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Move more, in ways that work for you.

The Move Together Challenge is a Queensland‑wide initiative designed to make walking and everyday movement easier to build into everyday life. It supports people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to be more active in practical, achievable ways, at work, home and in the community.

From 3 August to 13 September, any steps and physical activity you log in your 10,000 Steps account will automatically count towards the Challenge. Walking, whether it is a short walk, a longer stroll, or movement during daily tasks like housework or gardening all counts towards your total.

Every step contributes to a shared statewide total, showing how regular walking adds up across Queensland. Set your own goals, track your progress, and take part in the Challenge.

Let’s see how many steps Queensland can reach!

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Challenge Highlights

From 3 August to 13 September, updated every 30 minutes.

Total Steps
50,571,914
Logged by all participants
Total Participants
5,852
Logging steps in the Challenge
Total Groups
207
Participating in the Challenge
Total Tournaments
46
Participating in the Challenge

Take Part Your Way

Whether you're participating on your own, with friends and family, or through your workplace or community organisation, there's a way to take part that suits you.

Start by registering as an individual. From there, you can join a Group with friends and family, participate in a Tournament organised by your workplace or community organisation, or become the champion who brings people together by creating one.

Every steps and minute of activity logged counts towards the Challenge. If you later join a Group or Tournament, the steps you've logged throughout the Challenge will also contribute to those totals.

Individuals
Sign up to Join the Challenge

Start your Challenge journey and help contribute to Queensland's step total.

Whether you're already active or just getting started, every step counts. From 3 August, any steps and physical activity you log through your 10,000 Steps account will contribute to the Challenge.

Look for simple ways to move more throughout your day, take the stairs, park a little further away, get out in the garden, walk the dog, or add a short walk to your routine. Small changes can add up over the six weeks and help you track your own progress along the way.

Family and friends
Stay Connected and Move Together

Make the Challenge more enjoyable by getting active with the people around you.

Create a Group with friends, family, neighbours or colleagues and track your progress throughout the Challenge. With up to 20 members, Groups are a great way to stay connected, check in with each other and keep motivation high.

Whether it's an early morning walk, a lunchtime stroll, or a regular catch-up while getting some steps in, moving together can help make activity a more enjoyable part of everyday life.

Workplaces and communities
Get your Organisation Involved

Inspire movement across your workplace or community organisation.

The Challenge is a great way to bring people together around a shared goal while encouraging healthier habits, stronger connections and a culture of wellbeing. Whether you're part of a workplace, council, community group or volunteer organisation, taking part can help motivate more people to get active.

It's quick and easy to create a Tournament for your workplace or community. Walking meetings, lunchtime walks and friendly competition between teams can help build connections and motivate participation.

Group Leaderboard

Follow the progress of Groups taking part in the Challenge. Sort the leaderboard by participants, total steps or average steps. Groups can choose to appear here from their Group page.

