as well he might. Each winner of the Tight Jocks pledges that the venerable garment will never see the inside of a washing machine, and after all these years this treatment is starting to have noticeable results. The Tight Jocks are of course designed to make sure that our Father of the Year never fathers anyone again, and the pong probably reinforces their compressive effect. But Shaggy soon got into the spirit of things and modeled the costume with aplomb:
The following (I think) was the winner of the Dad Joke competition: "I dreamt that I was drowning in an ocean of orange soft-drink. But when I woke I realised it was a Fanta sea." (Actually Superhacker's joke really deserved to win. But she's not a dad....)
There was a bit of variation in the walk/run - in the sense that some of the hills were somewhat gentle, and others were somewhat severe. The hares were cursed for the one they had saved up for last....
And talking of Cool - and of embarrassing dads - here's a little reminder of how we partied in Fiji:
Meanwhile - elsewhere in Queensland, our Western explorers have been wending their way home again after 6 weeks on the road. Here's the last selection from Strine's photos of the trip:
Outside of Winton, a notable landmark is Arno's wall made of rock from Arno's mine (100 km away) and some of his collection of interesting items.
The Stonehenge (pop 33) Hotel:
Crossing the Barcoo (in floods this crossing can go up to 7 m under):
Charcoal, Strine and Eweshggr revisited Yaraka, where a number of us completed an outback run a couple of years ago (you'll find a reminder here.) Some things have changed in town since then: the store has re-opened, and there's now a mobile tower on top of Mt. Slowcombe! But the opals are still hard to find....
A highlight of the trip back was a visit to the Bilby Centre at Charleville:
You'll find more of Strine's pictures here, and more on Eweshggr's Facebook page.
Next run details
When: Sunday 9th September, 4 pm
Where: Boombana picnic ground, Mt Nebo. A map!
Hares: Escargot and Dingo
On, on!
