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 9: The Mt. Kodu Goldmine
The Rise, Fall and Future of Kokoda Tourism The rise in Kokoda tourism can be traced to former Prime Minister, Paul Keating spontaneously dropping to his knees and kissing the ground at Kokoda on the 50th anniversary of the campaign in 1992. Keating's gesture, and his...
CHAPTER 4: Proposal for a Master Plan to develop the Kokoda Trail as a National Memorial Park
This paper, submitted in 1994, was based on feedback we had received from our trekkers over the previous four years and our discussions with our PNG support crews and local villagers.
CHAPTER 3: ‘A Hard Slog to Kokoda’
“WE ARE indeed a strange collection of life’s assorted gathered here so far from home, checking our packs, checking out each other. Among us are the media’s most unfit, a professional fisherman, a surgeon-cum-ardent bushwalker, a marathon runner and a 70-year-old war veteran. We are on a pilgrimage for which, it turns out, we are largely unprepared”.
Firko’s Run: 1989 Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon
Background to an Epic This story on the 1989 Westfield Run between Sydney and Melbourne is a record of an epic.The author, Alf Field, is an avid runner himself and an enthusiastic member of the Sydney Striders Road Running Club - he was asked by fellow Sydney Strider...
‘On the Run’ with Mountain Man
Every extreme endurance event has its characters - the annual Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon was no exception. Graham 'Mountain Man' Kerruish was never going to win the race in the classic sense of the term - but to an ultramarathoner, finishing is winning, the...
BEYOND ENDURANCE: The Westfield Sydney-Melbourne Ultra-Marathon – a tale of legends!
The Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra-Marathon was made famous by a most unlikely hero in 1983.
A 63-year old potato farmer, Cliff Young – who trained in gumboots – shuffled his way down the Hume Highway to blitz the field and win the inaugural event.