Brad (@new.things)
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Petrie parkrun, Queensland, Australia.
Petrie was my 57th different parkrun location in late 2020, again it was just after things restarted after covid. We were practicing social distancing standing a metre apart during the first timer ...
My Actifit Report Card: September 7 2026
We have a new knock-out finals system. Well, the wild card play of for the bottom two places was new and pretty exciting. My team lost their first game but get a second chance because they finished...
My Actifit Report Card: September 6 2026
We were on course set up and check for parkrun. A large tourist group showed up and almost doubled our regular numbers. It was a great morning for a bit of a run, I ended up covering 10km with set ...
My Actifit Report Card: September 5 2026
Lights have changed a lot over the years. It only seems like yesterday when LED stuff came out and was all the rage. I remember installing these 12v lights with the big transform. Now, the transfor...
My Actifit Report Card: September 4 2026
It heated up all of a sudden, and plants have started flowering. Luckily I just got the ducted air-conditioning all finished. This report was published via Actifit app (Android | iOS). Check out th...
Cormorant Bay parkrun, Queensland, Australia.
Cormorant Bay parkrun is a tough little trail about an hour west of Brisbane. It was our first run back after Covid. In Australia parkrun was shut down from March to early December back in 2020.&nb...
My Actifit Report Card: September 3 2026
A bit of repair work on the side fence. I have renailed some of the pailings before but all the weather seems to pop them out again. Lots of other people in the street have put new replacement fenc...
My Actifit Report Card: September 2 2026
I staked 1007 for power up day. It is a good feeling to be building and making progress. I just wish my running would increase this smoothly. Back to the house renovations. This report was publishe...
Ballina Coast parkrun, New South Wales, Australia.
Ballina coast parkrun seems like so long ago. One of our running friends said they wanted to run it for somethings different. I could not remember ever visiting the town before so were thought we m...
My Actifit Report Card: September 1 2026
A nice surf and turf pizza from one of our local restaurants. I could have eaten two. This report was published via Actifit app (Android | iOS). Check out the original version here on actifit.io 31...
My Actifit Report Card: August 31 2026
I finally got the air conditioning systems finished and signed off. I took a while because I was waiting for a mate to squeeze me into his busy routine at mates rates. It is good to have it running...
My Actifit Report Card: August 30 2026
A lot of activity, including another parkrun. I walked/run there as well for a warm up and cool down. Then it was straight into helping some contractors we had over working on the house. This repor...
My Actifit Report Card: August 29 2026
It was rubbish bin day, for the first time in months my bin was not jam packed full of declutting stuff. I quickly had a look around and remembered this old poster in the shed. I loved it but it wa...
Gainsborough Greens parkrun, Queensland, Australia.
Gainsborough Greens is an interesting parkrun. It is located halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. I remember when there was nothing there at all for years just some trees and a bit of swamp...
My Actifit Report Card: August 28 2026
Winter must be over, it's the first time we have seen our blue tongue lizard friend in ages. This report was published via Actifit app (Android | iOS). Check out the original version here on actifi...