Here is definitive list of Sydney walking events 2023. It’s an event calendar of challenge walks in Sydney and surrounds, including Wollongong and the Central Coast.
Whilst all are challenging, some are true long distance charity walks, with a few 50km or 100km walks for charity.
We update this walking events calendar of charity walks throughout the year, so you may see 2024 event listings too as new dates are announced.
You'll find something to suit everybody, from virtual walking events to overnight challenges. Running events are included only if they offer entries especially for walkers.
Events are listed in chronological order. Scroll down to see walking events listed month-by-month.
Charity Walks Sydney Calendar
The Sun Run
Saturday 4 February 2023
- Location: Dee Why to Manly Beach
- Distance: 7km and 10km.
- Cost: $45-$65 per adult.
- Supporting: Choose from over 1100 registered NSW charities.
Memory Walk and Jog – Western Sydney
Sunday 5 March 2023.
- Location: Penrith.
- Distance: 2km or 8km.
- Cost: $45 per adult, $135 for families.
- Supporting: Dementia Australia.
Great Illawarra Walk
Saturday 11 March 2023.
- Location: Shellharbour to Austinmer.
- Distance: Any distance up to 40km.
- Cost: $40 per adult.
- Supporting: Illawarra Academy of Sport’s Athlete with a Disability (AWD) program.
Memory Walk and Jog – Illawarra
Saturday 12 March 2023.
- Location: Wollongong.
- Distance: 2km or 6km.
- Cost: $45 per adult, $135 for families.
- Supporting: Dementia Australia.
Coastrek
Friday 24 March 2023.
- Location: Palm Beach, Newport or North Narrabeen to Balgowlah Heights
- Distance: 30km, 45km and 60km events. Four person team (50% women).
- Cost: From $147 – $234 per person. Minimum $2000 fundraising commitment per team.
- Supporting: The Heart Foundation.
Walk For Kids With Cancer
Sunday 26 March 2023
- Location: The Rocks to Manly.
- Distance: Choose between 1km, 13km and 27km.
- Cost: $80 (or $40 for virtual event).
- Supporting: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Supporting the children’s cancer centre.
- Read more and register.
Memory Walk and Jog – Cronulla
Sunday 26 March 2023.
- Location: Don Lucas Reserve, Cronulla.
- Distance: 3km (walk), 8km (walk/jog
- Cost: $43 per adult, $131 family
- Supporting: Dementia Australia
- Read more and register.
65K For 65 Roses
Saturday 29 April 2023
- Location: The Bay Run, Leichhardt Park, Rozelle.
- Distance: Choose between 7km, 21km, 35km, 42km or 65km walk.
- Cost: $70 per adult. $160 for families.
- Supporting: Cystic Fibrosis NSW and The Children’s Hospital, Westmead.
Climb for a Cause
2023 date to be announced. Usually early May.
- Location: Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Distance: A hybrid climb route over the bridge. Experience duration approx. 3 hours.
- Cost: From $198 per person.
- Supporting: Black Dog Institute dedicated to researching mental health.
MS Walk, Run + Roll
Sunday 7 May 2023.
- Location: Pyrmont
- Distance: 4km or 8km.
- Cost: From $55 Adult. People living with multiple sclerosis receive free entry.
- Supporting: Funding services and support for people living with multiple sclerosis.
- Read more and register.
Mothers Day Classic
Sunday 14 May 2023
- Location: The Domain (Sydney) or Abbotsbury (Western Sydney)
- Distance: 3.7km and 7.6 km walk (Sydney) / 4.1km and 7 km (W. Syd). Solo or group.
- Cost: From $49.95 adults (Sydney) or from $42.95 (Western Sydney).
- Supporting: National Breast Cancer Foundation, for the prevention and cure of breast cancer.
- Read more and register.
Memory Walk and Jog – Sydney
Sunday 21 May 2023.
- Location: The Bay Run, Leichhardt.
- Distance: 2km (walk), 7.5km (walk/jog)
- Cost: From $35 per adult (early bird), $107 family (early bird)
- Supporting: Dementia Australia
- Read more and register.
Five Lands Walk
2023 date to be announced. Usually mid-June.
- Location: Central Coast – MacMasters Beach to Terrigal Beach.
- Distance: 10km
- Cost: Free but must register.
- Supporting: Communities on the Central Coast.
- Read more and register.
Bloody Long Walk – Wollongong
Sunday 25 June 2023
- Location: Stanwell Park to Wollongong.
- Distance: 35km. Solo and group.
- Cost: From $85 individuals
- Supporting: Mito Foundation, to find a cure for mitochondrial disease.
- Read more and register.
Sutherland 2 Surf
Sunday 16 July 2023
- Location: Sutherland to Cronulla.
- Distance: 11km.
- Cost: Usually $55 Adult, $145 Family standard entry.
- Supporting: Wanda Surf Life Saving Club, St Vincent De Paul Society.
- Read more and register.
Bloody Long Walk – Sydney North
Sunday 30 July 2023
- Location: Palm Beach to Manly.
- Distance: 35km. Solo and group.
- Cost: From $85 individuals
- Supporting: Mito Foundation, to find a cure for mitochondrial disease.
- Read more and register.
City 2 Surf
Sunday 13 August 2023
- Location: Hyde Park to Bondi Beach.
- Distance: 14 km.
- Cost: $67 Adult, $42 Child, $134 Family
- Supporting: Aims to raise $5 million for over 850 charities.
