Here is definitive list of Sydney walking events 2022. 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 throughout the year, so you may see 2023 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.
Walking Events Calendar
The Sun Run
Saturday 4 February 2023
- Location: Dee Why to Manly Beach
- Distance: 7km and 10km solo or team.
- Cost: $45-$65 per adult.
- Supporting: Choose from over 1100 registered NSW charities.
65K For 65 Roses
2023 date to be announced. Usually late February.
- Location: The Bay Run, Leichhardt Park, Rozelle.
- Distance: Choose between 7km, 21km, 35km, 42km or 65km walk. Solo or team.
- Cost: $70 per adult. $160 for families.
- Supporting: Cystic Fibrosis NSW and The Children’s Hospital, Westmead.
Great Illawarra Walk
2023 date to be announced. Usually mid-March.
- Location: Shellharbour to Austinmer.
- Distance: Any distance up to 40km. Solo or team.
- Cost: $50 per adult.
- Supporting: Finding a cure for Vanishing White Matter Disease
- Read more and register.
Coastrek
2023 date to be announced. Usually late March.
- Location: Vaucluse / Maroubra / La Perouse to Kirribilli
- Distance: 30km, 45km & 60km events. 4 person team (50% women).
- Cost: $172 – $234 per person Minimum $2000 fundraising commitment per team.
- Supporting: BeyondBlue, support for mental wellbeing.
- Read more and register.
Mothers Day Classic
Sunday 8 May 2022
- 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 – Cronulla
Saturday 21 May 2022
- Location: Don Lucas Reserve, Cronulla.
- Distance: 3km (walk), 8km (walk/jog
- Cost: $43 per adult, $131 family
- Supporting: Dementia Australia
- Read more and register.
Memory Walk and Jog – Sydney
Sunday 22 May 2022
- 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.
MS Walk, Run + Roll
Sunday 29 May 2022
- Location: Metcalfe Park, Pyrmont
- Distance: 4km or 8km.
- Cost: From $25 Adult (early bird). People living with multiple sclerosis receive free entry.
- Supporting: Funding services and support for people living with multiple sclerosis.
- Read more and register.
Walk For Kids With Cancer
Sunday 10 April 2022
- 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.
Five Lands Walk
Saturday 25 June 2022
- 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 26 June 2022
- Location: Stanwell Park to Wollongong.
- Distance: 35km. Solo and group.
- Cost: From $80 individuals
- Supporting: Mito Foundation, to find a cure for mitochondrial disease.
- Read more and register.
Sutherland 2 Surf
Sunday 17 July 2022
- Location: Sutherland to Cronulla.
- Distance: 11km.
- Cost: $55 Adult, $145 Family standard entry. Early Bird rates available.
- Supporting: Wanda Surf Life Saving Club, St Vincent De Paul Society.
- Read more and register.
Bloody Long Walk – Sydney North
Sunday 31 July 2022
- Location: Palm Beach to Manly.
- Distance: 35km. Solo and group.
- Cost: From $80 individuals
- Supporting: Mito Foundation, to find a cure for mitochondrial disease.
- Read more and register.
City 2 Surf
Sunday 14 August 2022
- Location: Hyde Park to Queen Elizabeth Drive.
- Distance: 14 km Solo or Family.
- Cost: $67 Adult, $42 Child, $134 Family
- Supporting: Aims to raise $5 million for over 850 charities.
- Read more and register.
Oxfam Trailwalker
Friday 26 – Sunday 28 August 2022
- Location: Hawkesbury to the Harbour.
- Distance: 50km in 24 hours, or 100km in 48 hours. 4 person teams.
- Cost: 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
2022 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.
Beachside Dash
2022 date to be announced. Usually mid-September.
- Location: Sans Souci.
- Distance: 2km, 5km and 10km. Teams or individuals.
- Cost: $10-$50, depending on distance and early bird rates.
- Supporting: St George & Sutherland Medical Research Foundation; supporting medical research in St George and Sutherland Hospitals.
- Read more and register.
Sydney Running Festival
Sunday 18 September 2022
- Location: Bradfield Park to the Sydney Opera House.
- Distance: 3.5km, 10km, 21km and 42km. Solo or family.
- Cost: From $45 to $175 per adult depending on distance and time of purchase.
- Supporting: 86 charities.
- Read more and register.
Wellness Walk & Festival
2022 date to be announced. Usually mid-October.
- Location: Across the Sydney Harbour Bridge or around Royal Botanic Gardens.
- Distance: 2km or 6km.
- Cost: To be announced. Usually from $30 Adults.
- Supporting: Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc, raising awareness for mental illness.
- Read more and register.
Seven Bridges Walk
2022 date to be announced. Usually late October.
- Location: Sydney Harbour (Millers Point, Rozelle, Lane Cove, Wollstonecraft)
- Distance: 28km. Solo or group.
- Cost: To be announced. Usually from $50 Early bird, $70 standard. Children under 16 years old are free.
- Supporting: Cancer Council NSW, tackling cancer in Australia.
- Read more and register.
Michael Tynan Memorial Challenge
Saturday 29 October 2022.
- 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 for Prems
2022 date to be announced. Usually late October.
- Location: Glebe
- Distance: 5km. Solo.
- Cost: To be announced. Usually from $23 Adult.
- Supporting: Life’s Little Treasures Foundation supporting families of premature and sick babies.
- Read more and register.
MS Walk, Run + Roll
Sunday 6 November 2022
- Location: Wollongong
- Distance: 4km or 8km.
- Cost: To be announced (previously from $45 Adult. People living with multiple sclerosis receive free entry.)
- Supporting: Funding services and support for people living with multiple sclerosis.
- Read more and register.
Bloody Long Walk – Sydney East
Sunday 13 November 2022
- Location: Malabar to The Rocks.
- Distance: 35km. Solo and group.
- Cost: From $80 individuals
- Supporting: Mito Foundation, to find a cure for mitochondrial disease.
- Read more and register.
Walk 4 Brain Cancer
2022 details to be announced. Usually October and November.
- Location: Numerous routes and dates to choose from, including Manly, Centennial Park and Wollongong
- Distance: 5km – 20km.
- Cost: Previously $30, depending on selected walk.
- Supporting: Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, supporting brain cancer research, advocacy and awareness.
- Read more and register.
Location-Free Charity Walks (Even If You're Not in Sydney)
The March Charge
During March
- Location: Anywhere. Anytime.
- Distance: Personal fitness challenge.
- Cost: Sponsorship.
- Supporting: Cancer Council.
- Read more and register.
Below the Belt #YourWay Challenge
May 2022
- Location: Anywhere. Anytime.
- Distance: 77 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
1-30 September 2022.
- 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.
Walk in Her Shoes
2022 details to be announced.
- Location: Anywhere. Anytime.
- Distance: 25km / 50km or 100km. Solo or team.
- Cost: No minimum fundraising commitment; encouraged to raise between $250-$5,000.
- Supporting: Care Australia, raising funds for impoverished women and girls in developing countries.
- Read more and register.
There are plenty more to choose from for walking events 2022 and 2023. 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.