Rank Name Participants Total Steps Average Steps
1
Maid to walk
4 69,184 17,296
2
Trio Walkers
1 16,488 16,488
3
Sorry for Your Loss
10 151,362 15,136
4
Four Mile Beach
1 15,108 15,108
5
Tugun Trotters
1 14,341 14,341
6
Ipswich Hospital Physiotherapy
1 13,761 13,761
7
The Aye Team
1 13,660 13,660
8
The Walkie-Talkies
1 13,380 13,380
9
Control Alt Undefeeted
10 129,070 12,907
10
Springsure QCWA
8 103,023 12,877
11
Scrubs and Steel Caps
4 50,750 12,687
12
CHQ RSO TEAM
1 12,602 12,602
13
Chronic Steppers
7 82,143 11,734
14
Research Solemates
2 22,324 11,162
15
Critical Steppers
9 98,410 10,934
16
Medical & WACS
16 170,827 10,676
17
Walk This Whey
10 105,745 10,574
18
Child Development Service
12 122,681 10,223
19
Clinical Crushers
2 19,985 9,992
20
walking without comorbidities
3 29,384 9,794
21
GARSS for Glory
3 28,796 9,598
22
Liam and Jasmine
1 9,232 9,232
23
Recovery Renegades
17 155,542 9,149
24
Ward 7A
1 9,001 9,001
25
OC
3 26,901 8,967
26
Ready, Step, Go
6 52,812 8,802
27
Only Feets
5 43,229 8,645
28
The Cecum seekers
9 76,954 8,550
29
CIPU Steppers
5 42,269 8,453
30
Crit Care - We Thought You Said Snacks
9 76,018 8,446
31
SWEET FA
3 24,788 8,262
32
The Sourcing Soles
1 8,214 8,214
33
Walkie Talkies
12 97,234 8,102
34
Spring Lake Walking Group
1 8,043 8,043
35
PACU Princesses
7 55,847 7,978
36
The Compulsive Steppers
6 47,175 7,862
37
The Meerkats 3-month Steps Challenge
1 7,698 7,698
38
The Roly Molars
10 76,752 7,675
39
Surgical Care Steppers
20 152,875 7,643
40
Walking for Snacks
2 14,737 7,368
41
Star Trekking
5 36,248 7,249
42
In Transit
13 94,127 7,240
43
Tiny toes, mighty goals
1 7,197 7,197
44
Statewide Steppers
16 114,132 7,133
45
ITS - Cache Me If You Can
3 21,102 7,034
46
PBCHC - Life Changers
5 34,721 6,944
47
Amity Ward
7 47,847 6,835
48
Rehab step challenge
19 128,008 6,737
49
CES Strides
7 45,524 6,503
50
Chronic Steppers 2
14 90,087 6,434
51
MDT - Many Distance Travelled
5 32,151 6,430
52
Fancy Footwork
3 18,783 6,261
53
Renal Road Runners
20 124,379 6,218
54
Chafing the dream Again
5 30,701 6,140
55
Shift Happens
4 24,359 6,089
56
Patient Safety and Quality Branch - Team 2
6 36,436 6,072
57
10,000 Steps Team - Walking the Talk
7 42,361 6,051
58
Integrated Care Step Happens
9 54,384 6,042
59
Are we there yet?
5 30,156 6,031
60
Not Fast Just Furious!
8 47,962 5,995
61
5pmFitClub
6 35,519 5,919
62
I'm walkin 'ere 2.0
5 28,555 5,711
63
Active Avocans
14 79,088 5,649
64
The Excel-erators
9 50,249 5,583
65
Happy Feet Squad
11 60,729 5,520
