Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Rhodes 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
- West Concord
Meeting point: -33.84746, 151.08180. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -33.84746, 151.08180.
The course
Course description
The course is a flat out and back course with a loop at the beginning. The start is close to the Victoria Ave entrance of Bicentennial Park (near the Egret Pavilion). The course begins with a 1km anticlockwise loop around the playground. It then heads north along a shared walk/cycle path existing Bicentennial Park by the Rhodes Shopping centre. The course continues along the water front for approximately 2kms before turning around and returning along the same route.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Victoria Ave, West Concord. The course is run on a mixture of concrete paths and grass. 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
There are toilets and parking areas close to the start site, as well as a kids play area.
More details
Public transport
The start is approximately a 5min walk from the Concord West train station. Alternatively the bus route 525, 526 pass close by on Australia Ave.
On foot
You can access the course from any of the carparks of Bicentennial park.
By road
The start is in Bicentennial Park, there are multiple entrances to the park by car. The main entrance is off Australia Ave, with other entrances off Bennelong Parkway and Victoria Ave (this is where the run starts). While these entrances don’t link up, you can walk to the start from any of these park entrances. Enter 78 Victoria Ave, Concord West NSW 2138 into google or your GPS and you should find the right entrance to the park, please be aware Victoria Ave is bisected by a railway line so check to make sure your GPS takes you to the correct end.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Three Spoons (located on the other side of the train tracks). Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in a local café called Three Spoons which is on the other side of the train tracks - please come and join us!
Course safety
Rhodes 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 Rhodes 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 rhodes@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
- 552
- Events
- 26,389
- Finishers
- 205,113
- Finishes
- 1,950
- Volunteers
- 30,752
- Personal bests
- 829
- Groups
- 00:30:48
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with R
- Pirates! Starts with R (needed for Pirates!)
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Ru, Rh, Re, Rn, Ra
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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