It’s not often that a review of Saturday parkrun starts with Friday activities but that is precisely what is needed for the South Toowoomba trip. After checking in to our motel we went of to do a quick reccy of the course before joining Robbie, Glen and several members of the South Toowoomba parkrun community…

Crikey! What a great visit to the Zoo that is Steve Irwin’s legacy. So interesting to see native animals, birds and reptiles of Australia, up close. We visited the Crocoseum where Robert Irwin demonstrated and explained to us how Crocodiles behave and how to keep them and ourselves safe. Hilary popped into their onsite wildlife…

(Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size) Before coming away we had already decided to get matching Seahorse tattoos and during the trip to Surfers Paradise we finally had them done. Whilst Hilary went to get some cash to pay, Rory took an opportunity to…

As we were still in Queensland we had an opportunity to visit a different juniors event. This one is smaller than Des Conor, however, it gives the team a great opportunity to be a lot more relaxed (but still professional) Hilary was on Finish tokens and Rory was funnel manager. Over 100 children participated and…

Another week and time for Australia 5km parkrun number 8. This one had been selected so that Darren had the potential to get a V for the alphabet challenge if he joined us. We arrived nice and early and eventually saw where we needed to go. To our surprise Robbie (from dinner) joined us. This…

It was great to be back to a Sunday morning at junior parkrun following last weeks rain impacted cancellation. We were both on Marshal duty this week. With it being a Bank holiday weekend the numbers were down to a much more manageable 139. This is probably the smallest attendance at this event that we…

05:00 and the alarm explodes into tune to wake us up. Within 30 minutes we are in the car on the way to Gainsborough Parklands parkrun. On the original plan this was a trip to the 7th birthday of Gainsborough Greens parkrun that we had done in 2024 and the ED was the host of…