Peiican in Flight at Lake Barrine
Photo: Rod Payne
matter what your running ability is – from those annoyingly
fast speed-demon runners, all the way back to the “sweepers”
– it will never be too long before you are seeing a smiling
face trotting back towards you or hearing a cheery “on your
right” approaching from behind.
Sound enticing? All of the Red Earth Running training
sessions have been designed with these three elements in
mind: safe yet beautiful running locations, accessibility for a
wide range of runners and joggers, and keeping it as social
as possible.
Jenny McLean, director of Tolga Bat
Rescue and Research, has worked with bats
since 1990, full time since 2005. With the
help of hundreds of volunteers over the
years, she has guided Tolga Bat Hospital
into #1 on Trip Advisor for attractions in
this area, and #1 in Australia for bat
rehabilitation.
As we finish up after our respective one, two, three or (for
those gung-ho ultramarathon types) four laps of the lake
at our own paces, the pack reconvenes at the Lake Barrine
Teahouse pontoon’s edge for a post-run dip in the clear,
invigorating water, before bounding upstairs for a coffee and
breakfast with a view.
Offering indoor and outdoor seating, and with a huge
sunken fireplace-cum-children’s play and reading area, it’s
hard to resist lingering here at the teahouse catching up with
old running mates and getting to know new faces.
The next three long runs will see us travel all around the
Tablelands, before returning here as we do every fourth
week. As we watch the rising sun slowly disentangle the
water-bound mist, revealing the lake in all of its hues of
green under a dazzling blue sky, it becomes apparent that
the next long run is now less than seven days away; I can’t
wait...
Red Earth Running meets three times a week to train together
at various locations around the Atherton Tablelands. The
group welcomes runners and joggers of all abilities from ages
10 and up (parental supervision required if 11 and under). If
you want to get out onto the roads, athletics track, and trails
with Red Earth Running, join their Facebook Group,, check out
their Instagram account or email the club at redearthrunning@
admin.com.au.
Flying foxes have been called ‘flying foresters.’
Without them our forests would be much the poorer.
No other animal can arrive in large numbers and
pollinate on such a broad landscape scale, and then
move on. We’ll talk about the two main species in
this area, the Little Reds and the Spectacled Flying
Foxes, and debunk a lot of media-evil and medieval
myths about them.
• Flying Fox Talk •
12 noon
Sunday 28th April 2019
42 Bischoff Mill Rd, Watsonville
Botanical Garden Open: 10am – 4pm, Sunday 28 April
Explore the garden using the interpretive guide book. Smoko provided.
Donations welcome.
Back to the Bone Botanical Garden is for sale, and will also be open
for inspection by appointment.
Red Earth Running
Training Session
6 What’s On & Where To Go April 2019
Further information:
Steve and Marijke Hancock
p. (07) 4096 2089 e. [email protected]