Monday, January 30, 2012

Aussie battlers

The land of flooding rains did its thing again this Oz Day - for the second year in a row! But some 20 indomitable Aussies and honorary Aussies battled through rain, floods and puddles to take part in the 2012 Australia Day run - good on youse....

The menu at the on, on featured the traditional fare that our regular hares for this event prepare so well - meat pies and tomader sauce, snags, pertaderseled and pavs.

And while the finalists at the Australian Tennis Open began a marathon fight to the finish, the members of Samford Hash also showed off the true blue competitive spirit. Here are the Senior and Junior winners of the great Thong Tossing contest:


"Thongs Away" was followed up by some shameless displays of feats of strength - chin ups and push ups - performed for the circle.

And then as the evening wore on we turned to some more intellectual pursuits. Here is Trudi Fruti putting the case for the affirmative in the debate on the topic "That Ned Kelly was innocent":


And what better - more mature, responsible and adult - way of coming to a conclusion on the republican question than through a blindfolded Vegemite-wrestling competition?


Rock Hard demonstrated conclusively that Australia should become a republic by sustaining just a minor smear on the side of his proboscis:


Many thanks to our hares!

The big event in 2 weeks time is our 21st Birthday Run. On this occasion we will start at 4 - our usual winter start time - to give us a bit more time for partying. It should be a great night....

Next run details
When: Sunday 5th February, 5 pm
Where: Walton Bridge reserve, The Gap. A map!
Hares: Superhacker, Hopalong and related assistants

On, on!