Budgie update

Appears in 6 episodes, first in episode 393.

Every appearance

• Episode 412 - Another One Bites the Dust

  Melissa Ellis gives a "Budgie update", the travelling mascot Budgie is confirmed to be in the UK via a Dazza's post from Gareth Arnold, photographed with the pop-up and Budgie's pencil case at Oakwell Hall parkrun.

• Episode 411 - GPS fails

  Mel: "now anyway it's time to talk about budgie we do have a budgie update". Gareth (Arnold) has the travelling mascot Budgie in his possession after a Budgie swap at an oval in South Australia; Budgie is now bound for the UK, and Simon reveals inside information that Budgie already arrived there on Sunday lunchtime. The show notes end with "Oh yeah … and we found Budgie".

• Episode 405 - B4s Return

  Mel tracks the travelling mascot Budgie: he was with Jan Yates, who took him to Zeehan Golf Club parkrun in Tasmania, and has been passed to Sherry Brandtman, who will bring him to Whitemark Wharf the following Saturday. Mel reads Sherry's Dazza's post about three adventurers completing the alphabet at Zeehan and about Christine Imbert being remembered on the memorial run.

• Episode 404 - Boomerang

  Simon: "Well, I believe we have a Budgie update." Budgie, the travelling adventurers' mascot, went to Panania parkrun with Jane Yates after a planned ACT trip fell through; Sarah is next in line to collect Budgie and take him back to Western Australia, and discusses the onward plan for the ACT and Northern Territory.

• Episode 402 - With Mispronunciations Now

  Melissa tracks the travelling mascot "Budgie" between adventurers: Bec Bailey handed it to Cathy Mudge at Lithgow parkrun, Cathy passed it to Heather Hunter at Forster parkrun, and Heather plans to take it to a state it has not visited. The hosts work out that Heather is joining the Whitemark Wharf trip, from where Sarah could carry Budgie back to WA and complete all six states.

• Episode 393 - Onwards and Upwards

  Sarah reports that Budgie, the travelling baton launched the week before, was spotted at Penrith Lakes parkrun in a selfie-frame photo held by "the adorable Juno". Sarah checked the results and found five adventurers at Penrith Lakes that morning, so she suspects a handover took place and Budgie has been "smuggled away" to a new event for next week.