The Gold Coast's a puzzle. Step into it.

Plan for about 5 hours with the trams, or about 5 hours 20 minutes with food.

A phone with a camera, mobile data and location turned on, charged full before you start. It runs in the browser on any recent iPhone or Android, so there's nothing to install. Bring a contactless card, a phone or a go card for the trams, plus water, a hat and sun protection.

About 7.5 km at your own pace, on footpaths and the beachfront path. It's flat until Burleigh Heads, where a forest track climbs the headland and comes down the other side, so save some legs. Wear comfortable shoes.

On Elkhorn Avenue in Surfers Paradise, about 300 m from Cypress Avenue and Cavill Avenue tram stations. From Gold Coast Airport, bus 777 to Burleigh Heads station and then the tram to Cavill Avenue takes about an hour. From Brisbane Airport, take the Airtrain to Helensvale (about 96 minutes, not on the 50 cent fare), then the tram to Cavill Avenue (about 34 minutes).

The game finishes at Burleigh Heads, about 1 km along the highway from Burleigh Heads station. From there the tram takes about 26 minutes back to Surfers Paradise, and bus 777 takes 16 to 20 minutes to Gold Coast Airport.

Your tram pass names the station and the direction when it opens. Trams come about every 8 minutes on weekdays and every 10 at weekends. Miss one and you lose nothing: the clock is paused, so just catch the next.

From December to February, start between 06:30 and 07:30, because the beachfront has almost no shade in the morning.

The Gold Coast's Yugambeh history is part of the fun. As you walk you'll learn the old names along this coast, where Nerang got its name, and the stories of Jabreen and Gowanda.

Yes. The riddles work for first-timers, and they're written to surprise people who've lived here for years: most of the 25 are things you can walk straight past.

Yes, if they're happy with the distance. Children 5 to 14 ride the tram free at weekends with a child go card, and under 5s always ride free. Hold little hands near traffic, trams and the water's edge, and take breaks whenever you need them.

Eat before you start: the first place to eat on the route is about two thirds of the way round, in Burleigh Heads, and it opens at 10:00. James Street in Burleigh Heads has plenty more food. The Burleigh Heads Hotel, beside the station at the end, opens from 10:00. All three towns have public toilets and drinking fountains, so carry a bottle and top it up. Check hours on the day.

Every stop is in a public place you can reach on foot, and you photograph from where anyone can stand. Cross at the lights, watch for quiet trams, keep left on shared paths, where bikes come through, and look up from your phone at the kerb.

Every find can be photographed from a public place, so you can play in a shower. Summer storms tend to come late in the afternoon.

You never get stuck. Ask for the next clue whenever you like. If all five clues miss, the game shows you where the thing is, and walking within 25 m of it adds the piece. You just score a six for that stop.

The game lets you move on. A patchy location fix or a photo the checker can't read never ends your day: carry on to the next stop, and that piece shows as unlocked with help on your card.

Yes. Share one phone on one code, or link several phones so a find on one unlocks for everyone. Linked codes can also play Competitive as one team, with one name on the leaderboard, and race each other in VS.

No. Every code can play Solo, Crew, Competitive or VS, and testers pay nothing at all. Linked codes can play both: Competitive as one team, and VS against anyone, crewmates included.

Each mode comes with its own, each once per walk. Easy has its arrow, circle and thermometer built in, plus a Free skip. Medium has its arrow, plus a Free skip and a Thermometer. Hard has nothing built in, plus a Thermometer, a Compass and a Free skip. The Thermometer runs cold, warm, hot inside the search area and the Compass points to it, both until you solve that stop; the Free skip shows the next clue at once, with no wait and no extra move. Every 5 stops a quick question asks what you saw, and every right answer wins another lifeline. Competitive has Hard's three, strictly, and a crew playing as a team shares one set. A VS match plays the lifelines of the mode you both agreed on.

Yes, as long as they have their own Jigwalk code. There's no matchmaking: send the 6-character match code however you like, they choose Competitive and Join VS, and see the match's mode: Competitive unless you picked Easy, Medium or Hard when you made it. Pressing Ready means you both agree to it. A match that never starts closes after 12 hours.

Finished Competitive walks on the Gold Coast, VS matches on Competitive rules included, on two boards. A VS match on Easy, Medium or Hard is a friendly race, so it doesn't go on the leaderboard. Best score ranks the fewest moves first, with the faster time breaking a tie. Fastest ranks the quickest finish first, with fewer moves breaking a tie. Each line shows a nickname or a team name, then moves, time and lifelines used.

Not to play: your game code is all you type in. Free tester codes are claimed with an account, one claim per account for each city. The leaderboard only ever shows the nickname you choose at the finish.

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Until 7 days after you finish. If you haven't finished, it stays open for a year from when you get it.

It's free while we test, until launch on 1 December 2026. After that the launch price is Solo or Duo AUD 34.95 (up to 2 phones) or Crew AUD 44.95 (up to 5 phones), with one code for your group. The boxed puzzle and the finish treat come with the official launch. The tram fares are yours to pay on the platform.