Kokoda
Kokoda is a station town in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. It is famous as the northern end of the Kokoda Track, site of the eponymous Kokoda Track campaign of World War II. In that campaign, it had strategic significance because it had the only airfield along the Track.
In 1942 the Japanese invasion force intended an overland route to the capital, Port Moresby, via Kokoda. Because of this, it was the site of a number of significant engagements between the Japanese and Australian forces, and was captured and recaptured several times before the final Australian victory.
The station is linked by a rough road and a two hour journey to the provincial capital of Popondetta. The Kokoda Track Today and Walking it… http://www.jadeholidays.com.au/about-kokoda
8°53′02″S 147°44′13″E / 8.884°S 147.737°E
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