Talk:Kokoda Track

message: Replaced references to "Owens Corner" - there is no such place. 
It is Owers' Corner, which is the start/finish of the Kokoda Track through the Owen Stanley Range. Owers' Corner is situtated 61km NE (by road) of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.  Killfactor 00:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Owers' Corner 

message: Added information about the Kokoda Track Foundation. Will add more (have foundation members sending me information).
Killfactor 02:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foundation 

message: Please help to redirect links to the new Battle page Kokoda Track Campaign. This Kokoda track page will deal with part history part present day hiking, not solely war orientated. Nomadtales 02:32, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to new page 

message: I have removed the following from the article:
"In July 2007, a Papua New Guinean rugby player unofficially completed the trail in 11.5 hours - the fastest time yet. He began at 5:00am from Ower's Corner, reaching Kokoda village that evening. This was in training for the marathon to be held the next month."
I have searched, Papua New Guinean newspapers included, and can't find any evidence that this occurred. If someone can correctly cite it then do so. Nomadtales 02:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm keenly interested and yahoo serious.  Let's go forward on this go-forward.--Jack Upland (talk) 11:40, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rugby League player completing in 11.5 hours 

message: I've just done the trek, finishing 15 May 2008
You can buy Coke or bananas from most villages. One village didn't have the "shop" set up but we asked for Coke and they sold us some.
You can also ask for a guide in Port Moresby at Kokoda Track Authority, Boroko.
I completed the track South - North on July 14th. At that time, one could by soft drinks ranging from Sprite, Solo, New Guinea produced 330ml Coke cans, Twisties, Bananas and Pine apples. These villages include Nauro, Isurava and Deniki, Brigade Hill and Ioribaiwa.Proberton (talk) 09:54, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trekking 

message: I have removed this from the article:
:Captain R.G. Cundell who served in the Papuan campaign said, "To all the men who fought on it it was known as 'The Track'. The confusion arose because reports of it sent down South to Headquarters used the word 'Trail' as the Americans down there would think it was a railway track, and so 'Trail' became widely used. It is now being restored to the original 'Track', much to the approval of the Diggers. I have spoken to many of the authors, but nothing can be done until the books are reprinted." (March 2008).
I understand from above that it is a quotation from someone's relative, but it doesn't sit well with the published sources.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:55, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cundell 

message: Do we really need the results of this every year???--Jack Upland (talk) 11:34, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's an argument to include any and all information.  And the section hasn't been updated since 2008.  It has to go.  This is not a hall of fame.--Jack Upland (talk) 07:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kokoda Challenge Race 

message: Wheelchair athlete Kurt Fearnley recently crawled the length of the trail in 9 days:
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/exhausted-fearnley-finishes-kokoda-crawl-20091118-ilga.html
Wonder what that means for those who want to "test" the hiker's physical fitness before allowing them on the trail.
Tre.fire (talk) 16:54, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kurt Fearnley