I’m excited- from September 23rd to September 30th, I’ll be leading a group of 15 Campaigners from the 100 Things website through one of the most gruelling and meaningful challenges in the world; The Kokoda Trek!

A 96km pilgrimage of sorts for many Australians, this mountainous jungle trek follows the footsteps of many brave Australians who fought in the Second World War. Although incredibly challenging in the physical sense, this journey i’m sure will also be one of a mental and emotional nature for the individuals involved. It’s going to be special.

As it happens, this adventure acts also as the very first 100 Things group event that I’ve thrown outside of Australia. After noticing on the 100 Things website that many people shared the goal of completing Kokoda, it made perfect sense to me to organise a tour and ask if anyone was interested. Putting it out there on my Facebook page immediately, it took only a few days to fill the 15 spots available. The rest as they say is history.

I think when it comes to any goal in life, the first and most important steps are identifying and then committing to it and so even before one step is taken by anyone in our group, I’d like to say a big well done to everyone for getting this far. Kokoda for us is the manifestation of dreaming big and committing to something identified as important to each person, and in that lays something so beautifully important.

Embracing both the lessons that this adventure will organically present as well as a few secret activities that I’ve planned over the 7-day trek, I’m hoping that we come out the other end of Kokoda not only a bunch of good friends who have shared an amazing experience together, but also as people who have all grown on a personal level.

This is what this all about; growth.

I’d also like to thanks Mick from Round The World Experts who has offered us this opportunity to trek Kokoda at a great rate with a percentage of his own profit being donated to Camp Quality- legend!

I have a feeling that Kokoda will be the first of many international group events so if you’d e interested in joining us next time or would like to suggest an experience that we can consider, please contact me on email seb@100things.com.au.

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