OUR CHARITY Archives - Adventure Kokoda Blog

Peter Morrison: Kokoda Trek Leader-PNG Boxing Coach

by Charlie | Aug 5, 2023 | ADVENTURE KOKODA, OUR CHARITY, SELECTING A TREK OPERATOR | 0

Peter Morrison, Adventure Kokoda Trek Leader, PNG Boxing Coach

Kokoda Day

by Charlie | Oct 21, 2022 | KOKODA DAY, OUR CHARITY | 0

Over the past decade 54,623 Australians, young and old, from all walks of life, have trekked across the Kokoda Trail. They are motivated by the significance of its military heritage and the lure of an adventure in the ‘land of the unexpected’.

Kokoda Scholarships

by Charlie | Apr 24, 2022 | KOKODA SCHOLARSHIPS, OUR CHARITY | 0

To honour the legacy of our war dead in Papua New Guinea through the establishment of perpetual scholarships in their name.

Interview with Rashmii Bell, Author of Roses At Eora Creek

by adventure kokoda | Jul 23, 2020 | BOOK REVIEWS, OUR CHARITY, OUR MEDIA | 0

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.

Our Adventure Kokoda Philanthropy

by Charlie | May 28, 2020 | NETWORK KOKODA, OUR CHARITY | 0

We established Network Kokoda as a philanthropic not-for-profit company to support our workers, their families and the villagers who live and work along the Kokoda Trail through sustainable initiatives.

Network Kokoda – Honouring their Legacy along the Trail

by Charlie | Dec 19, 2019 | NETWORK KOKODA, OUR CHARITY | 0

Network Kokoda was established by Adventure Kokoda. Our objective, as the major philanthropic organisation on the trail today, is to earn the respect of local landowners who are the custodians of land sacred to our shared wartime heritage. We exist to honour the legacy of our Kokoda veterans the PNG wartime carriers.

Angels still exist in PNG

by Charlie | Nov 28, 2019 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, OUR CHARITY | 0

Early this year we were alerted to the plight of a 14-year old Kokoda schoolgirl who needed a a lifesaving heart operation – one that had to be performed overseas due to the medical complexity of her condition. ‘Our...

2019 Anzac ‘For Valour’ Speech for Network Kokoda

by Charlie | Apr 6, 2019 | NETWORK KOKODA, OUR CHARITY | 0

Network Kokoda – a Not-for-Profit charity established to honour our wartime heritage in Papua New Guinea – held its inaugural Anzac ‘For Valour’ luncheon in Parliament House Sydney on 5 April 2019. Keynote speaker was former Major-General, Senator Jim Molan AO DSC. The following presentation by founding Chairman and current Director of Network Kokoda, The Hon Charlie Lynn OAM OL (PNG), outlines the reasons for the establishment of the organization’.