Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Bega parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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Australia
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New South Wales
- 5 kilometres
- Bega Racecourse
Meeting point: -36.66748, 149.84354. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -36.66748, 149.84354.
The course
Course description
Bega parkrun is a beautiful run that takes in vistas of the Bega River, Mumbulla Mountain, Black Range and beautiful diverse parkland. The course is an out and back.
Start on the gravel path at the Bega River Reserve and head east towards the Old Bega Racecourse along the gravel path. Follow this path for approximately 1.9 kms near the end of this path you will go through bollards and just beyond is a concrete path. This is Tarraganda Road and you turn left on to the concrete path and follow this for approximately 500 metres to the turnaround point.
From here retrace your steps back to the Bega River Reserve.
The course is fairly flat with slight undulating terrain and there is one causeway to pass through.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Bega River Reserve, Bega. The course is run on a mixture of granite paths and concrete paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
Lots of free parking.
Nearest toilets are in Gipps Street public car park.
No need to cross any roads to get to event.
More details
Public transport
None
On foot
From Bega Post Office it is an easy 1km walk - head west on Carp Street for 200m and turn right into Auckland Streetand follow concrete footpath to the end. This is where the event will start.
By road
From Bega Post Office head west on Carp Street for 200m to Auckland Street intersection and turn right into Auckland Street and travel north for 800 metres.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Café Evolve. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Café Evolve - please come and join us!
Course safety
Bega parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:
- Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
- Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
- Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
- We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
- Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
- Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
- Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
- If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
- If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
- It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
- You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
- parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Bega parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.
For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email bega@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.
To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.
Event stats
- 504
- Events
- 3,916
- Finishers
- 30,572
- Finishes
- 392
- Volunteers
- 3,712
- Personal bests
- 250
- Groups
- 00:35:41
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with B
- Stayin' Alive Starts with B (needed for Stayin' Alive)
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Be, B, Br, Ba, Bk
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