This year’s Walk from Canungra and Carrara to Broadbeach will honour the few surviving Kokoda heroes and will take place on Sunday 18^th April.

39th Battalion veterans, Walk patron Bill Bellairs and local resident Jim Stillman, will participate.

Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke has encouraged all Gold Coasters to take part.

 “We are just two years away from the 70th Anniversary of the WWII Kokoda Campaign and this Walk is a wonderful way the community can acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the troops who served in Papua New Guinea,” he said.

Walk founder George Friend said the timing of the 2010 event is ideal for those wanting to deliver their own ANZAC tribute.

“For the many people who would like to march on ANZAC Day, but are ineligible or unable to for whatever reason, the Rotary Kokoda Memorial Walk provides an ideal opportunity for a personal commemoration,” Mr Friend said.

“Whatever the personal motivation, we certainly encourage everyone to register as soon as they can and be a part of what has become one of the Coast’s most iconic commemorative events,” he said.

Organised by the Rotary Club of Broadwater Southport, the route covers 24.5 kilometres, commencing at the border of Kokoda Barracks at Clagiraba and finishing at the Cascade Gardens Broadbeach Kokoda Memorial Wall site.