Category: Regular Post
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There was no way that we weren’t going here. (Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size)
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(Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size) Sunday 23rd March and we return to Des Connor park for our second week of junior volunteering. The forecast was for a bit of rain but they got that wrong. We arrived by 07:30 and “signed on”. I…
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(Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size) Still not used to setting the alarm for 05:20 to go to parkrun, however, that is what is required. As Mabel the dog was ill during the night, Wendy stayed at home to be with her, whilst Darren…
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We behaved like proper tourists today – a trip to the museum to Discover Ancient Egypt, also went around a fascinating animal exhibit. A trip on the Brisbane Wheel and pictures by the Brisbane sign. (Clicking on any picture in each set will open all photographs in an easy to navigate album but larger in…
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As must people will be aware, we are very dedicated parkrun and junior parkrun volunteers. No matter where we are in the world we will volunteer if we can. In fact we don’t really go somewhere that doesn’t have parkrun, as that is part of our DNA. In Australia all volunteers at junior parkrun are…
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For the first time in just over 6.5 years we decided to go swimming. A lot has happened since I was last in a pool. In fact a quick look through my phone pictures shows me in a pool during a holiday to Grand Caymen in July 2018. For todays trip we went to Dunlop…
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After 3 weeks in Australia, it was time to get back to what we love doing on a Sunday morning and get back to volunteering at junior parkrun. We had a slightly longer journey than we have got used to and was in the car and on our way 35 minutes ahead of our scheduled…
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Having missed our fix last week due to the Cyclone, it was nice to be able to set the alarm for parkrun. Not so nice to be setting it for 05:30, however, due to the heat, all events in Queensland start at 07:00. As this was our second trip to this event and because I…
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After being stuck at home for several days, with the cyclone behind us we were once again able to get out and about. Naturally the first thing we did was some food shopping. Whilst at the shopping centre a very young girl in her pram said “Hello” to me. Although very shy, she gave me…
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It’s Saturday morning with no parkrun to go to and staying at home due to the Tropical cyclone, I decided it was the day to go upstairs and spend the day with our hosts, Wendy and Darren. Two sets of 9 steps with a small landing in between for a recovery stage. Potential problem number…