This week, 5K Yarns on the Road to parkrunday with BILLO heads to Goulburn, NSW — where parkrun meets pouring rain, Australian history, brunch and one seriously oversized sheep.

The weather looked grim. Very grim.

But just before 8:00am, the parkrun weather gods did their thing and the rain virtually stopped. What followed was another Saturday morning surrounded by volunteers, runners, walkers and committed parkrun addicts who weren’t going to let a bit of Goulburn weather spoil parkrunday.

But this episode goes well beyond the barcode.

We explore Goulburn’s history, discover how the city’s famous Big Merino came to be known as Rambo, and tell the remarkable story of how a roughly 97-tonne concrete sheep was moved when the Hume Highway bypass threatened his future.

Along the way we also visit the Goulburn Historic Waterworks, Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre, Rocky Hill War Memorial & Museum and Belmore Park.

And because no 5K Yarns road trip is complete without something to eat, we finish with brunch at The Roses Cafe.

This is Goulburn.

This is Rambo.

And this is…

🐏 RAMBO and the BAAAAA…code.

🎬 WATCH THE FULL VIDEO VERSION ON YOUTUBE

🐏 RAMBO AND THE BAAAAA…CODE | GOULBURN PARKRUN | Ep.25

https://youtu.be/AxJsfSCEQTw

🏃 GOULBURN PARKRUN

Official event page:
https://www.parkrun.com.au/goulburn/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/goulburnparkrun/

☕ THE ROSES CAFE

http://www.therosescafe.com.au/

🐏 THE BIG MERINO — RAMBO

https://www.thebigmerino.com.au/

💧 GOULBURN HISTORIC WATERWORKS

https://www.goulburnwaterworks.com.au/

🚂 GOULBURN RAIL HERITAGE CENTRE

https://www.roundhouse.org.au/

🎖️ ROCKY HILL WAR MEMORIAL & MUSEUM

https://rockyhillwarmuseum.com.au/

🌳 BELMORE PARK

https://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/Facilities-Recreation/Parks-Gardens

🎵 MUSIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“Amberlight” — Scott Buckley

Music by Scott Buckley, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/amberlight/

Scott Buckley Music Library:
https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/

CC BY 4.0:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Attribution: “Amberlight” by Scott Buckley — released under CC BY 4.0.

🎥 PHOTO, VIDEO & AI DISCLOSURE

5K Yarns aims to film and photograph respectfully within the parkrun environment. Reasonable care is taken when selecting and editing footage, particularly where children and young people may be present.

Some images and visual elements used in 5K Yarns may be AI-generated, AI-assisted, digitally altered or created for illustrative and graphical purposes and should not be interpreted as documentary photography or exact historical representations unless identified as such.

If you appear in an episode and have a genuine concern about an image or footage, please contact:

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ℹ️ DISCLAIMER

5K Yarns on the Road to parkrunday with BILLO is an independent production and is not produced by, endorsed by, sponsored by or officially affiliated with parkrun Global Limited or parkrun Australia.

Experiences and opinions expressed are my own. Event, course, café, attraction and travel information may change, so always check with the relevant organisation before travelling.

🎙️ ABOUT 5K YARNS

It isn’t just about running or walking 5 kilometres.

It’s about the road trip, the town, the history, the people, the volunteers, the café afterwards — and all the weird, wonderful and unexpected things discovered along the way.

Because…

The barcode is just the beginning of the story.

🐏 See you somewhere else on the road to parkrunday.

BILLO

An ASLOTH PRODUCTIONS presentation.

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