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ACT Region
2025 Gift of Life Walk - ACT Region
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Join us for our Annual Gift of Life Walk around Lake Burley Griffin.
This Walk is our longest running and biggest community event on our calendar.
The Annual Gift of Life Walk is the launch of our 2025 activities.
Bring your family, colleagues, your pets, or come on your own.
Joining us for the walk will be Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn, AC Governor-General of Australia, Taimus Werner-Gibbings, MLA and ABC presenter Adrienne Francis.
Gift of Life community partners Canberra United Football Club and Wests Rugby Club will also have players in attendance.
Details
Date: 25 February 2025
Place: Rond Terrace, Commonwealth Park
Time: 6.30am - 8.30am
6:30am Merchandise available
7:00am Start of official ceremony
7:10am Governor-General will start the walk
8:30am End of event
This family friendly event will have free T-shirts, hats, dog bandanas, drink bottles (until stocks last), a DJ, free coffee and BBQ breakfast. If you have walked previously, please pull out your T-shirts and hats for your walk.
Where to Walk
Choose from the:
Long Walk bridge to bridge - around 45 minutes (Download Map link here)
Short Walk - around 15 minutes (Download Map link here)
Parking
Parking is available in surrounding streets with parking available only a short distance away at both CIT and Regatta Point. Vehicles that are parked outside the designated parking areas and in No Parking zones will be issued with infringement notices for breaching the Open Areas Parking Rule (2014). Please note that the National Capital Authority has advised parking inspectors will be patrolling the area.
Public Transport
Buses 3, 56, 59 and 182 have transport routes with stops nearest to Rond Terrace. Please confirm availability and frequency via the Transport Canberra website.
Amenities available onsite
- Toilets
- Water
Q&A
Why walk?
Taking part in a Gift of Life Walk is a great way to open up conversations with your families and friends about organ and tissue donation.
Who can I walk with?
Friends, family, colleagues, school mates, fitness buddies, your pets - anyone you like. You can get a group together or walk solo.
Can I walk if I'm not in Canberra?
Dates for Gift of Life Walks in other states and territories will be announced in 2025.
Merchandise ** while stocks last**
We have a limited stock of t-shirts, caps, water bottles and dog bandanas to give away. Be sure to sign up early and we'll do our best to meet your requests.
If you have walked previously, please pull out your t-shirts and hats for your walk.
Don't forget to talk about it
More importantly - have the conversation with your families and friends - take the next step and register to become an organ and tissue donor today.
And when you do walk, share your photos and stories with us via Facebook and Instagram using #giftoflife #giftoflifewalk
Youth
Did you know young people are the group with the lowest donor registration rates? This year we are providing more resources for schools in the ACT and nationally to increase awareness in the 16-18 age group.
Aged 16-18 years? You can register your intent to become an organ and tissue donor here.
More information about becoming an organ donor is available on the DonateLife website here.
Disclaimer - participants in Gift of Life’s 2025 Annual Walk do so their own risk. Participants will take all reasonable measures to protect themselves from risks of participation. By signing up for the Walk, it is implicitly agreed that doing so is at the participants own risk and that participants release Gift of Life Incorporated, the event manager, Gift of Life directors, officers, employees, volunteers, contractors, sponsors and/or agents, from any claim and from any liability (to the extent permitted by law) for, or as a result of any loss, injury or damage suffered in relation to their attendance and participation at the event, whatever the cause.