parkrun adventurers podcast

Episode 199 - Bek Milne

The parkrun adventurers ‘test positive’ this week as guest co-host Scott Watkins returns with a new segment or two. Plus we speak to Queanbeyan parkrunner and member of the Australian Defence Force, Bek Milne, about a parkrun for Jerrabomberra, and what community and honouring our servicemen and women means on ANZAC Day.

Episode 198 - Phone a Friend

The parkrun adventurers record at parkrun-time to fill the void, with Lyndell Murray back to join Mel as guest co-host. Wondering how the gang are doing, we phone a bunch of friends to check in.

Episode 197 - Jon Pendse

The parkrun adventurers are still here, and excited to have Tony O’Connell (AKA TOC) back to guest co-host. Mel chats with Jon Pendse, a West Aussie parkrunner who went for a rather long warm-up before a recent parkrunday. Plus we catch up on a bunch of roving reports with the usual suspects checking in from Bendigo Botanical parkrun, Rockingham parkrun, Tuggeranong parkrun and Paradise Point parkrun.

Episode 196 - #PALM20 LIVE!

The parkrun adventurers adventure to South Australia for the third annual listener meet-up and have a rolicking good time recording live with friends old and new at Mount Barker parkrun.

Episode 195 - Deri Thomas

The parkrun adventurers focus on family influencing our parkrun experiences as Mark Scarborough returns to guest co-host this week. And with the launch of parkrun in the Netherlands looming we catch up with Deri Thomas, parkrun’s Territory Manager for Europe, to discuss all things parkrun Netherlands, Sweden and his own parkrun adventures.

Episode 194 - #PALM20 Teaser

The parkrun adventurers chat about legacies and get excited about the impending listener meet-up as #PALM20 co-organiser Chris Fraser shares the full agenda. Channel 5 News Crew member Mark Scarborough submits a roving report from Warringal Parklands parkrun, and our friends from the Northern Hemisphere, Pippa and the Tame Volunteer, are back with the inside scoop on pasties/pasties.

Episode 193 - Podding in the Rain

The parkrun adventurers leap along to Frog Hollow parkrun and delight in downhills at Ipswich Qld as Melissa Ellis returns to guest co-host. And the Channel 5 News Crew head out to support fire-affected communities visiting the teams at Braidwood Showground parkrun and Bright parkrun.

Episode 192 - World Tourists

 The parkrun adventurers are back in the Sunshine Coast Pod Studio with Dave Moss returning to guest co-host. We share details of the inaugural parkrun World Tourist Meet-up, and the Channel 5 News Crew are back at it with roving reports from Yeppoon parkrun in Qld, Edinburgh Oval parkrun in WA, and Wagi Bridge parkrun in the ACT.

Episode 191 - Dynamic Duo

The parkrun adventurers pay a visit to the near neighbours for a change of scenery. Gerard Corkeron (AKA the G-Train), just back from his Canadian adventures, takes a seat on the co-host couch. Plus we have both familiar and fresh new voices roving and reporting from Riverbank, Zillmere, Kerang Regional and Wagi Bridge parkruns.

Episode 190 - Chasing Vert

The parkrun adventurers have had some misadventures. Lyndell Murray is guest co-hosting this week and brings with her a new challenge. And our adventurers get roving at Mundy Regional parkrun and Cobram parkrun in Australia, while the G-Train delivers the final two instalments of his Canadian correspondence from Victoria parkrun, Kitchener and Eramosa River Trail parkrun.