I want to thank you and your team for making the past 10 days for both me personally, but also the IAA group such an incredible experience. In particular, your connection with the PNG villagers added a very positive dimension to the experience, learning about some of the difficulties they face in their daily lives whilst maintaining a proud and happy way of life. Your knowledge of the track, both from a historic and present day perspective was brilliant – you brought to life for me much of the war history of Kokoda which was previously just the stuff of books. The camaraderie was brilliant and I was honoured to be a part of this inaugural Soldiers Kokoda Trek, gaining a much better appreciation of the difficulties many of our wounded diggers face on their return from conflict. I was also heartened to see what a fantastic group of young men we have serving in the Australian defence forces today.

- Adrian Kitchin, Director, Operations, IAA 2011

Thanks again for your leadership & assistance on the trek, it was the experience of a lifetime & something I will never forget! Once my boys are old enough I’ll be in contact again so I can try help instil in them what it means to be Australian. Cheers Brian & thanks again.

- Darren Loades, IAA 2011

I would like to thank and congratulate your team on making “our” Kokoda the best thing I have done to date, I certainly expect the result of doing this and the impact on my life and outlook to be a “gamechanger” and I am so glad I did it and was privileged to do it with such a great group, where it meant so very much. One of the great things to come out of this is the increased level of understanding of what our troops go through and how it effects them and secondly about the people of the highlands of PNG, ie. the porters and their families and in particular the people of Alola.

- Paul Hunter, Financial Adviser/Director, Hunter Financial Solutions (WA) Pty Ltd, 2011