Cairns parkrun

13/09/2026

This weekend as part of National Su***de Prevention Week, we had Bronte Woodward - Black Dog Ride to the Top join us on behalf of the Black Dog Institute. 🐾

Pictured is Winston (the little black dog) volunteering at Cairns parkrun.

The Black Dog Institute is a proudly independent, not-for-profit Australian medical research institute dedicated to identifying, treating, and preventing mental illness and su***de across the human lifespan.

You don’t have to face it alone. 💙
If you or someone you know is struggling, reaching out for support can be the first step towards getting through it.
📞 Lifeline: 13 11 14
📞 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
📞 Su***de Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
📞 13YARN: 13 92 76 — for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

🚨 If someone is in immediate danger, call 000 or go to your nearest Emergency Department.

For information, resources and mental-health support, visit the Black Dog Institute: blackdoginstitute.org.au

Starting the conversation could make a difference. You are not alone, and help is available. 💙

📸: Stoli Collective Photography

***deprevention

12/09/2026

Check out and his call for change on big issues affecting Cairns including crime.

Kevin is running a full marathon every day to raise awareness and push for positive change in our community. 🌴
Today is Day 66; that’s 66 marathons and 2,784.87 km!

Kevin starts his runs in the early hours of the morning, and on Saturdays he runs a good distance before timing a 5km section to coincide with Cairns parkrun.

He’s also an avid parkrunner, having completed 188 parkruns! Last weekend, Kevin took on Run Port Douglas and achieved a Half Marathon PB. 👏

And you don't have to run a marathon to support him, whether it’s 100m, 1km, 5km or the full 42.2km, you can join Kevin along the way, have a chat and show your support.

Support Kev by running with him, talking to him, sharing his message and giving him a follow.

Let’s get behind a local hero and help spread the word. 💙🌴

📸: Sofia Stoli (Stoli Collective Photography)

12/09/2026

Cairns parkrun Event #658 Full Event Album ⤵❤️‍🔥🩴

📸: Sofia Stoli (Stoli Collective Photography)

12/09/2026

And just like that, 313
runners are off! ☀️👟

See you again next week. Same time,
same place!

12/09/2026

🌼💃 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 into Cairns parkrun #658 — 12/9/26 🕺🌸
🎶 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go — George Michael
Yet another dangerously catchy EARWORM to get stuck in your head before you hit play… then belt out our gloriously questionable Cairns parkrun lyrics. 😎🎤
Turn it up. Sing badly. Jitterbug irresponsibly.
It’s SPRING, parkies! 🌺☀️
🎧 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A
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Jitterbug
Jitterbug
Jitterbug
Jitterbug
…
You put the spring spring into my shoes
You send my heart rate high when the RD yells 'GO'
Jitterbug into my brain (yeah, yeah)
Goes a bang-bang-bang as my feet do the same
…
Now someone’s chasing me
Something ain't right
My parkie friend started well after the time
Left me running alone in my head
I was trying
But I should've run with them instead
…
Listen up before they say-go
Don't start talking like a yob-bo
Listen up, talking is a no-no
I don't wanna miss it when they call my name
Listen up be quiet like a do-do.
'Cause I'm not planning on running solo
Listen up, it’s only a mo-mo
Take me running today
I wanna hit that pace
Yeah, yeah
…
parkrun takes the grey skies outta our way
It makes the sun shine brighter than Doris Day
It turns a slow pace into a flame (yeah, yeah)
My pace per minute’s never been the same
…
'Cause parkrun’s our cult, we’re having fun
It makes us crazy when cyclones cancel our run
Come on, parkies, let's keep pace
We'll go running, though parkrun’s not a race
…
Sign on up before you go-home
Don't leave the roster with a no-one
Sign them up before they go home
We don't wanna cancel when the roster’s blank
…
Put ya hands up before you go-home
'Cause I'm not planning on vollie-ing solo
Help pack up before you go-home
Help us get home on time
I wanna get home on time
Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
…
parkrun put the spring spring into our shoes
It sent our heart rates high when the funning started
Jitterbug into my brain (yeah, yeah)
Went a bang-bang-bang as our feet did the same
…
Jitterbug
Jitterbug
…
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Jitterbugging around our Spring track. Yet another fantastic event here at Cairns parkrun. Or so we think…
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👏🦺 𝐇𝐈-𝐕𝐈𝐒 JITTERBUGGERS (Oops, is that word permitted??)

