OVERVIEW

The Kokoda Challenge on the Gold Coast is hailed as Australia's toughest endurance event.

Participants trek a 96km course that leads along fire trails, crosses 12 creeks and summits 5,000m of vertical elevation.

The goal is to finish as a complete team of four in honour of the spirit forged on the Kokoda Track in 1942: mateship, endurance, courage and sacrifice.

Regardless of fitness level, age or background, people from all walks of life,find participating in the Kokoda Challenge not only a great personal achievement, but a way to honour the Kokoda legacy and support local teenagers to gain a brighter future for themselves and their families through The Kokoda Challenge Youth Program.

2012 Registration opens February 1 at 6am.

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Click here to find out 'what you need to know' before then.