Volume 43, Issue 44 | February 17, 2025

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RECEDING HARELINE

Run No.	Date	Hare Apparent	On On
2326	3 Mar	Triple K	Simmons Park, Esplanade, Lindisfarne
2327	10 Mar	Mr Bean	29 Amanda Crescent, Sandy Bay Bring swim wear for the pool
2328	17 Mar	Limp	Legacy Park, Hobart Domain Irish Beer Wars

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UP AND CUMMING

15 March 2025 | Bream Creek Show Hash Run
28-30 March 2025 | Aussie Nash Hash 2025, Fremantle
8-10 May 2026 | Interhash 2026, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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RUN 2324 REPORT

You f#ck one goat …

Thrill Seeker’s reputation has been tarnished as a result of this flawed logic. OK, so he’s set one Run from Hell … or two … or a few. Nobody who was there will ever forget his run from Tolosa St that went straight up a steep, rocky, dry, dusty fire trail, did a 20-meter loop around the top and went straight back down the same fire trail. But that doesn’t (necessarily) mean that every Thrill Seeker run will be a Run from Hell. He has been seeking to redeem himself. He’s set some good runs, explored some interesting new territory, sometimes stuck to more-or-less flat ground. So, it seems a bit unfair that whenever Thrill Seeker proposes a run, he’s greeted with groans and complaints about hills and marathons and other Hellish things.

Well, unfair or not, it was with some trepidation that Hashers gathered at the end of Angelina Drive in Clarendon Vale for Thrill Seeker’s Run 2324. But I’m happy to report that the trail far exceeded the (admittedly low) expectations resulting from the Hare’s reputation.

Some of Thrill Seeker’s chalk talk was almost intelligible: the trail might have been obliterated by rain or wind or marauding locals on trail bikes, watch out for snakes and drop bears and something else that got lost in translation, there were some obvious escape points if anyone wanted to escape. In Fact, the Hare’s warnings proved to be unfounded: trail was clearly marked and the only wildlife we saw was one local lad on a trail bike (unless we count the very un-wild ponies at the On On site).

The end of Angelina Drive is the end of civilization (although civilization and Clarendon Vale might not belong in the same sentence). Beyond lie the badlands: a wilderness of rolling, dry, grassy hills, blackberry thickets and the graveyard of every vehicle that’s ever been stolen in southern Tassie over the past couple of decades, a museum of car carcasses quietly rusting away.

This was where Thrill Seeker’s trail took us. It contoured the hills with a few ups and downs, but nothing too drastic; total ascent was only 152m for the walkers, with a distance of just under 4kms. A number of walkers/runners splits took the runners up a few more hills. Serial whinger Pole Dancer claimed that it felt like an ITR run (I’m pretty sure that wasn’t a compliment). Snack Bar thought it had a hill or two too many, but he admitted to trying to out-Poley Pole Dancer in the whinging game. Rumour has it that Thrill Seeker tried to take the trail to the top of Mt Rumney but couldn’t find a way; so, really, the whingers have nothing to complain about.

ITR strategically placed himself on a ridgeline to take photos of Hashers on trail, and provided a useful marker for Honkers and Lone Arranger to take an NDIS shortcut. The views, although ignored by our official Hash Flash, Pole Dancer, were certainly photo-worthy.

Only a few Hashers took up the flannelette theme, carefully chosen so that we would fit in with any locals. Mr Bean was quick to announce that his shirt was real flannel, way superior to the flannelette being worn by us mere plebs. He also claimed that the weight of the flannel was slowing him down from his normal athletic pace; he has more excuses than a sieve has holes.

The trail was virgin territory for H5. Best of all, it was a true bush run, in the rapidly disappearing tradition of summer runs: there was no pavement underfoot on any part of the trail. The rapidly expanding new housing development will no doubt expand beyond the end of Angelina Drive at some point soon, so it was good to traverse the badlands before they disappear.

Back at the On On, the Firemaster 5,000 was present but unlit, as useless as the car carcasses in the badlands. It seemed that responsibility for this sad situation lay somewhere between Thrill Seeker and Next Week, and it resulted in a quick departure after the Lip session.

On On – Cracker

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SKOLS

• Thrill Seeker: hare
• Thrill Seeker and Next Week: failed to light the ready and waiting Firemaster 5,000
• Stunned Mullet: called Rigor Mortis ‘fat’
• Stunned Mullet: wanted Rigor Mortis to be an interventionist to sort out some problems with a group of mates; stated there would be no sexual favours in return
• Grizzly: is aging like a fine wine (or a ripe cheese)
• ITR: reputedly strayed in the bush with two girls while on trail (sounds to me like fake news from Spoof)
• Ted Bullpit, Fringe Benefits, Grizzly, Lone Arranger, Incumming, Snack Bar, Pole Dancer: c#ntry members
• Mr Bean: received the FRB shirt from ITR
• Just Kidding: a joke (as in told one, not is one)
• Mr Bean (from Grizzly): bringing back the White Australia policy by showing off his white legs in shorts
• Growler (from ITR): rustling in the bushes on trail, was heard to exclaim, ‘Oh, I’ve got a big one’ (reputed to be a blackberry)
• LONE ARRANGER: MILLSTONE: 500 RUNS

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A Combined Hash Run will be held on the occasion of the 124th Bream Creek Show

** ENJOY A HASH RUN FROM THE SHOWGROUNDS **

DATE: Saturday, 15th March 2025

VENUE: Bream Creek Showgrounds, Copping

START TIME: Run starts at 11:00 am
It is a bus run. Bus will be parked on Marion Bay Road (near Townsend Lane) above the main car park at the Showgrounds

HARES: Moses (Dumb); Argue (Dumber) & Grasshopper (Dumbless)

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HASH FLASH

Link to all photos for Run 2324

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H5 MISMANAGEMENT 2024-25

Grand Master	Clearfell
Joint Masters	Bad News In The Raw
On Sec	Cracker
Hash Cash	Rigor Mortis TopDek
Hash Lips	Bee’s Dick Prawn Star
Hash Hops Assistant Hops	Thrill Seeker Ratu Steady Eddie
Trailmaster	Lord Limp
Hash Flash	Pole Dancer
Hash Horn	Big Mac Quarter Pounder
Hashet Managers	Viagra Next Week

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