IN JUST a few years the Kokoda Track has acquired an extraordinary amount of symbolism for Australians, rivalling that of Gallipoli. At the start of this decade only a few dozen trekkers tackled the 96-kilometre walk across the Owen Stanley Range each year; now about 6000 do, investing eight days..read more

Roadworks are affecting some of the traditional walking routes in the Himalayas, writes Nick Galvin.

VILLAGERS have felled a tree across Papua New Guinea's historic Kokoda Trail, where Australian soldiers fought Japanese troops in 1942, and declared trekkers unwelcome.

VILLAGERS yesterday felled a tree across Papua New Guinea's historic Kokoda Trail, where Australian soldiers fought Japanese troops in 1942, and declared trekkers unwelcome.

ANYONE daring to tackle the Kokoda Trail later this year is likely to hear the whirring of machinery about 12 hours after heading off. Australian mining company Frontier Resources plans to start exploratory digging in a valley 400 metres south-east of the trail about 16 kilometres from its southern tip, at..read more