To me, mining on the Trail is not black and white (so to speak). The people, the traditional owners, must have some say, whether the Track is a special place to Australians or not. And, by and large, your average villager wants some real money and real facilities that a big mine would bring.

Despite the fact that the villages along the trail are some of the best and most prosperous rural villages in PNG, they are still very basic. For example, they have Health Centres in some villages, but no staff to run them, or supplies, as the government didn't, or couldn't, organize this.