The Kokoda Track Memorial WalkwayPrint Page

The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway commemorates the Australian troops who fought through atrocious conditions and against vastly superior enemy numbers in the Papua-New Guinea campaign from July 1942 to January 1943.  With United States support the Australians inflicted on the Japanese Imperial Army its first defeat. The fighting on The Kokoda Track was one of the vital elements which saved Australia from invasion in World WarTwo.

The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway covers more than 800 metres from Rhodes Station to Concord Hospital in Sydney's inner-west, and runs along the mangrove-studded shores of Brays Bay on the Parramatta River. At the centrepiece are magnificent granite walls bearing photographic images of the campaign. There are 22 stations or plaques along the walkway, each describing a significant place or engagement and the walkway has been planted with lush tropical vegetation simulating the conditions of the Kokoda Track.

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