Monday, January 27, 2020

Surviving Ozday 2020

Over 60 thousand years since humans first settled the continent - and 3 years after the founding of Samford Hash - all Australian states and territories agreed (in 1994) to celebrate Australia Day with a public holiday on January 26th. As we know, the date is increasingly controversial, and there are those who get a little peeved if anyone tries to celebrate the nation on another day of the year (the other 364 days are reserved for slagging it off).

We're keeping our heads down. This year - yes - our Ozday run did occur on January 26th, as it did in 1997, 2003 and 2014. Every other year, though, it's been held on a Sunday somewhere around the end of January, or even in February. Don't tell any of the social media warriors....

Charcoal and Strine took us for a wander through the Clear Mountain bushland, which is looking remarkably green after a bit of a drink. We then gathered under the grapes at the hares' - where we found that the Hash esky had suffered an attack of Coronavirus. Some people looked a bit green after a drink of this.



Some traditional fare - silverside, spuds, carrots, damper and golden syrup - followed. Many thanks to our hares!

The thong toss event is remarkable for the variety of tossing styles adopted by the competitors.








Winners of the men's and the under-10 year old categories receive their awards:


Floater was the winner of the female category:


Isn't it extraordinary to think that we're already one-twelfth of the way through the year?

Next run details
When: Sunday 2nd February, 5 pm
Where: Parksedge Street, Upper Kedron. A map!
Hare: Leave Pass

On, on!