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Parkrun
Emerald 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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Queensland
- 5 kilometres
- Botanical Gardens
Meeting point: -23.53532, 148.16553. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -23.53532, 148.16553.
The course
Course description
Starting near the McIndoe Park near the Swings, runners run down the pathway into the Botanical gardens taking a right turn and up towards the rose garden in which then leads back down into the gardens. Runners then take a left turn and follow the path all the way through the gardens to the railway bridge where they then cross the footbridge and up under the railway line on the other side. Following the concrete path up along the highway, runners turn right back into the gardens and follow the concrete path towards the top carpark. The run then turns into a gravel/stoney path and heads back into the botanical gardens towards the rainforest where a concrete path is once again underfoot. After passing through the rainforest and up towards the windmill, the path then leads down past the maze and back onto a gravel/ stoney road. Keeping on your left of the track we run over a WW2 wooden bridge to complete two loops. The first - going straight up the gravel path towards the railway bridge then heading right back along the gravel road where a second crossing across the WW2 bridge for a loop along the river towards the bridge. The path then heads up a narrow embankment where the path takes a left turn back onto the footbridge to the entrance of the botanical gardens and back into the botanical gardens. The final leg follows the pathway towards the other end and another right turn back up to the finish near McIndoe park.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at the Botanical Gardens, Emerald. The course is run on a mixture of trail paths, concrete paths and gravel 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
Facilities near the Start/ finish Line include toilets, Children's Swings and a car parking facility.
More details
Public transport
No public transport to the area.
On foot
The Botanical Gardens is situated in the centre of Emerald making access to the start/ finish line accessible from all carparks.
Following footpaths through the botanical garden via signage, the Emerald Parkrun starts near the Alan McIndoe Park.
By road
The botanical gardens has several entrance points including
McIndoe Park entrance - Opal Street
Botanical entrance - Park and walk from the Capricornia highway
Windmill Entrance - Park and Walk from Rifle Range road
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in a local café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Emerald 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 Emerald 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 emerald@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
- 461
- Events
- 4,956
- Finishers
- 52,261
- Finishes
- 674
- Volunteers
- 6,699
- Personal bests
- 215
- Groups
- 00:38:09
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with E
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Eu, Er
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