Anthony Albanese and PNG PM begin walk on Kokoda Trail

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape have begun walking the Kokoda Trail side by side, setting out “in the footsteps of giants”. Children serenaded the leaders as they embarked on a rare political pilgrimage ahead of ANZAC Day. The first leg of the trip the prime ministers are embarking on is from Kokoda village to Deniki, about eight kilometres south of Kokoda. It is 82 years since the Battle of Kokoda occurred in 1942. Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby is the largest resting place of Australian war dead in any country, with 3,826 graves.