2022/23 HIGHLIGHTS

Walked over 10 days in the mountains and jungle of the Kokoda track, undertaking this is both challenging and rewarding. Walking alongside interstate colleagues and police legatees, culminating in the attendance in uniform at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Bomana Cemetery PNG to pay tribute to those Diggers who fought to save Australia from invasion in 1942.

For a number of years, at the invitation of NSW Police Legacy, groups of NT Police & Fire Officers and NSW Police Officers have undertaken an annual hike across the infamous KokodaTrail in Papua New Guinea. Each year, the Police Officers involved have raised funds to pay it forward, for Police Legacy Legatees to accompany them.

Who can apply? NT Police Legacy Legatees aged between 18-30 years. Applicants must be registered on the NT Police Legacy database as Police Legatees. We accept applications from parents who would like to do the trek with their child/children who are 18 and over.

To be suitable for participation in the Kokoda Trek you must:

·be aged 18 years old as of December 2023

·be aware that the trip will be physically demanding and mentally challenging

·be prepared to reach a high level of physical fitness prior to the trip

·participate in a face to face/skype/facetime interview with NT Police Legacy Board and selected interviewers if required

·attend mandatory practice hikes as required

·be willing to actively fundraise

·be available from 15th to 26th April 2024 inclusive (tentative dates)

How to apply - Those Police Legatees who meet all the above criteria and are interested in being considered for the Kokoda trek in 2024, you can lodge an expression of interest via email to secretary@ntpolicelegacy.com.au https://makingadifference.gofundraise.com.au/ page/Tony-40983366

A further update for 2024 will be in the next newsletter issue.

This year NTPL Legatee Tony Harris completed the challenge. A testimony from Tony is below.

"In 2020 I was planning on doing the Kokoda Trek. Unfortunately due to Covid19 it was suspended until now. This last 10 days I have been walking up and down the hardest track possible in memory of Mel Tyndall. Yesterday I walked under the arches at Ower's Corner and was blown away with the support that I had received from fellow Police Legatees, participating Police members from across the country and fellow participants.

I would like to thank NT Police Legacy Inc for all their support and efforts in making this happen. Please support my fundraiser page so that others can achieve what I did on the track."

NTPL Legatee Tony Harris with members Lynden Beck, Dylan Gluck, Sally Skerys, Charmaine Hurrell and Anita Morton at Ower's Corner