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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Preamble The most relevant guide to the potential of a wartime tourism industry in PNG is the...
Read MoreIt seems the PNG Kokoda Track Authority (KTA) will ignore the villagers, guides and porters they were established to represent and proceed with their ‘forum’ in Brisbane to get their riding instructions for next year...
Read MoreOn Anzac Day 2009 The Hon Scott Morrison (now Prime Minister) and his Labor colleague, the Hon Jason Clare MP, trekked across the Kokoda Trail on a ‘Mateship Trek’ with a group of young leaders from the Cronulla and Bankstown...
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As a direct descendant of Duncan and Nora McColl of Delegate, Charlie Lynn was invited to participate in a Wudiki ceremony in Darwin. This came about because in the early 1930s Constable Albert McColl was speared by an Aboriginal man of the Wirrapanda and Yolngu people called Dh’a’kiyarr.
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