It’s PALM24 week, where Mel, Olly, TOC and Simon are joined by a crowd of listeners for a live recording of the pod. After a recap of the morning, Olly chatted with Eman, our on-the-ground PALM organiser, South Toowoomba RD and all-round-good-guy, while Mel interviewed Robbie Hawkswell, founding co-event director and video content creator extraordinaire. Simon was back at the helm of the annual quiz and TOC made a surprise announcement. And even though none of us saw her, somehow Rachel got hold of the mic ..read more

Q. What do you get when you cross a rodeo with a hot air balloon spectacular? A. Mel’s amazing tourism adventure! This week Mel visited Braidwood showground parkrun, which incidentally wasn’t the location for either. And TOC is backing it up and keeping the recording south of the Murray. If that’s not confusing enough, Tracey is at Underwood Park parkrun for no particular reason at all. Hopefully Rachel has her spreadsheet together ..read more

Join us this week as we bring some big discussions with a rollercoaster pod episode. While Olly and Mel give their views on the stats controversy, they also recount their adventure to North Wollongong parkrun. But not before Olly brings news of his own. Lyndell the Legendary lifts the mood with a report from Ipswich, Queensland parkrun, Rachel remembers pods of bygone eras, and we end on a lighter note with celebrations of all descriptions. p.s. yes, he did check the envelope ..read more

Join Mel & TOC as they taste test lots of icecream. TOC goes to Jindy, Mel goes AWOL and parkrun Australia blow the lid on another Attendance Record. PK visits Kangaroo Island, Lyndall visits Newy and Sarah catches up with Tim Franklin. Oh, and all the PALM events get announced ..read more

This week, Mel is joined by a holidaying Olly as we hear a euphony of parkrun celebrations and record numbers, plus some misadventures, the odd kookaburra, and a cacophony of camp-site neighbours. We continue to catch up on the summer season's roving reports, as we hear from Johan at Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, PK at Belair and Alistair who did some guerilla tourism at St Peters. And amongst all the chatter, Rachel, Dazza and some love for the one and only Colin Thorne ..read more

Mel and Simon are back for 2024 with news of their holiday adventures from Copper Trail parkrun, Thorndon juniors, Port Broughton, Nuriootpa, Main Beach, New Farm, White Rock, Kelvin Grove and Fodder Forest. The Channel 5 news crew are back with reports from West Beach, Bellevue juniors and Paradise Point. Plus Rachel trials a new format and the Birthday Boy brings reminders. There’s more – but you’ll just need to tune in to find out ..read more

This week the swivel chair on Level 2 gets a workout as the uglies all combine to bask in the glory of Ugly Christmas Singlet or Shirt Day! As your hosts recap their parkrundays just gone and prepare for parkrun and podcast holiday season, we crack out the bon-bons, hear from the Office Lady and a most melodic Rachel, and we fill the podcast time capsule with 2023 memories, plus predictions for the parkrun year to come. Happy and safe parkrunning everyone, we'll see you all next year for more adventures ..read more

As Dazzas celebrates volunteer day and the wonderful contributions across our adventurer community, we hear about Mel's trip to the West-East-side at Campbelltown parkrun and Olly finally shows up to share his visit to Tassie, Collingwood and, well, Shellharbour #inourbudgies ..read more

TOC’s back this week, after enjoying the west side at Cyril Curtain Reserve. And while some parts of the world experienced weather-related cancellations, Melissa headed to a revamped Sunbury parkrun for a little rainy frond. It’s a shorter pod this week, featuring some cameos from our favourite South Africans lending a hand to your grateful hosts ..read more

TOC joins Melissa on level two this week in his budgies! While Melissa recaps a crazy WA adventure at Newcastle Park in WA , TOC was enjoying the sunshine at home at Inverloch. We have Thanksgiving parkruns, re-launches, palm updates and corrections. There’s an Obi, the Birthday Boy, the CCR and more ..read more