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Now more than ever there is a need for this newly formed association to represent the bona fide tour operators who lead, guide and work with tour activities along and on the Kokoda Track/Trail and the northern beach, Kokoda connected, battle areas in Papua New Guinea.

Join one of the world’s best cyclists who will take you on a guided tour through his old training grounds in Tasmania and show you some of the best training routes combined with one of the most scenic countryside’s in the world.

One of the clear victims of social progress in my opinion has been the loss or removal of challenge from our lives. We have got to the stage where everything we do is risk assessed to assure that anything we do is predictable. I am sure that this loss of challenge is being driven by the need to mitigate liability, but I can’t help wondering what it is doing to us and in particular younger people as they seek to develop their identities.

Aidan Grimes was the guest speaker at the Northern Territory Duke of Edinburgh's Award Ceremony held at NT Parliament House on 18 November 2015.

Photo by: Shane Eecen, Creative Light Studios

Here is an excerpt from his interview with event's coordinator, Joelene Dukes.

Aidan visited Darwin schools and government agencies to present the Kokoda Track history as well as some of the learnings he has discovered from walking the Kokoda Track over the past 21 years.