Getting bogged on the approach road to Madalogo, near the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. The area is infamous for its sodden, muddy, difficult terrain.

During World War II, Faole Bokoi was one of the 3000 young local men who ferried supplies and ammunition to the front for the Australians. They also stretchered back the wounded, a task performed with such compassion they became known as the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels. Today, Faole is one of only three remaining ‘Fuzzy Wuzzies’ still living along the KokodaTrack in Papua New Guinea.

Dr Rob (from AusAid) gives a speech, Menari, Papua New Guinea.

Welcome garlands are laid out for Australian trekkers on a village along the Kokoda Track.

Misty hills near the Papua New Guinean village of Menari, along the Kokoda Track.

Local boys from the village Menari, PNG.

Menari village children walk along a narrow trail in the Kokoda Track area of Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinean villagers from Efogi, along the Owen Stanley Ranges on the Kokoda Track.

Children from the village of Efogi, along the Owen Stanley Ranges on the Kokoda Track.

A local Papua New Guinean woman washes vegetables in preparation for the cooking class, at the village of Efogi, along the Kokoda Track.

The men play sports regularly in the village of Efogi, along the Kokoda Track.

There’s a reason Papua New Guinean restaurants aren’t ubiquitous in Australia: the staples – boiled sweet potato, taro, yams – can be charitably described as bland. So an Australian doctor, Genevieve Nelson, executive director of the Kokoda Track Foundation (KTF), is teaching villagers to cook some western foods to sell to Kokoda trekkers.

The arrival of a plane carrying supplies is a big event, Efogi, Papua New Guinea.

A young boy collects supplies dropped by a plane, in the village of Efogi, Papua New Guinea.

Mist rolls across the village of Kagi, along the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea.

On the Kokoda Track between the villages of Kagi and Naduri, in Papua New Guinea.

Naduri hut on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea.

The village of Naduri, along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea.

Cooking class, Naduri with Dr Genevieve Nelson, executive director of the Kokoda Track Foundation (KTF).

The dense rainforest of the Kokoda Track, between the villages of Efogi and Naduri.

Dr Genevieve Nelson, executive director of the Kokoda Track Foundation (KTF), and porters walking through the village of Old Efogi, along the Kokoda Track, PNG.

Papua New Guinean villages sell food to trekkers on the Kokoda Track. This business model generates income for poor and isolated villagers.