Kokoda Track

Shane Ridley organised a group of close friends to trek the Kokoda Track this past July. He chats about his experience on a day to day basis and even shares a bit about the legend of the Chip and Chase at Efogi. A move that the QLD Maroons could have benefited from this year in the State of Origin.

 

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This week we have something a little special. I recorded an episode of the podcast whilst out on the track so you get to re-live the experience in real time. I interviewed Roslyn at Port Moresby and then at the end of every day on the track. It was great fun to try something new and I think you'll enjoy the way the episode turned out. I have recorded another one in the same for the next episode too. I would love to get your feedback and this format. Personally I really thought it worked well.

 

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In Episode 11 Laura dropped into the studio to chat about her Kokoda Track experience from ANZAC 2018. With the experience fresh in her mind and her knees still feeling the after-effects of a wet and slippery track I thought it was a good a time as any to chat about the experience, her training, what she enjoyed, what she'd do differently and why she decided to tackle the track in the first place. It's a great episode with an energetic straight shooter. You'll enjoy this episode.

 

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Episode 10 of the Kokoda Track Podcast brings husband and wife team Matt and Jay into the studio to chat about and relive their Kokoda Track experience from ANZAC Kokoda 2017. This is a great episode to get two different perspectives at the same time. If you're thinking of sharing this experience with your loved one then this is an episode you will thoroughly enjoy.

 

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Private Harold West and Private George Leonard from Cunnamulla in Western Queensland were inseparable. They did everything together including enlisting for the Second World War on 23 August 1941, as reinforcements for the 2/1st Battalion. As young boys, they were taught to live off the land and how to track. They became bushman trackers and worked as stationhands, ringbarkers and roustabouts. These skills, along with the ability to move quietly and invisibly through the bush were to come in very handy when their battalion found itself desperately fighting to hold off the Japanese advance on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea in 1942.

 

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Dave trekked Kokoda this year pre-ANZAC. He has a history with the military but is also a very outddoorsy guy who hold a degree in Sport and Exercise Science. It was great to hear just how special the Kokoda Track was for him.

 

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This week's episode we sat down and chatted with Matt Botcher who trekked the Kokoda Track with me ANZAC 2018. He's a great young man who is constantly supporting veteran's causes and used this trek to raise more funds for an Afghanistan Memorial to be built in Brisbane. Matt is heavily involved with 42 for 42 who can be found on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/42fallen/ Matt is currently organising a raffle where only 500 tickets are being sold. $50 each and the first prize is a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

 

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Sami Dunk trekked the Kokoda Track with me twice as a client. I could see the passion in her and new one day we would end up working together. Fast forward and now Sami is leading trekkers across the track in between being a mum and a school teacher. There are no limits to this woman's strengths. This week she shares her experiences from her first crossing to the things you learnt since.

 

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In 2017 Ross Lewis crossed the Kokoda Track but this wasn't any ordinary crossing of the Kokoda Track. Ross is a veteran himself and he was a member of a veterans group from the amazing charity mates4mates who provide services, experiences, therapies and support to wounded, injured and ill Australian Veterans. As a veteran myself it's always an honour to be able to assist other veterans with their recovery and transitions into civilian life and I know without a shadow of a doubt that the Kokoda Track provides an amazing avenue to do that. This is Ross's story and his Kokoda Track experience.

 

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Luke Stanley is one of those rare people that have crossed the Kokoda Track on more than one occasion. In this episode he explains why but also what the track means to him and why other people should take on this challenge for themselves. Enjoy the episode

 

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