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
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...
Kokoda’s Titanic Destiny
Link: Papua New Guinea Smartraveller Advice as at 29 May 2025 The current Australian Smartraveller website warning Australians might not be able to complete their Kokoda treks is reminiscent of the Titanic steaming towards an iceberg!History records the ship’s captain...
Call for the PNG Government to acquire the Kokoda Trail as a National Tourism Asset
The gazettal of the Kokoda Trail by PNGs founding fathers in 1972 reflected their aspirational views in the lead up to independence. They knew the Kokoda campaign was a defining moment in our shared history and should therefore take its rightful place in our...
WTF has Kokoda got to do with neocolonialism?
As PNG approaches its 50th year of Independence it is timely to look at the transition from Australia's colonial rule to their neo-colonial influence, and 'Independence'. According to Google Ai: ‘neocolonialism’ is a system of economic, political, and...
Mark Nizette – Kokoda Trail Ringmaster?
Julius Wargirai was hired as ‘Acting CEO’ of the PNG Kokoda Track Authority (KTA) in a neo-colonial process orchestrated by DFAT PNG – it was a process that would not escape the attention of watchdog agencies in Australia! His engagement as ‘interim CEO’ prevented more qualified, but independently minded executives, from being engaged to manage the Kokoda Trail for PNGs economic benefit.