kokoda treks featured positive stories in every major television and media network throughout Australia – this led to a surge in interest in trekking across the Trail.
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Interview with Rashmii Bell, Author of Roses At Eora Creek
This book project began a few months after I came off the Trail with Adventure Kokoda in August 2018. As a writer, I went on the Trail already knowing and prepared that I would be documenting my experience in some way. So when I returned home, I started by writing what was then published online as a seven-part series for the adult-reader audience.
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Template for the conduct of village-based workshops on the Kokoda Trail
KTF Strategy for the development of a Strategic Plan for the Kokoda Trail: 2003-2006 The concept...
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CHAPTER 3: ‘A Hard Slog to Kokoda’
“WE ARE indeed a strange collection of life’s assorted gathered here so far from home, checking our packs, checking out each other. Among us are the media’s most unfit, a professional fisherman, a surgeon-cum-ardent bushwalker, a marathon runner and a 70-year-old war veteran. We are on a pilgrimage for which, it turns out, we are largely unprepared”.
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