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
Network Kokoda helps to make ‘PNG Hep B Free’
Our Kokoda networks have been engaged to help Dr Alice Lee achieve her goal of making ‘PNG Hep B Free’.Chronic hepatitis B, the world’s second most potent carcinogen, is a life-long illness and prevalent throughout PNG. Hepatitis B is chronic if it has been in the...
RIP: Ovoru Indiki – Wartime Carrier, Naduri Village
Kokoda trekkers who had the honour of meeting Ovoru Indiki in Naduri village will be saddened to learn of his passing on 15 November 2013. Ovoru was a respected chief of Naduri Village which is about halfway across the Owen Stanley Ranges east of the Kokoda Trail. I...
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.
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.
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.
CHAPTER 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.