Urunga parkrun

16/12/2025

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas.
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It's been a quiet year for Urunga parkrun, but we hope to be back sometime in January. Of course, this will depend on when the work to the Boardwalk upgrade finishes (it's looking amazing btw 😃).
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Fingers crossed and watch this space!

29/09/2025

🤔When will Urunga parkrun be back on?
☝️Good question!!
🦺Council is working hard to get the boardwalk upgrade completed in time for the Christmas holidays. This includes working on Saturdays.
🥺Great for them, but not so good for our parkrun.
🧡In the meantime, catch the great parkrun vibes at one of the other local events Coffs Harbour parkrun, Horseshoe Bay Reserve parkrun, Grafton parkrun, Port Macquarie parkrun, Wauchope parkrun, Armidale parkrun
🏃‍♀️🏃🚶‍♂️🚶

14/07/2025

Our southern neighbours at Wauchope parkrun are celebrating their 400th event on Saturday 2nd August 🎉🎉 They are aiming for 400 participants to make it a milestone to remember ! Mili will be heading down to tick off her "W" and would love to see some familiar faces - only 90 minutes drive so very doable. 😉😉

SAVE THE DATE! 400 for the 400th.

7:00am Saturday 2nd of August 2025 Wauchope parkrun is celebrating its 400th parkrun an we want you there.

Tell your friends, tell your family, tell anyone who wants to listen. Also like and share this post.

It might be a big ask but we're aiming to get 400 people to take part in the 400th Wauchope parkrun. Port Macquarie parkrun parkrun Australia Henry Kendall Reserve parkrun Taree parkrun

03/06/2025

☝️ A reminder that our event is on pause for a few months while the Council complete an overhaul of our beautiful boardwalk. It's going to be amazing when it's done!

🌧 Just gotta keep that pesky rain away so they can actually work...

🎅 Hopefully we will see you around Christmas time. In the meantime, go and play tourist at some of our awesome neighbour parkruns like Coffs Harbour parkrun, Horseshoe Bay Reserve parkrun, Grafton parkrun, Yamba parkrun, Armidale parkrun, Walcha parkrun, just to name a few!

30/05/2025

Event #338
Finish line pics 📷

30/05/2025

Event #338
31st May 2025

A massive thank you to the 47 people who joined us this morning for our last pre-hiatus parkrun 🤗

Congrats to the 4 new PB holders from today: Luke Beresford, Adelaide Keating, Mat Dobbs & Lisa Scott 🎉

Kudos to our amazing vollie crew: Matt Heaney, Stephen Boyd, Sissiel Keough, Nina Wilde, John Manson, Shellie Ford & Hannah McGuigan 👏

Thank you to everyone who has come along and supported us over the last 7 1/2 years - we will be back as soon as possible - keep an eye on this page for future updates 🧐

For those who wish to keep their Saturday routine going, Coffs Harbour parkrun is our nearest neighbour - they would love to have you join them 🧡. Or maybe you could travel a bit further afield as some are planning to do; with nearly 50 parkys within a 4 - 5 hour drive, your choices are plentiful 😉

We really do hope to see you all again very soon !! 😁😁

30/05/2025

We are on tomorrow for our last parkrun for a few months.
🧡 7am start, 6:50am first timers' briefing
🧐 Bring your barcode
🐾 No dogs please (vollies are happy to dogsit)
😀 Be courteous
🏖 Take in the views
💃🕺 Enjoy

27/05/2025

🧡 Come and join us this Saturday for what will be our last Urunga parkrun for a few months.

🚧 Half of our beautiful course is becoming a works depot while Council do much-needed upgrades to our iconic boardwalk.

🧐 We have looked at options to change the course around the works but can't find a viable solution. (We really have looked at so many options, but happy to hear suggestions!)

🥺 So, unfortunately we have to put a pause on Urunga parkrun until our course becomes available again. The work is scheduled to finish before Christmas and we will keep posting updates here as the work progresses.

😀 See you this Saturday for a 7am start. 6:50am First Timers' briefing. Please remember we are a "no dogs" parkrun.

26/05/2025

How good is the sunshine 🌞 🌞🌞
We are needing a couple more helping hands for this Saturday 31st .. ROSTER NOW FULL - THANK YOU 😊
1. Barcode Scanner -FILLED
2. Tailwalker - FILLED
If you could help out in either of these roles, please get in touch 🙏

23/05/2025

😔We have made the very difficult decision to cancel our event tomorrow Saturday 24 May 2025.

🌤Even though the sun has come out, there is still a significant amount of water on the path and on the grass next to the path. Running around the puddles would cause significant damage to the grassed area and pose a risk to our participants.

🧡We are sorry to have to make this decision. We hope everyone is safe and dry.

😀We will be back again as usual on 31 May for a 7am start. In the meantime, check out our awesome parkrun neighbours at Coffs Harbour parkrun!

21/05/2025

💧Our course is currently under a few inches of water. Conditions are due to clear up from tomorrow, so we will keep an eye on things and post on here if we need to cancel our event this Saturday.

🌧 While we do love a rainy run, if conditions are dangerous maybe look for some indoor alternatives.

16/05/2025

Urunga parkrun
Event number 337
17th May 2025
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This week 41 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 9 were first timers. Welcome everyone 😊 We had an extra special milestone. Koppo just clocked 500 parkruns! Congratulations Koppo and thanks for coming to Urunga parkrun to celebrate that milestone 🥳

6 people recorded new Personal Bests today. Well done Adelaide Keating, Braden Vernon, Mat Dobbs, Rosie Mills, Lisa Scott and Brigid Skipper. Fantastic efforts everyone who started their Saturday in the best possible way 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️

The 7 superstars that made it happen were:

Koppo KOPCIKAS • Matthew HEANEY • Pim HEANEY • John MANSON • Kirk TAYLOR • Milissa-Lee MCLAUGHLIN • Bryan ROBBINS

Thanks everyone! Let's play again next week 😊