Adventure Kokoda Blog
Protecting our heritage
Kokoda is much more than a trek. It is almost a spiritual journey for those who wish to connect to the historical significance of the Kokoda campaign. It is also an empathetic bridge for Australians and Papua New Guineans to better understand each other.
Our Charity
Our charitable work includes the provision of health support, school supplies, scholarships, and emergency medical assistance to villagers across the Kokoda Trail.
Our Media
National features stories of our treks on all major television networks, newspapers, and magazines.
Our Reviews
Trekker feedback, Trip Advisor reviews, and personal reflections.
Our Treks
Everything you need to know about our treks, our trekkers, training tips, gear selection, and some handy hints.
Our Viewpoint
Charlie has been the leading advocate for the protection of our Kokoda heritage, and the welfare of villagers across the Trail, for 30 years.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Interesting articles relating to our close association with PNG, and our shared wartime heritage.
Latest News
Making Kokoda Tourism Work
Preamble The failure to properly manage our shared wartime heritage across the Kokoda Trail over the past 20 years has seen trekker numbers plummet by 42 per cent, and income for village communities shrink by millions of kina. If the PNG Kokoda Track Authority was a...
A Blueprint for Kokoda Pilgrimage Tourism
Abstract The 138 km Kokoda Trail, a corridor 10m either side of the tracks over which the Kokoda campaign was fought between Owers Corner and Kokoda in 1942, was officially proclaimed and formally gazetted by the PNG Government during the lead-up to Independence in...
Wayne Wetherall – Shameless Kokoda Charlatan
Wayne Wetherall’s transformation from a suburban salesman to a self-proclaimed Kokoda ‘adventurer, explorer, historian and philanthropist’ is a compelling tale - however his carefully crafted reputation is at odds with evidence presented to the Queensland Industrial...
‘My Kokoda Journey’ 1991-2024 – Charlie Lynn
Over the past 32 years I have led 101 expeditions across the Kokoda Trail. During this time I have also travelled to Canberra to brief eight of the 11 Ministers for Veterans Affairs and three of the Ministers for International Aid and the Pacific, on the need to protect our shared military heritage across the Kokoda Trail.
Time for PNG to Honour ‘Kokoda Day’
After trekking across the Kokoda Trail for 15 years and realising the impossibility of the sacrifice, endurance, and compassion PNGs wartime carriers exhibited in saving so many sick and wounded diggers across the Kokoda Trail, I proposed that a special day be dedicated to their selfless legacy.
Time for PNG to wake up to Canberra’s woke agenda!
Published in The Spectator Magazine Australia: 12 August 2025 The term ‘Kokoda’ has been hijacked to support Canberra’s woke agenda for our Pacific neighbours. Their campaign of stealth began under the Coalition Government who ignored Veterans Affairs and allocated...