As we move through the changing landscape of state-based lockdowns and restrictions, we’re publishing an AU-specific update to keep ambassadors, event teams, parkrun communities, and landowners informed on our progress. *** New South Wales Whilst some areas of NSW will emerge from lockdown at 12:01am Saturday 11 September, the NSW Government have announced…
Leanne Hall has lived most of her life experiencing up to 10 seizures a day. After her fourth brain surgery, she is now getting used to living seizure free. Leanne credits parkrun for playing a huge part in her recovery. I was diagnosed with a dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial (DNET) brain tumour the size of a…
Rockhampton in central Queensland is the state’s fourth largest city and is home to a beautiful parkrun running through their botanic gardens. With a population of about 80,000 people, Rockhamptom is a busy industrial and agriculture hub and is also recognised as the beef capital of Australia with a thriving livestock industry. …
Trolls are well known for isolating themselves away from humans, usually hiding in caves or under bridges. They are typically grumpy characters who make lives hard for us humans. When parkrun was starting at Wagi Bridge the Event Director, Ian Shaw discovered under the bridge there was such a troll. During the trial…
In April 2019, Mobilong Prison in South Australia became the second prison in Australia to introduce parkrun. After a 15-month pause, the event recently returned to further strengthen the sense of belonging with the prison community. It accommodates up to 470 male medium and low-security prisoners who, as well as being engaged with services…
Independent survey commissioned by UK-based charity parkrun gets more than 60,000 responses and shows that volunteering has a bigger impact on health and wellbeing than just running or walking. parkrun UK have released results from an independent survey, proving that participation in parkrun really does make people healthier and happier, and not just from…
Earlier this year we announced some changes to the milestone t-shirts that recognise and reward individual participation at parkrun. As we prepare to implement the new process, here’s the latest information. Back in March 2021 we let you know about changes we are making to milestone t-shirts. We had initially hoped that…
In early 2019 I was coming up to four years in remission from cancer and my health wasn’t good at all. I had been diagnosed with an immune disease thought to be caused by the cancer and the treatment, and I was progressively spending more and more time in hospital with increasingly serious infections. I relied…
As we move through the changing landscape of state-based lockdowns and restrictions, we’re publishing an AU-specific update to keep ambassadors, event teams, parkrun communities, and landowners informed on our progress. We welcomed back 47 events in regional Victoria last weekend, and with the earlier than expected easing of restrictions in SEQ Queensland, Cairns and…
Tayla Taseff loves crossing the parkrun finish line before her dad Steve each week. Steve pushes Tayla, 22, around Yokine parkrun in her “purple peanut” wheelchair each week. Tayla has cerebral palsy, but she refers to it as “cool people syndrome”. “We are very cool humans,” Tayla said. Tayla is not…
