Coast to Coast Challenge

Our Coast to Coast Challenge has just been completed by a small group of adventurers. These adventurers included Kokoda Spirit Managing Director Wayne Wetherall his 14 year old son Blake Wetherall, and Mick Turner. This was the very first history making trek by bike and foot from the North Coast of PNG across the Kokoda Track and down to Port Moresby. The trek and ride started at the North Coast, coastal village of Buna on the Solomon Sea. Buna was the scene of bitter fighting with the Japanese during the Kokoda Track campaign. The bike leg from Buna to Kokoda was 120 kms over rough and muddy ground taking over 9hours. They then took just under 4 days to cover the 96km from Kokoda to Owers Corner. Their journey finished on Remembrance Day on the South Coast of PNG at Ela Beach in Port Moresby. The Journey covered over 285 km of the roughest and toughest terrain including the famous Kokoda Track, testing not only their physical capabilities but their mental and spiritual toughness. Normal treks across just the Kokoda Track take 9 days but the team slashed over 5 days of the regular trekking itineraries plus added the extra riding part!
This unique journey was to honour the memory of the gallant men who fought along the Kokoda Track and the battles along the beach heads of PNG, and to bring awareness to the legend of Kokoda and to raise funds for their Spirit Foundation which supports medical and education programs across the entire track. The Coast to Coast challenge will become a regular event on the Kokoda adventure program.


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