A BIG THANK YOU to our
~29 Hi-Vis Lollipop Legends, who successfully shepherded
~313 Jitter-parkies and park-puppies around our perfectly picturesque parkrun in paradise. 🌴☀️
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🚨💨 SPRING HIGHLIGHTS

💥 30 PBs
Our REFRESHED course is working magic for those chasing PBs. Well done!

🌏 69 visitors from Elsewhere, Far Far Away
Thank you for abandoning your own parkruns for ours.
We understand. 🌴😏

👶 15 FIRST-TIMERS entered the parkrun vortex.
Welcome. 🤗
Your Saturdays now belong to us.
There is no known cure.
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🔵🌟 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐃𝐄 🌟🔵
4! …or technically Five!! The regular local offenders! Again!

🔵 Peter Mountney
🔵 Steve Betesta – who also achieved the Die-Hard Challenge Milestone of 400 parkruns in the same location! (see pic in stats image)
🔵 Glenn Barker
🔵 Linc Biggins
🐶🔵 …and, naturally, Evie
LOYALTY in BLUE!
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🏅 6 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒
AKA: perfectly legitimate excuses to purchase more activewear.

🔴 50 — Vincent Evans
🟣 25 — Flynn Clark & Bee K Nesbit
🦺 v1 — Patrick Cameron, Arshak Shaju & Arnav Kalra

Come back for 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘, when these champions receive all the recognition they deserve.
Accuracy remains optional. 😇
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📡💥 SPRING SPRINGS ONTO 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐔𝐌

🏃‍♂️💨 First Gent — Jake Nolan took out the ultimate ‘W’ in his final Cairns parkrun for a while | 18:24

🏃‍♀️💨 First Lady — Niamh Rodney took out the women’s ‘W’ | 20:08

Jake did himself proud on the Podium, showing us what it’s all about as a parting gift!

Niamh was flying as she hit the Finish funnel past TimeLady Julie Jeanes in a blaze of grit and determination. ⏱️👑

📊 RESULTS ARE UP!
Go admire your statistics, calculate your average pace to six decimal places, check your BINGO progress and stare approvingly at that suspiciously generous age grading:
👉 https://www.parkrun.com.au/cairns/results/658/
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📸 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐘

Pics will be up later. Go check them out.
In the meantime…
📷 Drop your photos below 👇
👯 Tag your crew
🐶 Tag your parkpup
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🦺 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐖

Our roster 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 has room for another Hi-Vis Lollipop Legend.

• We need a few extras for next week:
~our barcode scanners are rare,
~without a Finish Tokeneer or Funnel Manager your results will be a lucky dip,
~another marshal will help keep parkies from getting lost,
~another Tailtalker would be helpful- FILLED! Thanks Evie.

~a couple of slower Pacer vests are still up for grabs.
• 20 min: Niamh Rodney
• 25 min: John O’Grady
• 30 min: Peter Mountney
• 35 min: Ingrid Hadland
• 40 min: David Rankine
• 45 min: ??
• 50 min: ??
Step up, look magnificent in red and help prevent your Event Directors from resorting to stress-induced begging.
👉 https://www.parkrun.com.au/cairns/futureroster/
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📅 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏…

