About this Event
LIF THE LID WALK for MENTAL HEALTH - Cairns, TNQ 2025
Walk. Talk. Support Mental Health Research.
Join us on Sunday, October 12th 2025 for the 3rd annual LIFT THE LID WALK for Mental Health in Cairns - a relaxed, family-friendly event along the beautiful Cairns Esplanade. This is your chance to walk, talk and show your support for mental health awareness and research.
Event Details:
Date: Sunday October 12th 2025
Registration Opens: 7am
Walk Starts: 8am
Distance: 2.5km or 5km - walk at your own pace
Location: The Pirate Ship, Cairns Esplanade (Smith Street Carpark)
Dogs on leashes are welcomed and encouraged!
Registration:
Adults: $31.54 per person (including $1.54 booking fee)
Register before September 26th to receive a LIFT THE LID T-Shirt
Children under 15: Walk free (you can purchase)
About the Walk:
This isn't a race - its a fun, inclusive community walk designed to raise awareness and vital funds for Australian Rotary Health's Mental Health Research. Whether you've been personally impacted or simply care about the cause, your participation helps make a difference.
Since the first walk in Mooloolaba in 2016, this initiative has grown into a national series, raising over $250,000 for mental health research - and we're just getting started.
Why this Matters:
This event is more than just a walk - its a movement. Here's why its special:
- 100% of the funds raised go directly to Australian Rotary Health's mental health research
- It brings the community together to support those affected by mental health challenges and start important conversations
- It provides a space to honour loved ones - some participants choose to wear custom shirts in memory of someone lost to mental health.
Hosted by:
Rotary Tropical North Queensland, representing the 11 Rotary Clubs in and around Cairns.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS : Release and Indemnity
1. I am aware and acknowledge that the Lift The Lid Walk (the Event) involves inherent risks, including the risk of injury to life or death and damage to property and in undertaking such activities, I do so at my own risk.
2. I am also aware that it is a condition of participation in the Event that Rotary, its officers and employees, agents and volunteers are released by me from all liability howsoever arising from injury or damage to both property and person howsoever caused (whether fatal or otherwise) arising out of my participation in the Event whether or not such injury or damage is due to any negligent act, breach of duty, default and/or omission on the part of Rotary, its officers and employees, agents or volunteers.
3. I indemnify Rotary, its officers and employees, agents and volunteers against all loss, damage and expenses (including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis) arising out of or in connection with any claims, actions, proceedings or demands of any kind arising directly or indirectly as a consequence of my participation in the Event.
4. I acknowledge and agree that my participation in the Event is as a consequence of my own free will and desire and that I have read and understood the above warning, release, and indemnity.
5. I warrant that I am 18 years of age or older and am lawfully able to enter into this above release and indemnity or, in the event that I am a minor, I have the permission of my legal guardian to participate in the Event and that my legal guardian has agreed to adhere to the terms of the indemnity
If the participant is a minor:
I as the legal guardian of the Participant consent to him/her participating in the Event.
· I release Rotary, its officers and employees, agents and volunteers from all liability, howsoever arising, from injury or damage to both property and person howsoever caused (whether fatal or otherwise) arising out of the Participant’s participation in the Event whether or not such injury or damage is due to any negligent act, breach of duty, default and/or omission on the part of Rotary, its officers and employees, agents or volunteers.
· I indemnify Rotary, its officers and employees, agents and volunteers against all loss, damage and expenses (including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis) arising out of or in connection with any claims, actions, proceedings or demands of any kind arising directly or indirectly as a consequence of the Participant’s participation in the Event
In the EVENT we did get cancelled because of weather or COVID.
Just in case the current walk format is cancelled because of extreme weather conditions or a return of COVID we'll still be going ahead just differently. We'd love you to get out on the day of the event and walk and talk with us. We will shift it online and do it virtually! We encourage you to share it on socials while adhering to any necessary restrictions, of course. Given we are raising vital funds for mental health research and it's honestly never been more important, your ticket registration donation will make a huge difference to what Australian Rotary Health research funding can achieve. Your shiny new t-shirt will still be waiting for you to collect and we'll keep you up to date of a safe place and time for that to happen via email in the event we can't go ahead on the day.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cairns Esplanade, smith street, cairns, Australia
AUD 0.00 to AUD 31.54