- Read more and register.
Oxfam Trailwalker
Friday 25 – Sunday 27 August 2023
- Location: Hawkesbury to the Harbour.
- Distance: 30km, or 50km in 24 hours, or 100km in 48 hours. Teams of 3-6 people.
- Cost: Usually from $125 per person (early bird), plus a minimum fundraising commitment of $1600 per team.
- Supporting: Oxfam Australia, challenging poverty.
- Read more and register.
Unity Walk in the Park
2023 date to be announced. Usually late August.
- Location: Sydney Park, St Peters. Another event in Stuart Park, Wollongong.
- Distance: 2km or 4km walk.
- Cost: $35-$45 adults, $20-$30 children, $10 dogs
- Supporting: Parkinson’s NSW.
- Read more and register.
Wild Walk
2023 date to be announced. Usually early September.
- Location: The Coast Track in Royal National Park
- Distance: 13km, 20km and 26km events. Four person team (50% women).
- Cost: From $150 per person. Minimum $500 fundraising commitment per person.
- Supporting: Kids Giving Back encouraging 6-18 year olds to volunteer.
Sydney Running Festival
Sunday 17 September 2023
- Location: Bradfield Park to the Sydney Opera House.
- Distance: 3.5km, 10km, 21km and 42km.
- Cost: From $45 to $175 per adult depending on distance and time of purchase.
- Supporting: 86 charities.
- Read more and register.
Long Walk Home
2023 date to be announced. Usually early October.
- Location: Parramatta to Kings Cross
- Distance: 28km.
- Cost: $50 and a pledge to fundraise at least $450.
- Supporting: Wayside Chapel; support for people experiencing homelessness.
- Read more and register.
Wellness Walk
2023 date to be announced. Usually early October.
- Location: Across the Sydney Harbour Bridge or around Royal Botanic Gardens.
- Distance: 2km or 6km.
- Cost: From $45 Adults.
- Supporting: Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc, raising awareness for mental illness.
- Read more and register.
Sydney Harbour Hike
Sunday 15 October 2023.
- Location: Bondi to the Harbour Bridge (Kirribilli).
- Distance: 34km.
- Cost: $85 early bird or $110 standard entry.
- Supporting: The Fred Hollows Foundation's work of ending avoidable blindness around the world.
- Read more and register.
Seven Bridges Walk
Sunday 22 October 2023.
- Location: Sydney Harbour (Millers Point, Rozelle, Lane Cove, Wollstonecraft)
- Distance: 28km.
- Cost: From $69.95 Adults Early bird, $90 standard.
- Supporting: Cancer Council NSW, tackling cancer in Australia.
- Read more and register.
Walk for Prems
Sunday 22 October 2023
- Location: Rushcutters Bay
- Distance: 5km.
- Cost: From $30 Adult.
- Supporting: Life’s Little Treasures Foundation supporting families of premature and sick babies.
- Read more and register.
Michael Tynan Memorial Challenge
Saturday 28 October 2023.
- Location: Otford to Bundeena, Royal National Park (The Coast Track.).
- Distance: 30km.
- Cost: Previously $250 standard registration. Minimum $500 fundraising requirement.
- Supporting: St George & Sutherland Medical Research Foundation.
- Read more and register.
Walk 4 Brain Cancer
2023 dates to be announced. Usually late October and early November.
- Location: Numerous routes and dates to choose from, including Manly and Centennial Park
- Distance: 5km – 20km.
- Cost: From $30, depending on selected walk.
- Supporting: Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, supporting brain cancer research, advocacy and awareness.
- Read more and register.
Bloody Long Walk – Sydney East
Sunday 19 November 2023
- Location: Malabar to The Rocks.
- Distance: 35km. Solo and group.
- Cost: From $85 individuals
- Supporting: Mito Foundation, to find a cure for mitochondrial disease.
- Read more and register.
Location-Free Charity Walks (Even If You're Not in Sydney)
Nature Walk Challenge
3–13 March 2023.
- Location: Anywhere, over a 10-day period
- Distance: 30km, 50km or 80km.
- Cost: Unknown.
- Supporting: The Wilderness Society protecting Australia's endangered animals.
The March Charge
March 2023
- Location: Anywhere. Anytime.
- Distance: Personal challenge
- Cost: Sponsorship.
- Supporting: Cancer Council.
- Read more and register.
Below the Belt #YourWay Challenge
May 2023
- Location: Anywhere. Anytime.
- Distance: 90 km in May.
- Cost: Free to register. Minimum $500 fundraising encouraged.
- Supporting: Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate (ANZUP) Cancer Trials Group (supporting “below the belt” cancer trials)
- Read more and register.
Steptember
September 2023.
- Location: Anywhere. Anytime.
- Distance: Walk 10,000 steps for 28 days.
- Cost: $25 per adult. $10 for kids.
- Supporting: Cerebral Palsy
- Read more and register.
There are plenty more to choose from for walking events 2023 and 2024. What event will you choose for walking for charity?
Who to Walk With?
Nothing beats the camaraderie of a walking event challenge with participants all united towards a common goal.
But who do you walk with if you're not taking part in an event? Here's our guide to walking alone in Sydney, or how to find someone to walk with.
Training for Charity Walking Events
Many charity walking event organisers provide tips for how best to prepare. You may also want to check out the best trekking training locations in and around Sydney if you have a big walk coming up.
