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A free, weekly, timed 5k event every Saturday morning at 7am in Kershaw Gardens. Everyone is welcome to walk, run or volunteer.

31/10/2026

PARKRUN GOES RED FOR DANIEL

What a fantastic morning seeing a SEA OF RED at parkrun today

Absolutely loved seeing all the different poses and big smiles. Now the big question is…
CAN YOU SPOT YOURSELF?

See you all next week

31/10/2026

Kershaw Gardens parkrun event 27.

31/10/2026

Kershaw Gardens parkrun #27. Saturday, 31st October, 2026. This morning, despite the threat of rain, we had a healthy attendance of 196. We again had 7 first timers which brings our total to 368 people who have chosen Kershaw Gardens parkrun as their first ever parkrun in just 27 weeks. We wore red for Daniel with some Halloween outfits among them. Elodie, our young Run Director did a fantastic job. We are encouraging our juniors to get involved in volunteering as they are our future. We thank our volunteers who continue to keep our event running like clockwork. We couldn't do it without them. Our local community loves us and we are happy to be a part of it. Tell all your family and friends about us as there is always room for more. We thank Shakira again for providing Zooper Doopers at the end. We also had lollies and cupcakes today. Thanks for making our event a happy one.
Thanks and regards
Garry Womsley
Event Director and today's Assistant Run Director ❤️🙂🏃

30/10/2026

New Run Director for Kershaw Gardens Parkrun.
Kershaw Gardens parkrun

29/10/2026

Good morning everyone. One more sleep until parkrun Kershaw Gardens #27. We thank you for making our event so successful. So many people new to parkrun have chosen us for their first ever parkrun. 361 so far! We appreciate it and hope you love our event and tell all your family and friends about us.

Tomorrow, we are wearing red for the Daniel Morecombe Foundation but l am sure there will be a few Halloween outfits too. I am sure everyone will look stunning. The weather outlook for 7am tomorrow is for cloudy skies and a temperature of 21 degrees with quite high humidity. So make sure you bring your water bottle and stay hydrated. There are a few little biteys around so bring your repellent if you attract them like l seem to.

Our course is user friendly for serious runners, joggers, walkers, mums and dads with prams as well as wheelchair athletes. There's something for everybody. Your dog is welcome too on a short handheld lead.

A big shout out to our volunteers who keep our event running smoothly. We appreciate each and every one of you. Tomorrow will also be special for Elodie who will be our Run Director in training. We are so happy that our young people are volunteering as they will keep our event going well into the future.

We are all set for another enjoyable event. We appreciate our local community and are happy that we have become a part of it.

Thanks and regards
Garry Womsley
Event Director and tomorrow's co-Run Director.
🙂❤️🏃

29/10/2026

Good morning everyone,

I hope you're looking forward to Kershaw Gardens parkrun #27 on Saturday.

Thank you to all those who have put their hand up to volunteer this week. We really appreciate it.

If possible, we would love to have one more barcode scanner and one more tail walker. If you're interested, please contact us and we will put you on the roster.

Thanks and regards
Garry Womsley
Event Director ❤️🙂🏃

26/10/2026

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are looking forward to Kershaw Gardens parkrun #27. We've now been going for 6 months. How about that? We're having lots of fun as we're becoming a big part of the local community.

This Saturday, we are wearing red for Daniel. I'm sure a few of you will be celebrating Halloween too so some of the outfits could be interesting.

We still need a few volunteers to get it all running smoothly so if you can help, that would be great. We guarantee you will have fun. Free on the job training is provided too. We need the following:-

Timekeeper
Finish Tokens
Barcode Scanners x 2
Tail Walker x 2

If you can help, please contact us. While on the subject of volunteering, young Elodie will become our youngest Run Director as she learns the job this week. parkrun HQ are happy for us to do this as they believe it helps with confidence and building new skills in young people. We love to encourage our young people to volunteer because they're the future of our event. Some of the schools in the area also have volunteering as part of their curriculum and we have had young volunteers previously under this programme. So if there are any other youngsters out there interested in volunteering, please let us know and we will get you involved.

Thanks and regards
Garry Womsley
Event Director ❤️🙂🏃

26/10/2026

Good afternoon everyone,

I just wanted to congratulate everyone on doing the right thing with regard to the finish tokens. We had none missing from Saturday and the last two tokens to go missing have also been returned over the last two weeks. We really appreciate that.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks and regards
Garry Womsley
Event Director ❤️🙂🏃

24/10/2026

Good morning everyone, l hope you're having a great weekend and you're looking forward to parkrun Kershaw Gardens #27 next Saturday.

As we have said several times, we are very happy for you to bring your dog to our event. We would also like to thank everyone for adhering to the no waist lead rule. A short hand held lead gives the owner much more control over their dog and keeps them away from other runners and walkers. Keep up the good work.

The other rule that we have is that the runner or walker needs to run or walk at a pace that is comfortable for the dog. He or she needs to have all four paws on the ground and is not to be dragged or pulled at any time. If all four paws are not on the ground you're going too fast and need to slow down so that your dog is going at a comfortable pace for them.

As mentioned previously, we don't have many rules so we just need to make sure that we follow the ones we have to keep everyone safe.

Thanks and regards
Garry Womsley
Event Director ❤️🙂🏃

24/10/2026

Kershaw Gardens parkrun #26, Saturday, 24th October, 2026. A few photos from this morning's event. For a drizzly morning, our attendance of 172 was outstanding. Photographer:- Garry Womsley. 🙂❤️🏃

Address

Kershaw Gardens, Bruce Hwy/Moores Creek Rd, Park Avenue
Rockhampton, QLD
4701

Opening Hours

6:45am - 8:30am

Website

https://www.parkrun.com.au/kershawgardens/

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