19 Sep 🏴‍☠️ #659 Talk Like a Pirate Day + SPEED WEEK (claim your bib, see above)
26 Sep 🏆 #660 Cairns parkrun GRAND FINAL — Wear Your Team Colours
3 Oct 🎂 #661 parkrun turns 22 — From 13 to Millions. Get your tutu out yet again!
10 Oct #662 Snap Fitness Activation
17 Oct #663 Speed Week – hands up for the choicest bibs!
24 Oct #664 St Mary’s Takeover
31 Oct #665 Parkwalk for Daniel (Morcombe) - Red is the colour.
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⚡ FAST. SLOW. STEADY.
🚶 WALK. JOG. RUN. VOLUNTEER.
Whatever your pace…
WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT parkrunday. ❤️🌴


📝 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯
𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵-𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴
𝘊𝘰-𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 Disorganisation
𝘊𝘰-𝘞𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴
𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 🐶👑

11/09/2026

Found: Mitsubishi vehicle keys in park near Pirate/Fun Ship this morning after parkrun. Owner to advise in PM what is attached to be able to claim.

10/09/2026

Now there's no excuse!

📯 UGLY CHRISTMAS GOODIES NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER! 📯

Our 2026 designs are here! 🎉

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Plus, as promised, we are bringing back an accessory to clash or complement your gloriously Ugly tops! Ugly Christmas Neck Warmers are back, with a choice of two NEW designs: retro-style or traditional red & green!

‼️IMPORTANT ORDERING INFO ‼️

📆 CUT-OFF DATE for Ordering: Midnight Sunday 20th September 2026!

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Grab your very own piece of Ugly using this code at the order portal: IHEARTUGLYCHRISTMAS2026

Order Portal link: https://ventou.com.au/custom/My-Custom-Garments~314

Image description: a tile with red text reads ‘Orders now open!’ and has the website URL www.iheartugly.com across the bottom. It also shows a small assortment of the newly released Ugly Christmas designs, including a wombat on a retro swirly sunburst background in yellow, orange and aqua, and brown tops with white accents and red and green buttons to look like gingerbread people. Two neck warmers, one retro style, the other red and green patterned are toward the bottom left, while the round I Heart Ugly logo is in the top right corner.

09/09/2026

🌼🕺 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗚 — 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗡𝗦 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝟭𝟮/𝟵/𝟮𝟲 🕺🌼

This parkrunday we’re going FULL SPRING. 🌸🌴
So drag out the colours, fluff the feathers and get 𝗝𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗨𝗚𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 around the course.

🎶 𝘑𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘨… 𝘑𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘨…
That’s your hint. 😏
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𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠: FILLED!

~Funnel Manager - FILLED: Thanks Louise Forbes
~2 x Barcode Scanners - FILLED
~1 x Marshal (Blue Loo Crossover) - FILLED

*reply here or send us a message with your name, barcode # & choice role
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👗 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘
𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚. Loud. Proud. Questionable taste encouraged. 🌺🦩🌈
It’s warming up too, so dress sensibly-ish and 𝗛𝗬𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘. 💦
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🌅 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥

🌡️ Around 19–20°C
🌤️ Partly sunny with a chance of a cheeky morning shower
💦 100% chance of sweat
🌅 Sunrise: 6:15am
🥵 Humidity: ~90%

Basically… getting uncomfortable.
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⚠️ 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙𝗦 @ 𝟲:𝟱𝟬𝗮𝗺 ⚠️

Gather beneath the sacred 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 for briefs covering the Essential Bits:

👑 𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿: David Elms
🎙️ 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿: Trace Maree Bancroft

🚧 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗨𝗣!
The NEW COURSE DESCRIPTION is hiding somewhere in David's briefs (er...oops!)

Run the old course, score yourself an illegal PB and we reserve the right to send your result directly to the Department of Silly Running. 🏃‍♀️🚔

Miss the brief = 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁.
Interest applies.
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🆕 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥?

Register free, bring your barcode and prepare to accidentally surrender 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.

👉 https://www.parkrun.com.au/register/
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⚠️ 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 POLICE— 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗦

🚫 No bikes or scooters.
♿ Prams, wheelchairs and approved mobility/adaptive devices welcome.
👧 Under 11? Stay within arm’s reach of a responsible adult. Kids, locate one.
⬅️ Keep left. Overtake right when safe.
🏁 Enter the Finish Funnel 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘.
🚨 𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚. 𝗡𝗢 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗟 𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚.
🎟️ Take your token. Scan it. 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞.
🐎 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: Line up according to your expected finish time. Walkers towards the rear.