66
AMHU Steppers
6 32,764 5,460
67
HR Hustlers
5 27,143 5,428
68
EDMS Pace Makers
6 32,315 5,385
69
MSH Media and Comm-uting
13 69,897 5,376
70
MI Pharmacy
9 47,725 5,302
71
Witness the Fitness
10 52,563 5,256
72
Hot Steppers
2 10,314 5,157
73
Sole Sisters
12 61,394 5,116
74
The burnout prevention society
7 35,252 5,036
75
StepLT
5 25,109 5,021
76
Legs Miserables
3 15,016 5,005
77
MKY HOMEward Bound
7 34,617 4,945
78
Team PSHP
11 53,616 4,874
79
We would walk 500 miles
3 14,060 4,686
80
Walking Wounded
3 13,985 4,661
81
Wobbly Boots
2 9,226 4,613
82
The Pavlovian Pacers
8 36,108 4,513
83
DPC - I let the walking do my talking!
10 44,506 4,450
84
QHE Team
12 52,129 4,344
85
UQ Accounting & Finance Fitness Warriors
16 69,452 4,340
86
Cirque du Sore Legs
6 25,963 4,327
87
EIM Team Movers and Shakers
4 17,266 4,316
88
IPU - We thought it was coffee time
10 42,774 4,277
89
Progress Over Perfection - SFB
8 33,827 4,228
90
Slip slop slap and stride
11 46,289 4,208
91
The Gait Keepers
9 37,716 4,190
92
Gold Coast ACAT
3 12,561 4,187
93
Public Health - Skin Health team
5 20,781 4,156
94
HSERT
10 41,164 4,116
95
Caboolture Paediatrics
4 16,355 4,088
96
The A-Septic Striders
8 32,604 4,075
97
Galaxy Guardians
8 32,529 4,066
98
Worst paced scenario
2 7,794 3,897
99
Breast Step Forward - BreastScreen Wide Bay
14 53,912 3,850
100
Steps Via Coffee Refuels
7 26,913 3,844
101
Flow Striders
12 45,833 3,819
102
Walking Abreast
3 11,334 3,778
103
Here Comes The Healthsteppers
9 33,926 3,769
104
Bribie HAART
2 7,490 3,745
105
Walkie Talkies
6 22,286 3,714
106
Digital Pulse
6 22,031 3,671
107
Metro North Strategy and Planning Team
8 29,216 3,652
108
Bell Street Bandits
11 39,674 3,606
109
NeoRESQ
8 28,678 3,584
110
VM Dream Team
3 10,621 3,540
111
Sippy Superstars
5 17,677 3,535
112
SERQU-lating the Office
8 27,943 3,492
113
WBHHS Diabetes Service
4 13,893 3,473
114
The Hormone Hurdlers
1 3,408 3,408
115
CDP Milestone Makers
20 67,975 3,398
116
Endo On the Go
6 20,002 3,333
117
Red Hot Chilli Steppers
11 36,090 3,280
118
Blister Sisters
4 12,941 3,235
119
Step Happens
9 28,961 3,217
120
AICTT Steppers
1 3,100 3,100
121
ASU Step Squad
17 52,123 3,066
122
Admin In Motion
14 40,639 2,902
123
1C - No Claudication in Sight!
12 34,577 2,881
124
Every Step Counts
4 11,329 2,832
125
PHN-omenal Pacers
5 14,160 2,832
126
Supporting Healthier Pregnancies Initiative
9 23,773 2,641
127
MKY Division of Medical Services
3 7,490 2,496
128
Sole Mates
9 22,223 2,469
129
Hub Hustlers
