Sponsor-Funded Kokoda Trek for Veterans

A chance to rebuild resilience, rediscover purpose, and walk in the footsteps of history.

Why We Walk With You

RSL NSW proudly sponsors veterans to walk the legendary Kokoda Track,  a 96-kilometre journey of grit and mateship. This trek rebuilds resilience, renews leadership, and honours the legacy of those who fought before us. It’s more than a walk, it’s a catalyst for change.

What’s included

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What This Program Aims to do

Empower veterans to tackle personal challenges.

Forge new mateships and build leadership.

Create change-makers who carry the Kokoda spirit back into their communities.

What We’re Looking For

Service & Leadership — You’ve served with pride and want to grow as a leader.

Your Next Chapter — You’re facing challenges or seeking growth — this trek can help you reset and push forward.

Community Spirit — You already contribute — or want to — to your local veteran or civilian community, true to RSL NSW’s values of service, welfare, and remembrance.

Words from those who have walked before you

  • “The Kokoda trek allowed me to better understand the conditions and sacrifices our diggers made in defending New Guinea in WWII. It also provided me with the opportunity to connect with a younger cohort and to appreciate the mate ship and teamwork that evolved over the trek.”

  • “I achieved more than I set out to do! I not only ticked the box and completed the trek I continue to build on the dedication of getting there and completing the trek becoming stronger physically and mentally by maintaining a daily training routine. I also have a memory and comradeship which I will never forget with those who walked with and before me on the Kokoda trail.”

  • “Kokoda is the ultimate Australian Pilgrimage. Whether you are there just for a challenge or know a thing or two about the history, Kokoda is a place of spiritual transformation for each trekker that undertakes it. It brings out the best in the individual through adversity and reminds everyone of what is really important in life.”

  • “Kokoda taught me to value my time and learn to switch off! Nothing more rewarding than having one job to do and that’s one step in front of the other.”

  • “This trek allowed me to learn about myself, and what is important to me in my life. Being with oneself at times of solitude on the trek gave me time to reflect on my past, my journey, my life.”

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