This week we head west - no, not Meltown, Western Australia! Mel catches up with Sarah Jefferson and Amanda Meloni to talk Cottesloe parkrun and touristing plus Sarah has a roving report from WA's latest event Homestead parkrun. And as always we have all the latest from The Informant, Dazza's plus an update on Septober.

This week we celebrated BOND, picnics and the return of The Informant! Lyndell the legendary is back with a legend at Yowie parkrun plus Caveman Cam explores Mt Clarence parkrun with an interesting hypothesis. Plus, we recap our notties and plan future adventures.

This week we celebrate ALL the things ... birthdays, premieres and parkruns - real or not. PK checks in from The Avenues, Tracey travels west to Old Thomson River Road, Mark revisits Renmark on parkrunday and Caveman Cam ticks one off his Bakery Challenge! Meanwhile, we get the low down on this years Ugly Christmas Singlet design, straight from the elves mouth!

Welcome to an abbreviated pod for International podcast Day! While Olly & Mel recap their weeks, we hear from Tracey @ Logan River and Cam from Tamworth Wetlands plus Marvellous Mark checks in from West Beach. As we wave farewell to Streaky September, Septober is ramping up.

While The Informants are off enjoying a break, Olly and Mel have been hard at work to bring you two interviews with Brian Peters and his 500th true blue milestone, and Adrian Hon from Zombies, Run! Plus all the streaky updates, highlights from Dazzas and breaking news of the ugly kind!

While Olly and Mel celebrate Trolls and Zombies, we check in with quarantining paralympian Jenny Blow about her recent adventure at Tokyo with the Aussie Belles. We celebrate Maori Language week, all the fun at Dazza's plus The Informant brings all the stats to the yard.

The adventurers are reflecting on a big week of celebrations and paralympics and Olly chats to Lyndell about her officiating experiences in Tokyo. We hear from Mark at Kununurra, Tracey at Bundaberg and Dave at Waterloo Plains parkruns, as well as all the usual from Dazza's, The Informant and some interesting mail!

Mel & Olly are taking a walk down memory lane for the 250th episode.

We hear from Mark at Hampton Oval parkrun, Tracey pops in from Des Connor Park juniors and Pippa shares some more Streaky tips. Dazza’s was back this week, Olly explains the Bingoe card and we have some 250 related stats from The Informant. Join us for all this, plus a few little surprises!

This week Mel chats with Mick Duyvestyn, half of the crew behind the Bubble Bird relay that’s helping a certain yellow friend fly the coup in lockdown thanks to a creative flock of Melbournians.

We also hear from Runner 5 (aka Karyn) following an exciting parkrun launch against all odds in Abel Township, and also from the scanned in and locked down alike at Dazza’s.