9 21,449 2,383
130
Patient Safety and Quality Branch
20 46,756 2,337
131
Script Happens
7 16,169 2,309
132
Evolving in Motion 2026 Toowoomba
6 13,761 2,293
133
Red Hot Chili Steppers
8 17,479 2,184
134
Exec Ladies
7 13,965 1,995
135
HPK&F Stride Squad
10 19,163 1,916
136
Weipa Warriors
15 26,609 1,773
137
The Med Ed Excel-Erators
2 3,500 1,750
138
Walkaholics Anonymous
11 19,141 1,740
139
Vendorama 2: The Winners Strike Back
7 12,067 1,723
140
Virtual QCWA Walking Group
13 22,252 1,711
141
The Daily Dose of 10K (Ipswich Hospital Pharmacy Dept)
20 31,114 1,555
142
Babinda MPHS
11 16,989 1,544
143
Hot steppers
5 7,577 1,515
144
Emerald Energy Bunnies
4 5,569 1,392
145
The Daywalkers
3 3,933 1,311
146
CKW Pharmacy
20 25,237 1,261
147
Bayside Baddies
4 4,772 1,193
148
UQ Deadly Movers
3 3,378 1,126
149
SPaRTa Team
6 6,449 1,074
150
SBE in ITS
2 1,897 948
151
Magenta Hearts
8 7,195 899
152
Logan Bayside CHIPPIES
8 5,491 686
153
OCNO
4 2,251 562
154
EPP - 10,000 Step Challenge
6 1,933 322
155
CKW Pharmacy Superior
8 2,475 309
156
The PAT Pack
4 862 215
157
A Team
2 0 0
158
Allied Health in Motion
2 0 0
159
Are We There Yet?
1 0 0
160
Besties
0 0 0
161
Blister Sisters
0 0 0
162
BreastScreen QLD State Steppers
0 0 0
163
Cabo Goose Steppers
0 0 0
164
CCU Wide Bay
4 0 0
165
Chronic Steppers 1
0 0 0
166
CPO Steps
0 0 0
167
CPO Steps August 2026
1 0 0
168
Ctrl + Alt + Defeat
3 0 0
169
Data, Dollars & Distance
1 0 0
170
DETSI - Innovation
0 0 0
171
Digital Dream Team
1 0 0
172
Gearing Up
1 0 0
173
HWCRI and friends
1 0 0
174
IV League
3 0 0
175
Lagoon Ward
1 0 0
176
Leg day
7 0 0
177
Logan Leadership
3 0 0
178
Maid to walk
0 0 0
179
Medical Imaging steppers
1 0 0
180
MIRTToowoomba
2 0 0
181
MUDDIES!
1 0 0
182
OCMOpods
0 0 0
183
Pandanus Ward
3 0 0
184
Parkside Fitness
1 0 0
185
PwC - 10K Steps Challenge
5 0 0
186
RACH Rascals
1 0 0
187
Read Between The Steps
2 0 0
188
Ready, Step, Go
0 0 0
189
Redcliffe Patient Support Services
1 0 0
190
Scrambled legs
1 0 0
191
SOPMHU
1 0 0
192
STARS 5B
1 0 0
193
Stores Stompers
1 0 0
194
Strength in Numbers
10 0 0
195
The Breast Intentions
0 0 0
196
The Breast Intentions
0 0 0
197
The Bronchial Striders
6 0 0
198
The Medicine Movers
1 0 0
199
The Thrive Tribe (ACAT Sunshine Coast)
10 0 0
200
The Usual Suspects
1 0 0
201
The Walking Deadlines
3 0 0
202
The Wandering Nurses
3 0 0
203
Transfer- mers (walkers in disguise)
1 0 0
204
Transit Care Hub - LGH
0 0 0
205
Walkie Talkies
0 0 0
206
Waroona MPC
0 0 0
207
WTSO steps up
1 0 0

