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when exercise moves too far beyond current capability, it can stop being adaptive stress and start becoming neurological threat.

We invite you on this 13 day life changing, rite of passage experience in PNG. Experience the highs and lows of the treacherous Kokoda Track with a sense of courage, endurance and mateship without the ultimate sacrifice that our digger's made before us. At the end of the trek, stand proud with us at the Bomana Cemetery to pay tribute and remember those famous Diggers who fought to save Australia from invasion in 1942. Then having earnt the right to visit the "island" we celebrate...

A weekend of history and fitness

A rite of passage for school leavers

A weekend of history and fitness

One of the defining features of people stepping onto Kokoda isn’t weakness or lack of fitness it’s anticipatory load. Most arrive carrying stress or anxiety about what they’re about to face. Biologically, that shows up as elevated cortisol.

The Kokoda Track is not just a walk — it is a sustained physiological and psychological stress test.

Heat. Humidity. Elevation. Continuous load. Limited recovery.

And under those conditions, electrolyte balance becomes mission-critical

A selection of testimonials from participants from Campfire Academy

Since our earliest expeditions (30 years ago), we have quietly and consistently tracked participants before, during, and after their Kokoda experience.

Over more than 30 years on the Kokoda Track, and drawing on our formal qualifications as Exercise Physiologists, we have closely observed the physical, psychological, and metabolic demands placed on trekkers on the kokoda track

Is your life everything that you have always wanted it to be? Are you the person you want to be? Are you where you thought you would be in your career and in your relationships?

If you’re anything like most people, then the answer to these questions will be a resounding no. Even those of us who are generally happy for the most part will often find that our lives never panned out quite the way we thought they would, or that we aren’t quite as accomplished as some of our friends.