Elara Riparian Parklands parkrun

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🏃 Free, weekly, timed, 5km event, every Saturday
⏰ First Timers Welcome 7.45am Riparian Parklands.

Meet near BBQ area on Ribbonwood Cres., Melonba

❌ No toilets on-site, go to Elara Village shops
parkrun.com.au/register
𝄃𝄂𝄀𝄃 Bring your barcode

17/10/2026

Part 1 of 2.. ⬆️ Click the photo “Album #55” link to see photos from today’s event (17/10). Thank you Jac! 🙏 If we missed your signboard, add it in the comments! Would love to include them in the current album! 🫶

17/10/2026

Part 2 of 2.. ⬆️ Click the photo “Album #55” link to see photos from today’s event (17/10). Thank you Jac! 🙏 If we missed your signboard, add it in the comments! Would love to include them in the current album! 🫶

17/10/2026

What an incredible first birthday! 🎉 We had 219 people cross the finish line this morning, and we are so proud everyone could join in the celebrations! 🧡 A special thank you to our guests - Mayor of Blacktown City Councillor Brad Bunting, and Councillor Jugandeep Singh - for joining us!

A massive shoutout to Jonathan, Mandy, and the team at Coles Elara Marsden Park for providing delicious cupcakes & fresh fruit, 🧁 and to Kristin from Sign Fairy AU - Sydney Hills for creating our awesome first birthday signboard! We love it, and it was an absolute hit today! ✨

🫶 Big love to our 9 brand-new first-timers, loyal regulars, 45 PB legends, and visitors coming from Bowral 🚗 and The Ponds! 😉 Thank you for making our parkrun part of your Saturday morning!

Happy first birthday to our twin Auburn Botanic Gardens parkrun, hope you had amazing celebrations today too! 🎂

Plenty of milestones all round to cheer about! 🥳
⚪ 10th parkrun - Kavin Mohanraj, Vivaan Patel, Vrishti Shah
🟣 25th parkrun - Roy Bartlett, Edianne Gonzales, Ajala Khanal, Vanessa Horton
🔴 50th parkrun - Yeoman Choi

And to our First Finishers:
🥇 James Conroy 19:11
🥇 Amica Aslam 23:41

🦺 Shoutout to our 24 wonderful volunteers today! Thank you for giving your time, and to Run Directors Tim and Bhupinder for leading the crew: 🙌 Heather DWYER • Catherine PIROTTA • Sherrin WARREN • Navjeet Singh GILL • Bikendra ADHIKARI • Bhupinder KHERA • Sasmit ADHIKARI • Sneha THAPA • Sanjay KUKREJA • Guriqbal SINGH • Jagdeep SINGH • Tim LANGFORD • Jacqueline ANNE • Mel PALLESEN • Milan SINGH • Anojan SHANTHAKUMAR • Gurpreet SRA • Kalyani CHAKRABORTY • Ava WARREN • Kalpeshk RAJPUROHIT • Salma BAH • Shayne MENDOZA • Daniel BURT • Aarna MAHINDRU

📸 Jac was behind the lens - photos will be up soon.

📈 Results can be found online: https://www.parkrun.com.au/elarariparianparklands/results/55/

📣 Next Saturday is Monthly Milestone Saturday! 🤩 Whether you've recently completed a big event, a marathon, hit a parkrun milestone, or volunteered at one along the way, we want to celebrate you! Wear your milestone shirt or bring along your medal so we can share in your success together. ✨

Same time, same place! See you all again next Saturday.
— 🌳
🎤 Event #55
📆 Saturday, 17 October 2026

15/10/2026

We’re celebrating turning ONE, this Saturday! 🎉 Bring your family and friends to walk, jog, or run, and connect in with our wonderful community. ✨ To mark the occasion, wear your parkrun milestone-coloured shirt (white, purple, red, black, green, or blue) - or any plain shirt to match. If you don't have one, no worries at all! We'd just love to see you there! 🤩

Our vollie schedule is packed! Massive thanks to everyone volunteering this weekend, with Tim and Bhupinder leading the crew! 🙏

🙌 Newbie to parkrun? Register at https://www.parkrun.com.au/register/ and then bring your barcode (printed, or download the "parkrun official" app and add your details), ready to scan in at the finish line.

📍 We meet at 7.45am sharp, near the BBQ area on Ribbonwood Crescent, Melonba.

✅️ Please make sure you are fit to walk or run the 5km course - you can exit the course early at any time if needed.

🕗 Schedule:
7.45am First Timers Welcome
7.50am Pre-Event Briefing
8.00am 3, 2, 1.. parkrun!

❌ Friendly reminder: Toilets are not available in these parklands, nearest facilities are at Elara Village Shopping Centre (3-minute drive away) and next to our post-parkrun coffee spot.

ℹ️ Course information: https://www.parkrun.com.au/elarariparianparklands/course/

🚗 Street parking is limited, so please consider walking, cycling, or car-pooling if possible.