Organisation Leaderboard

Follow the progress of organisation teams taking part in the Challenge. Sort the leaderboard by participants, total steps or average steps. Organisations can choose to appear here from their Tournament page.

Rank Name Participants Total Steps Average Steps
1
Cancer Alliance Queensland
  • Tournament: CAQ Steppers
16 156,553 9,784
2
Haigslea State School
  • Tournament: Haigslea SS Steppin Out
12 107,978 8,998
3
Ward 7A - Internal Medicine
  • Tournament: QHealth Wellbeing Step Challenge 2026
10 89,685 8,968
4
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII)
  • Tournament: Heart and Sole
21 166,041 7,906
5
South West Hospital & Health Service
  • Tournament: SWHHS Step Challenge 2026
355 2,759,401 7,772
6
Australian Christian College - Moreton
  • Tournament: Step Aside — I’m Late for Duty!
43 320,492 7,453
7
OneSchool Global
  • Tournament: OSG 10,000 STEPS Challenge 2026
185 1,321,234 7,141
8
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
  • Tournament: Sunshine Coast HHS 2026
319 2,096,700 6,572
9
Queensland Association of School Tuckshops (QAST)
  • Tournament: QAST - 2026 Move Together Challenge
11 71,902 6,536
10
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
  • Tournament: CHQ Walk for Wellbeing 2026
316 2,002,973 6,338
11
System Planning Branch
  • Tournament: SPPD - Branch vs. Branch Challenge
111 669,279 6,029
12
Community Enterprise Queensland
  • Tournament: Community Enterprise Queensland 2026 Move Together Challenge
43 248,251 5,773
13
Data Services Branch
  • Tournament: Data Services Branch
34 193,755 5,698
14
Darling Downs Community Care Units
  • Tournament: Committed Crazies United
11 56,387 5,126
15
UMG E&C
  • Tournament: UMG E&C 10K Steps Challenge
13 66,075 5,082
16
Finance Branch
  • Tournament: Finance Branch, Department of Health
91 453,268 4,980
17
Parkside Fitness
  • Tournament: Parkside Fitness
6 28,992 4,832
18
Health and Wellbeing Queensland
  • Tournament: 2026 HWQld Step Challenge
58 277,135 4,778
19
National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland
  • Tournament: NIISQ - Holy Walkamolies Step Challenge
37 163,386 4,415
20
Queensland Walks
  • Tournament: QLD WALKS MONTH MOVE TOGETHER TEAM CHALLENGE
7 30,109 4,301
21
Resources Safety and Health Queensland
  • Tournament: Move Together Challenge
23 90,107 3,917
22
Taroom State School
  • Tournament: Taroom on the Move
10 38,712 3,871
23
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
  • Tournament: Metro North Health
116 443,951 3,827
24
Office of the Chief Medical Officer
  • Tournament: OCMO Branch 10,000 Steps Challenge
59 220,717 3,740
25
Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
  • Tournament: DETSI Move Together Challengers
124 462,919 3,733
26
Redcliffe Hospital
  • Tournament: REDDY Fun & Fitness Redcliffe Steppers
48 173,464 3,613
27
TeamSport
  • Tournament: Team Sport Wellbeing Walk-Off
63 216,523 3,436
28
University of the Sunshine Coast - Health and Wellbeing
  • Tournament: 2026 MOVE TOGETHER CHALLENGE Team UniSC
132 401,927 3,044
29
Modsel Pty Ltd
  • Tournament: Move Together Challenge
15 42,432 2,828
30
Queensland Government - Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers
  • Tournament: DLGWV Move Together Challenge Winter 2026
46 125,289 2,723
31
Life Ed Queensland
  • Tournament: Life Ed Qld Step Squad
15 40,303 2,686
32
QCWA
  • Tournament: QCWA Move Together Challenge
15 35,564 2,370
33
Queensland Health - Central Pharmacy
  • Tournament: Supply Chain Branch - 10,000 Steps Challenge
9 18,315 2,035
34
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
  • Tournament: TCHHS 2026 QHSC
18 28,061 1,558
35
MASS Chaos
  • Tournament: QH Steps Challenge Aug 2026 - MASS
13 16,992 1,307
36
Office of the Chief Nurse Officer
  • Tournament: OCNO
6 2,251 375
37
Office of the Health Ombudsman
  • Tournament: 2026 OHO Move together challenge
0 0 0
38
University of Queensland - Wellness
  • Tournament: 6-Week UQ Step Challenge 2026
1 0 0
39
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
  • Tournament: DPC - Delivering For Queensland One Step at a Time
0 0 0
40
Keebra Park State High
  • Tournament: Keebra Challenge
0 0 0
41
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
  • Tournament: Metro North's Queensland Health Steps Challenge 2026
0 0 0
42
Mount Isa City Council
  • Tournament: Mount Isa Community Challenge
1 0 0
43
Darling Downs Community Care Units
  • Tournament: move
0 0 0
44
Steele Wrobel Pty Ltd
  • Tournament: Move Together Challengers
0 0 0
45
Queensland Treasury
  • Tournament: Queensland Treasury Move Together Challenge
0 0 0
46
Queensland Treasury
  • Tournament: Queensland Treasury Move Together Challenge
0 0 0
47
Supply Chain Branch - Clinical Services Queensland
  • Tournament: Supply Chain Branch - QHSC 2026
0 0 0
48
Metro South Health - Casuarina Lodge
  • Tournament: Wisteria Wanderers
13 0 0
QHSC (2)

Queensland Health Steps Challenge

Do you work at a Queensland Hospital and Health Service? We have an extra challenge, just for you.

