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
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.
KOKODA: Beyond the Legend
In September 2012, the Australian War Memorial convened a major international conference to mark the 70th anniversary of the Kokoda and Papuan campaigns in 1942. Kokoda now dominates Australia’s popular memory of the Second World War and has become the focus for...
CHAPTER 18: Kokoda – Beyond the Legend
A presentation to an international conference hosted by the Australian War Memorial on the 70th anniversary of the War in the Pacific on 6-7 September 2012
70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Campaign
In the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign the Air Niugini National Marketing Manger reached out to Adventure Kokoda to seek their assistanc in honouring the occassion. Armstrong's ambitious proposal was screen a map of Kokoda on the side of a new...
Potential & Benefits of Wartime tourism in Papua New Guinea
Seventy years after the war in the Pacific the Kokoda Trail has become a gateway for a wartime tourism industry in Papua New Guinea. Over the past decade 30,000 Australians from all walks of life have taken up the challenge of trekking across the arduous trail that...