☕ Everyone is welcome to join us at Leaf Cafe & Co Marsden Park for coffee afterwards! 🤝

14/10/2026

It's already been a year! 🤯 7,605 finishes, 📍 54 events, 💜 294 volunteers - is this you? 🙌 A huge thank you to everyone for rolling out of bed each Saturday, showing up, and committing to our parkrun! 🙏

Whether you walked, jogged, ran, or vollie'd with us, we couldn't have done it without you. ➡️ And, if you haven't joined yet, consider this your sign to just say yes! 🤩

📣 On Saturday 17 October, we’re celebrating our 1st parkrun birthday! To mark the occasion, our theme is to wear a parkrun OG colour t-shirt. If you don't have one, that is totally fine! 👕 A plain t-shirt in any of these colours: white, purple, red, black, green, or blue also suits. 🌳 Check out some locals for inspo. ✨

We hope you can join us for this special milestone! 🎂

13/10/2026

🙋‍♀️ Who's joining us for coffee this weekend post-parkrun? 🌳 Why not come over and say hi - whether you walk, jog, run, or volunteer!👋 We love a good chat and are always keen to meet new faces. 🤩 Our friends at Leaf Cafe & Co Marsden Park will look after you! ☕️ We hope to see you there! ✨

11/10/2026

Happy 1st birthday to us! 🎉 To all our amazing volunteers and participants - what a year, and what an incredible ride it’s been so far!

👏 A massive thank you to our Foundation Supporters: Priceline Australia Mardsen Park, I-MED Radiology Network Marsden Park, Snap Fitness Elara, and DreamBig Realty. We also want to thank Blacktown City Council and parkrun Australia for your on-going support of this community initiative focused on health, social connections, and positive well-being. 🫶

🙏 A huge shoutout to our 13 Run Directors - Tim, Bohan, Robin, Guriqbal, Anojan, Stephen, Sophie, Bhupinder, Sunil, Jac, Dhammika, Mel, and Jaspreet - and to all 294 volunteers who have given their time since we launched. 🧡 Thank you for making our event shine week after week. Together, we’ve celebrated an incredible 7,605 finishes! 🏃‍♂️

Special thanks to the Elara Run Club for leading our pacer week events, and to the Northwest Nepalese Community, Sydney for hosting our very first parkrun takeover for the year! 🌟

Plus, big cheers to Leaf Cafe & Co Marsden Park, for always welcoming our crowd with open arms, and serving up perfect coffees each week! ☕

📣 This Saturday 17 October, we’re celebrating our 1st parkrun birthday! To mark the occasion, our theme is to wear a parkrun OG colour t-shirt/ or plain colour (white, purple, red, black, green, blue, or yellow). 🌳 We hope you can join us for this special milestone! 🎂

10/10/2026

Part 1 of 2.. ⬆️ Click the photo “Album #54” link to see photos from today’s event (10/10). Thank you Jac! 🙏

10/10/2026

Part 2 of 2.. ⬆️ Click the photo “Album #54” link to see photos from today’s event (10/10). Thank you Jac! 🙏

10/10/2026

A big shoutout to the 148 people who crossed our finish line this rained in, Saturday morning! ☔ You braved the weather, so we appreciate you finishing, especially when the rain could have, but didn't, stop you!

🎉 From first-timers and regulars, to our 26 PB legends, to visitors 🚗 from Forster and Newcastle, and our neighbouring Whalan local 😉 - thank you for making us part of your parkrun weekend! 🫶

Look at all these milestone celebrations! 🥳 Congratulations to the following:
⚪ 10th parkrun - Aavya Chauhan
🟣 25th parkrun - Rosary Jane Villanueva, Srini Dodda, Aileen Cabutotan, Edward Langford, Natalie Riddle
🔴 50th parkrun - Grace Kyeong
⚪ 1st volunteer milestone - Sebastian Burt, Sienna Burt
⚪ 10th volunteer milestone - Roy Bartlett
🟣 25th volunteer milestone - Sakshi Bagaria

And to our First Finishers:
🥇 James Conroy 18:34
🥇 Sheree Cottell 24:11

🦺 Thank you to our 23 vollies who supported our parkrun today, led by Run Directors Sophie and Mel! ✨ Catherine PIROTTA • Sophie MADGWICK • Tim LANGFORD • Jacqueline ANNE • Mel PALLESEN • Suzi SCOTT • Kristina VUKSINIC • Lauren SONG • Anojan SHANTHAKUMAR • Bohan LI • Roy BARTLETT • Lorraine TIU • Natalie RIDDLE • Sakshi BAGARIA • Kalpeshk RAJPUROHIT • Jocelle DUGAY • Karan BAGARIA • Shayne MENDOZA • Daniel BURT • Sienna BURT • Sebastian BURT • Kush PATEL • Kian PATEL

📸 Jac was behind the lens - photos will be up soon.

📈 Results can be found online: https://www.parkrun.com.au/elarariparianparklands/results/54/

📣 Next Saturday, we’re celebrating our 1st parkrun birthday! Yehey! 🤩 So to keep things nice and simple, our theme for the day is to wear a parkrun OG colour t-shirt - white, purple, red, black, green, blue, or yellow. We hope you can join us for this special day! 🎂

See you all again next Saturday!
— 🌳
🎤 Event #54
📆 Saturday, 10 October 2026

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Elara Riparian Parklands Elara Boulevard
Marsden Park, NSW
2765

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7:45am - 9:15am

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