The Move Together Challenge runs alongside the 2026 Queensland Health Steps Challenge (QHSC), a dedicated initiative for Hospital and Health Service teams to support staff wellbeing, strengthen connections, and encourage more movement across the workforce.

Participants join their HHS and track their steps, contributing to their team on the QHSC leaderboard encouraging a shared sense of purpose across their workplace. At the same time, every step counts towards the statewide Move Together Challenge, meaning you’re supporting your team while also being part of a broader Queensland-wide effort to move more, together.

Movement Matters

Being physically active each day, especially through regular walking and everyday tasks, supports better physical health, improved mental wellbeing, and stronger social connection.

Regular walking and light activity, even in small amounts, is linked to increased energy, improved mood, better sleep, and reduced risk of chronic conditions. Activities like walking to the shops, doing housework, gardening, or moving around at work all contribute. No gym or structured exercise is required.

Small actions add up. Adding a few extra steps through daily walking and routine activities, consistently over time, can lead to meaningful improvements in how you feel.

This Challenge is designed to be inclusive, flexible, and achievable. It is not about speed, distance, or fitness levels. It is about walking more where you can, moving through everyday tasks, and building habits that fit real life and last.

Boost Your Challenge Participation

Qld Challenge Page - Pedometers
Simple Step Tracking for Everyone

Need a simple, low‑cost way to track your steps? A pedometer is an easy and accessible option that helps everyone take part in the Challenge.

Pedometers are ideal if you don’t use a smartphone or wearable and they’re a great solution for health workers and others who can’t wear wrist‑based devices at work.

Qld Challenge Page - Mobile App
Download the 10,000 Steps Mobile App

Make tracking your steps during the Challenge easy by downloading the free 10,000 Steps mobile app from Google Play or the App Store.

Connect your activity tracker via Health Connect (Android) or Apple Health (iOS), then simply swipe down on the dashboard to sync your steps, or log them manually if you prefer.

Qld Challenge Page - Health Check - Example
Connect with a Health Coach

Get free support from a qualified health coach through My health for life during the Challenge.

By completing a quick health check, you can be connected with a coach who can help you set goals, stay motivated, and build healthy habits that support your Challenge participation at no cost.

Move Together Stakeholder Kit

Promote the 2026 Move Together Challenge in your organisation and community with our Stakeholder Kit that has done the legwork for you. It brings together a set of ready-made resources you can use straight away to build awareness and keep people engaged across the Challenge.

What’s included:

  • Challenge overview content to help you clearly explain how to get involved
  • Newsletter banners for internal updates
  • Digital screensavers to keep the Challenge visible day-to-day
  • A3 and A4 posters (print-ready files provided) for worksites and shared spaces
  • Social media tiles (coming soon) for internal and external channels

Each resource has been developed in two versions so you can use them at different stages:

  • Sign-up call to action – to drive registrations leading into launch
  • Log your steps call to action – to keep momentum going once the Challenge is underway

Using the kit helps you keep messaging consistent and visible, making it easier for staff to understand how to get involved and stay motivated throughout the Challenge.

MTC Assets Mock Up with Background

10,000 Steps App

Start stepping towards a healthier, happier you by downloading our FREE 10,000 Steps app.

  • Add steps and minutes of activity
  • Sync steps from Apple Health and Health Connect
  • See progress towards your daily goal
  • View your steps graphs and statistics
  • Connect with friends and family
  • Join monthly step Challenges
  • Take part in team Tournaments
  • Create personalised reminders
  • Read evidence-based articles

The Move Together Challenge is an initiative delivered in partnership by the 10,000 Steps program at Central Queensland University, Health and Wellbeing Queensland and The Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation at The University of Queensland.