❤️ Defib + First Aid are available. See a vollie if required.
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🚨🦺 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗜-𝗩𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗦 🦺🚨

Our roster has vacancies for magnificent humans.
Pick your dream job, then comment/message us with your 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 + 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲:

👉 https://www.parkrun.com.au/cairns/futureroster/

No experience necessary. Ability to point, clap or wear fluorescent clothing highly regarded.
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⚡ 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗗𝗔𝗬…

Bring a mate to 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞 • 𝗝𝗢𝗚 • 𝗥𝗨𝗡 • 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗥 • 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘…

💛 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝘀.
🌴 𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲.

Mostly.

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✒️ 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 👑
𝘊𝘰-𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘳𝘶𝘯 & 𝘓𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 🐶

07/09/2026

🏴‍☠️ 𝐀𝐇𝐎𝐘, 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐄𝐒!

Looking ahead… this one may require a little pre-planning. 👀

📅 19/9/26 = International Talk Like a Pirate Day ARGH!!!
…and it just happens to collide with our next 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊. 🏃‍♀️💨🏃‍♂️

So there’s your challenge:

🏴‍☠️ How many pirates can we get chasing treasure around the track?
💰 How much b***y can be plundered before the Finish Tokens disappear?
⏱️ And most importantly… how good will our Pacers look dressed as a roaming band of highly questionable buccaneers?

𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐈𝐁𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐒!
🙋 Hands up, me hearties — all bibs are currently available.

- 20 min
- 25 min
- 30 min
- 35 min
- 40 min
- 45 min
- 50 min

Start planning the eye patches, hats, parrots and pirate swagger now. 🦜⚔️🏴‍☠️

Photo credit: Rosemary Iloste & Elvis Ashwell. Shared from another page.

06/09/2026

🎉 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 🎉: DEFECTORS AND LOYALISTS EDITION! Cairns parkrun 5/9/26

While half of Cairns parkrun was busy defecting north to Run Port Douglas, these LOYALISTS stayed behind and quietly got stuff done.

Suspicious behaviour. 🤨

🔴 𝟓𝟎 — 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐏
🏃 Has now completed enough parkruns to know exactly where the finish is… yet still insists on running the whole 5km first.
🎂 Celebrated #50 without demanding a ticker-tape parade. Very restrained.

🔴 𝟓𝟎 — John Kirby (see pic)
🏃 Fifty parkruns accumulated through the highly technical method of turning up repeatedly on Saturday mornings.
🧐 Experts predict #100 may require another 50. Calculations are ongoing.

🟣 𝟐𝟓 — 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐓
👟 Quarter-century officially in the bag.
☕ Now sufficiently experienced to understand that parkrun is really just a coffee club with an inconvenient 5km warm-up.

🟣 𝟐𝟓 — Alyssa Nott
🎉 Twenty-five parkruns completed and still willingly coming back.
🤷 At this point we can no longer blame lack of information.

🦺 𝐕𝟏𝟎 — Josephine 𝐉𝐎 𝐕𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐏 (see pic)
🏃 Running legend. Happy Vollie. Emergency roster-rescuer.
👑 Also proprietor of the Royal Transport Service, regularly loaning her chariot to Princess Evie for important ceremonial rides.
💛 Basically, if something needs doing, Jo somehow appears.

🦺 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄 — 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐑
✨ Took the dangerous first step into Hi-Vis Life.
⚠️ Amanda should be warned: one vollie credit can rapidly become 10, 25, 50… and eventually possession of your own clipboard.

👏 Huge congrats to every one of our Milestoners — runners, vollies and newly recruited members of the Saturday Morning Cult. 💚

Got your Milestone pics? Post them in the comments or send them in to us and we'll add them to our gallery.

✍Helen