Kuk SwampLegend Agriculture was invented independently only a handful of times anywhere on Earth, and this wet field in the Western Highlands is one of the places it happened. Under the ground are drainage systems going back about 9,000 years:... Open it on the map · Read the story
The Kokoda TrackLegend Ninety-six kilometres over the Owen Stanley Range, from Owers’ Corner near Port Moresby to Kokoda village, topping out at 2,490 metres on Mount Bellamy. It is passable on foot and no other way. Between July and November 1942... Open it on the map · Read the story
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