Posts from @new.things

My Actifit Report Card: October 24 2026

new.things — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:33:21 GMT

A Sulphur crested cockatoo, we have had a bit of rain and humidity over the past few days. There seems to be a lot of plants flowering and seeding, which the birds appear to love.

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23/10/2026

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My Actifit Report Card: October 23 2026

new.things — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:57:21 GMT

My entry into bucipuci's around the world challenge 24/7 is another photo I took a while ago down on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Google maps called the place was I was standing on "Tugun Hill" I was looking towards the Surfer Paradise High Rise sky line. You can just see Elephant Rock as well. The reflective archways were a part of a temporary sculpture display.
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22/10/2026

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Bellevue Park Juniors parkrun

new.things — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:35:36 GMT

There are only five junior parkruns in Australia. We did not get to run Bellevue Park Juniors as we are a bit too old, but did volunteer as marshals. They need lots of marshals because the children are never supposed to be out of sight. We ringed the ovals as the children ran and walked around. Some of their parents were with them, there were a few tears, and some of the children were really fast. It is not that easy to volunteer at junior parkruns in Australia you need a working with children check and there different in each state. I already had one for Queensland because I used to coach a lot of Junior sport when my son was growing up. It is free to get if you're just a volunteer, but you have to pay if you're using it for paid work. This junior event is aim at children from 4 to 14 years old. Under 11 need to be supervised by a responsible adult. The course is only 2 kilometres, but I suppose that a long way if you only have small legs. This event is located down on the Gold Coast just over an hour from Brisbane. It starts at later time than our usual parkruns and is on Sunday which is helpful so they dont clash. Volunteering at a junior events counts as a stat on the parkrun app. I have heard that in the U.K some people have logged over 1000 vollies already being able to get two credit per week.

They did a warmup which we do not usually do at regular Saturday events

photo credits to parkrun volunteer photographers

The Bellevue Park course is three laps around the school ovals.

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My Actifit Report Card: October 22 2026

new.things — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:00:42 GMT

I have never seen a water dragon in this position before! It was just stuck to the wall frozen as we walked past. Eventually, it just dropped into the water as we got too close, but it did look like it could have just stayed there forever if it wanted to. I don't think they have suction feet and hands like geckos, but they must have really strong tails. I suppose they use the tail for swimming as well.

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21/10/2026

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My Actifit Report Card: October 21 2026

new.things — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:43:09 GMT

Rode my bike home after dropping the car off for a service. I usually do it myself at home, but it is good to have somebody have a look every now and again, so see if I miss anything. I caught caught in some rain and got swooped by a nesting, noisy miner bird. In the end, I made it safely, and it was good to get a ride in.
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20/10/2026

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Victory Heights Trail parkrun

new.things — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:34:18 GMT

Victory Heights trail was my 69th different parkrun event, it was tough with one hundred metres of elevation gain, on a lot of narrow one-way single-track trail. Tough but good everyone was in the same boat. The start point is wide enough to sort of get self-seeded over the first kilometre. It is located just over two hours' drive north of Brisbane, very close to Gympie, an old Queensland gold rush town. It is sort of one of those new suburbs built near a regional centre. I would expect the average house to be pretty cheap this far out from a Capital city but 850K Aud seems to be right up there as well.

Passing was pretty difficult on some of the more technically part so it pays to work as hard as you can early on and make everyone have to pass you instead.

We ended meeting a few other keen parkrun tourists as well.

This guy "Tony" actually did 8 different parkrun countries in 8 weeks in Europe, I think he was first, and they named that challenge after him. I think it is pretty easy to focus on the Scandinavian countries and then a few others in western Europe, but it is still a lot of travelling and moving. I cannot remember what the occasion was, but I don't think he always wears the tutu. He was pretty keen because he also volunteered for course set up and check before we ran.

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My Actifit Report Card: October 20 2026

new.things — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:22:03 GMT

A few photos from a walk we did around Stones Corner on the weekend just gone.

It is very close to the middle of town, which is quite trendy.

It was not always so. I remember it was a bit dodgy and retro a while back. The old sign sort of sort of shows the way it used to be.

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19/10/2026

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My Actifit Report Card: October 19 2026

new.things — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:37:39 GMT

Another decent week of running mileage. Hopefully, I will adapt to it soon, and I can push all but further and faster. Digging up and cutting down a front hedge seems to got me a huge step count but also broke my old axe. I must be stronger than I thought.

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18/10/2026

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My Actifit Report Card: October 17 2026

new.things — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:36:39 GMT

Stones Corner parkrun. I had a good start, up near the front, but went a little slower than when I was here a few weeks ago.

Their village sign is getting overgrown and a little hard to see. I was hoping for well under 25 minutes but only just snuck under.

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17/10/2026

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Morning Run

new.things — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:15:30 GMT

I just finished a 5.10 km Run, that lasted for 25m.
This Run helped me burn 366.0 calories.

Activity Summary


Activity Type:	Run
Distance:	5.10 km
Duration:	25m
Calories Burnt:	366.0

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