The Australia parkrun journey has come to a finish.
Here are our stats:-
18 out of 24 possible parkruns participated at – 11 5km and 7 juniors.
4 Cancelled due to weather (Tropical Cyclone Alfred and rain)
1 unable to attend due to not having a Victoria Working with Children blue card.
1 junior event we decided to miss as we arrived late in Brisbane the first time round.
5 times Rory completed the 5km distance – 4 times as parkwalker (eRoller) 1 as tail eRoller. Hilary completed 1 extra as a parkwalker
Rory managed 13 further volunteer credits 7 scanning, 2 timekeeping, 2 Marshalling and 1 time each on Finish Tokens and Funnel Manager
Hilary managed 12 further volunteer credits 4 timekeeping, 3 scanning, 2 Funnel Manager, 2 Finish Tokens and 1 Marshalling.
3 States ticked off – Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania
9 new 5km events visited – University of Western Australia, Cormorant Bay, Hoblers Bridge Reserve, Marriott Waters, Robelle Domain, Gainsborough Parklands, Varsity Lakes, South Toowoomba, Main Beach
1 returned to – Ipswich QLD,
1 revisited – Cormorant Bay
1 new junior event visited – Bellevue Park juniors
1 returned to – Des Conor
1 revisited – Bellevue Park juniors
1 pilgrimage completed – Main Beach
17 post event parkfaffs attended
2 times the photo picture for parkrun Australia social media
Countless – the number of times the back of Rory’s tee shirt was photographed.


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