Morality: Who Holds the Compass in Australia?
26 Aug 2025 10:55 AMAidan GrimesMorality is not a word we hear often in everyday conversation, yet it shapes everything about the society we live in. It is the silent compass that points us toward fairness, respect, and dignity. For generations, Australians understood morality not as something dictated by politicians, but as something lived out in the everyday actions of ordinary people—neighbours helping neighbours, communities rallying around those in need, and a shared sense of what was “the right thing to do.”
Leadership – More Than a Certificate
13 Aug 2025 2:15 PMAidan GrimesThese days, the word leadership gets tossed around like confetti at a wedding.
Do a weekend course, tick the attendance box, collect your certificate – and suddenly, you’re a “leader.”
The Hidden Cost of Feel-Good Fundraising Adventures
1 Aug 2025 10:34 AMAidan GrimesJoin a responsible Kokoda Trek that gives back to the PNG communities who make it possible. Unlike many charity adventures, we reinvest directly into local villages—no middlemen, no foundations. Experience Kokoda with purpose, integrity, and real impact.
What Happened to Resilience? Reclaiming the Wisdom of Our Forebears
18 Jul 2025 2:25 PMAidan GrimesIt’s hard to ignore in a world where information is everywhere, our inner strength seems to be diminishing. We are more connected than ever, yet more dependent.
Reconnecting Through Challenge – The Kokoda Track for Parents and Teens
27 Jun 2025 3:26 PMAidan GrimesIn today’s hyper-connected world, parents and teenagers often live side by side but worlds apart.
The Kokoda Track: 30 Years of Witnessing Growth on Sacred Ground
5 Jun 2025 5:11 PMAidan GrimesI’ve seen transformations. Lives redefined. Young men and women rediscover their inner strength. Veterans find healing. Everyday people step into a part of themselves they didn’t know existed.
Preparing for the Kokoda Track - Complete Instructions 2026
1 Jun 2025 5:44 PMAidan GrimesInitial email requesting terms and conditions, travel insurance documents, passport check, complete profile and review inclusions. Sent after receiving deposit.
Preparing for the Kokoda Track - ANZAC Complete Instructions 2026
25 May 2025 7:40 PMAidan GrimesInitial email requesting terms and conditions, travel insurance documents, passport check, complete profile and review inclusions. Sent after receiving deposit.
Kokoda, Not Kava: Why Australian Youth Should Choose the Track Over the Typical Schoolies Binge
21 May 2025 6:01 PMAidan GrimesWe’ve normalised a “rite of passage” that too often ends in ambulances, arrests, and anxiety.
What if we changed the tradition?
The Kokoda Track isn’t just a trek—it’s a transformation.
At 17 or 18, our diggers stood shoulder to shoulder to defend our freedom. Now, our youth can walk in their footsteps—not just to honour them, but to find themselves.
Schoolies doesn’t have to mean numbing out. It can mean stepping up.
Reclaiming Our History: Why Young Australians Should Walk the Kokoda Track
11 May 2025 11:37 AMAidan GrimesIn an age where comfort is abundant and hardship can feel like a distant memory, it’s more important than ever that young Australians reconnect with the foundations of their freedom.
2026 Kokoda ANZAC Trek (12 Day Trip)
30 Apr 2025 4:47 PMAidan GrimesWe invite you on this 12 day life changing 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 on ANZAC Day at the Bomana Cemetery to pay tribute and remember those famous Diggers who fought to save Australia from invasion in 1942.
2026 Kokoda Trek (11 Day Trip)
30 Apr 2025 4:46 PMAidan Grimes
Join us on this incredible 9 day adventure walk in the footsteps of the Aussie Diggers. Limited group size. Guided by an experienced Australian leader with comprehensive local knowledge and customs and an unwavering passion for the Kokoda history, hidden battle sites, treasures and most importantly its legacy, you will 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.
History Cannot Be Resolved, But It Can Inform Our Future
30 Apr 2025 12:55 PMAidan GrimesAustralia, like many nations born of colonisation, carries a complex and painful history. And while we cannot rewrite the past, we are left with an uncomfortable question: What do we do with it?
Disheartened but Not Defeated: Why Australia's Youth Need the Kokoda Track
13 Apr 2025 6:43 PMAidan GrimesIn towns and cities across Australia, a quiet frustration is simmering among our young people. They’ve done everything society asked of them—studied hard, earned their degrees, taken on debt in pursuit of education—only to graduate into a job market that is too often closed to them. The promise of opportunity has been replaced with unpaid internships, insecure contracts, or the slow grind of applications that go nowhere. Many are living back at home, disillusioned, wondering what happened to the
"The Forgotten Voice: When Australians Feel Let Down by Politics"
13 Apr 2025 6:39 PMAidan GrimesOver the past few weeks, as the Federal election campaigns have ramped up, I’ve had conversations with people from all walks of life—quiet, hardworking Australians who have always believed in doing the right thing. People who once wore their sense of duty like a badge of honour. People who’ve served, contributed, raised families, paid their taxes, built communities. But now? They’re telling me they don’t want to vote.
The Leadership Void: Why We’ve Lost Faith in Our Politicians
27 Mar 2025 4:05 PMAidan GrimesThere was a time when leadership in politics meant something. When those elected to represent us did so with dignity, integrity, and a sense of duty. But today? Many people feel like politicians are nothing more than high-paid lobbyists, careerists looking out for their next big payday rather than the people they swore to serve
Lost Boys: The Crisis Facing Young Men Today
27 Mar 2025 3:54 PMAidan GrimesSomething is deeply wrong with the way we are raising our young men. More and more, I see confusion, frustration, and a quiet desperation in boys and young men trying to find their place in the world
Health: When Did It Become About Pills Instead of Prevention?
26 Mar 2025 1:29 PMAidan GrimesHow did we get to a point where “health” seems to mean doctors, prescriptions, and the industries that profit from them? When did we stop talking about prevention?
Walk the Camino in Spain
27 Feb 2025 3:06 PMAidan GrimesWalk 200kms of the famous Camino de Santiago, exploring all its history whilst being fully supported and immersed in its unique culture.
We deliver the Kokoda Track experience the way the Diggers wanted
27 Feb 2025 2:59 PMAidan GrimesTo us the Kokoda track is sacred, it's a place where many gave their lives for our freedom and as such it is now a pilgrimage to their courage
