The Kokoda Memorial track

Here is a picture of Andrew and I about to start walking the Kokoda memorial Track in Ferntree Gully, Melbourne. Also called the 1000 step walk, it is a great way of giving your quads a workout.This first main walk was designed to run our new boots in. Timeline was about 2 months before we were due to leave on the trip.

First walk up was about 15 minutes up, then 15 minutes down. on successive walks, we increased from one trip up/down, through to 4 trips. Later trips saw us get to the top of the steps (from steps bottom) in under 11 minutes.

There are numerous plaques on the Walk. Above is a picture of a bronze relief map of the Kokoda track area of Papua New Guinea.

The track has numerous plaques along the way, identifying key battle scenes along the Kokoda Track.

Note the height of One Tree Hill versus the highest point on the Kokoda Trail... the highest point being close to that of Mt Kosciuszko in Australia !


Google view of the walk.

Here is the elevation chart. We walked four times up and down on this day.