About Us

The Walkway covers more than 800 metres from Rhodes railway station to Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney’s inner-west, and runs along the mangrove-studded shores of Brays Bay on the Parramatta River (how to get here).

Entry is free and the Walkway is open to the public.

Memorial Rose Garden and Plaques

The entrance to the Walkway features the beautiful Memorial Rose Garden, with over 500 memorial plaques, primarily dedicated to individuals, units and groups who served in World War Two. See these plaques, and read fascinating ‘Stories from the Plaques’ here.

Information Stations

Along the Walkway, 22 Stations highlight the significance of a battle or location during the campaign.

Education Program/Centre

Thousands visit the Walkway each year, which includes hundreds of students as part of the Walkway’s schools visitation program where students learn more about the pivotal 1942 Papua New Guinea/Kokoda campaign. School/youth groups do not pay any fees for these visits.

The Ralph Honner Kokoda Education Centre has Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology to highlight this epic chapter in our military history.

Projected onto the windows of the Education Centre is a digital honour roll, listing the names of all Australians killed during the campaign. A new garden in front of the Education Centre honours the memory of Private Bruce Kingsbury VC.

The Education Centre also hosts our Friends of Kokoda talk series, and may also be hired out to interested groups (conditions apply).

Memorial Centrepiece

The heart of the Walkway is our Memorial Centrepiece, featuring iconic images sandblasted onto the walls: The Golden Stairs, Return From Isurava, Forward Scouts, Mateship, Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels. Each of these signifies an aspect of the campaign that reflects the enduring qualities of ‘courage’, ‘endurance’, ‘mateship’ and ‘sacrifice’ which personifies the deeds of those who fought in the campaign.

Commemorative events

The Walkway conducts three main commemorative services: Anzac Service (April), Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day (August) and Kokoda Day (November).  Other wreath-laying services are also conducted from time to time. For the full schedule, see our Commemoration page.

Community Engagement

We are proud to engage with community, sporting, corporate and other groups, who have visited the Walkway. Groups have assisted with cleaning up or preparing the Walkway grounds, or have learned of the Kokoda campaign and paid their respects at the Centrepiece.

Group tours/facilities available

Community groups are able to book a guided tour of the Walkway (fees apply). Groups or individuals can also book the covered function area. Note that the cafe is not open at present.

Walkway oversight

The Walkway’s success and continuing growth is due to oversight by a passionate Board of Directors, who actively partner with all levels of government, plus numerous local and community groups and many RSL sub-branches.

See here for the latest KTMW Annual Report (2023/24).